[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4429 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4429

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of 
  Homeland Security to implement a standardized training program for 
employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 
             of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

Mr. Magaziner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of 
  Homeland Security to implement a standardized training program for 
employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 
             of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Homeland Security 
Intelligence and Analysis Training Act''.

SEC. 2. FORMALIZED AND STANDARDIZED TRAINING CURRICULA.

    (a) In General.--Section 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
        (g) and (h), respectively; and
            (2) inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f) Office of Intelligence and Analysis Employee Training.--
            ``(1) Standardized training.--The Secretary, acting through 
        the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, shall 
        implement a standardized entry-level basic intelligence 
        training curricula for all employees of the Office of 
        Intelligence and Analysis. Such training shall--
                    ``(A) be provided to all new hires within the 
                Office of Intelligence and Analysis and, for each such 
                new hire, shall commence not later than 90 days after 
                the official start date of each such new hire and 
                before the beginning of official duties of each such 
                new hire; and
                    ``(B) include training on civil rights, civil 
                liberties, privacy rights, regulations, and information 
                practices pursuant to section 552a of title 5, United 
                States Code (commonly referred to as the `Privacy Act 
                of 1974') and other relevant laws.
            ``(2) Analyst training.--In addition to the standardized 
        entry-level basic intelligence training required under 
        paragraph (1), all new hires appointed to an analytic position 
        within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis shall receive 
        training that includes education and training on the following:
                    ``(A) The role of the Department and the Office of 
                Intelligence and Analysis's mission to integrate 
                intelligence into operations across the Department and 
                disseminate such intelligence to State, local, Tribal, 
                and territorial partners and private sector partners to 
                identify, mitigate, and respond to threats to the 
                homeland.
                    ``(B) Intelligence community analytic standards, 
                including methodologies, outreach, sourcing 
                requirements for disseminated analytical products, 
                writing standards, and competency directories for the 
                intelligence community.
            ``(3) Open source intelligence collection training.--In 
        addition to the standardized entry-level basic intelligence 
        training required under paragraph (1), all new hires appointed 
        to an open source intelligence collection position within the 
        Office of Intelligence and Analysis shall receive training that 
        includes education and training on the following:
                    ``(A) The basic principles and techniques of open 
                source intelligence collection, including how, in 
                accordance with constitutional and legal parameters and 
                relevant Federal and departmental policies regarding 
                privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections, 
                to effectively navigate unclassified, publicly 
                available information sources.
                    ``(B) Data management principles, including the 
                proper protocols regarding how, in accordance with 
                relevant Federal law and policy regarding privacy, 
                civil rights, and civil liberties protections, to use 
                data, information, and knowledge appropriately, 
                including storage and retention.
                    ``(C) Intelligence community open source 
                intelligence collection standards and the Department's 
                statutory authority regarding open source intelligence 
                collection in accordance with subsection (d)(19)(A).
            ``(4) Specialized and advanced training.--The Secretary, 
        acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
        Analysis, shall--
                    ``(A) develop and make available specialized and 
                advanced training curricula, including raw intelligence 
                release authority training, to improve the activities 
                and operations of the Office of Intelligence and 
                Analysis and promote professional development among 
                employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis; 
                and
                    ``(B) on a quarterly basis, make publicly available 
                to employees of the workforce of the Office of 
                Intelligence and Analysis a list of available 
                specialized training provided by--
                            ``(i) other elements of the intelligence 
                        community; and
                            ``(ii) the Department of Defense.
            ``(5) Provision of training to non-office of intelligence 
        and analysis employees within the department.--The Secretary, 
        acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
        Analysis, may, pursuant to section 208, provide to employees, 
        officials, and other senior executives of the intelligence 
        components of the Department training developed pursuant to 
        this subsection.
            ``(6) Tracking training progress.--The Secretary, acting 
        through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, 
        shall implement a system to track the progress of completion by 
        employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of 
        training provided by--
                    ``(A) the Department;
                    ``(B) other elements of the intelligence community; 
                and
                    ``(C) the Department of Defense.
            ``(7) Implementation.--This subsection shall take effect on 
        the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of 
        this subsection and apply to employees of the Office of 
        Intelligence and Analysis as follows:
                    ``(A) Any individual appointed to a position in the 
                Office on or after the date of enactment of this 
                subsection, any employee of the Office on such date who 
                has been employed by the Office for two years or less, 
                and any employee of the Office occupying a position 
                classified below grade GS-12 of the General Schedule 
                (or equivalent) shall complete standardized entry-level 
                basic intelligence training under paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) All employees of the Office, as appropriate, 
                shall complete analyst training and open source 
                intelligence collection training pursuant to paragraphs 
                (2) and (3), respectively.
            ``(8) Reports.--Not later than two years after the date of 
        the enactment of this subsection and annually thereafter for 
        five years, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 
        shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        report on the implementation of this subsection. Each such 
        report shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of the curricula developed for 
                standardized entry-level basic intelligence training, 
                as well as analyst training, open source intelligence 
                collection training, and specialized or advanced 
                training courses pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), 
                and (4), respectively, provided by the Office of 
                Intelligence and Analysis.
                    ``(B) Information relating to the number of 
                individuals who completed--
                            ``(i) specialized or advanced training 
                        courses, including release authority training, 
                        pursuant to paragraph (4); and
                            ``(ii) other training offered by--
                                    ``(I) other elements of the 
                                intelligence community; and
                                    ``(II) the Department of Defense.
                    ``(C) Information on the extent to which employees 
                of other intelligence components of the Department 
                receive training developed pursuant to this subsection.
            ``(9) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 
                term `appropriate congressional committees' means--
                            ``(i) the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and the Permanent Select Committee on 
                        Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs and the Select 
                        Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
                    ``(B) Intelligence community.--The term 
                `intelligence community' has the meaning given such 
                term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
                1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).''.
    (b) Comptroller General Review.--Not later than two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report 
on the implementation of subsection (f) of section 201 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121), as added by this Act. Such report 
shall compare the curriculum of training provided pursuant to such 
subsection (f) with training provided by other elements of intelligence 
community (as such term is defined in section 3(4) of the National 
Security Act of 1947) and the Department of Defense, as well as with 
training provided by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the 
Department of Homeland Security as of such date of enactment. Such 
report shall also consider the approach taken by the Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis to ensure training provided pursuant to such 
subsection (f) is completed in accordance with such subsection, and 
identify ways to improve the management of such training based on best 
practices by such other elements of the intelligence community and the 
Department of Defense.
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