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[H.R. 6231 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 261
118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6231

                          [Report No. 118-322]

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a prioritized 
policy issuance review process for the Department of Homeland Security, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2023

Mr. Ivey (for himself, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Ms. Clarke of New 
York, and Mr. Ezell) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Homeland Security

                           December 19, 2023

   Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
                    Union and ordered to be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a prioritized 
policy issuance review process for 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 
Policy Issuance Review Act''.

SEC. 2. POLICY ISSUANCE REVIEW PROCESS.

    Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph 
                (14); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(13) Overseeing the Department's process for review and 
        approval of policy issuance documents.'';
            (2) by redesignating the second subsection (e) (relating to 
        the definition of interoperable communications) as subsection 
        (f); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Policy Issuance Review Process.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection, the Under Secretary for 
        Management shall require a prioritized periodic review process 
        (in this subsection referred to as the `Review Process') of 
        Department policy issuance documents.
            ``(2) Congressional oversight.--Not later than 180 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this subsection and annually 
        thereafter, the Under Secretary for Management shall provide to 
        the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate a briefing on the Review 
        Process, including relating to the Department's record of 
        reviewing and updating existing policy issuance documents. Each 
        such briefing shall include information relating to the 
        following:
                    ``(A) All policy issuance documents, including, 
                with respect to each such document, the title, policy 
                number, revision number, issue date, and last reviewed 
                date.
                    ``(B) All policy issuance documents canceled in the 
                prior year.
                    ``(C) An explanation of the methodology used to 
                prioritize the review of policy issuance documents.
                    ``(D) The procedures used by the Department to 
                track and coordinate with Department components the 
                issuance, review, and cancellations of policy issuance 
                documents.
                    ``(E) The number of staff and vacancies within the 
                Management Directorate responsible for supporting the 
                Review Process.
            ``(3) Definition.--In this subsection the term `policy 
        issuance document'--
                    ``(A) means a Department-level directive, 
                instruction, designation, or delegation, issued in 
                accordance with the process referred to in subsection 
                (a)(13) or any process for issuing such documents 
                consistent with Department policy as may be in effect; 
                and
                    ``(B) does not include documents--
                            ``(i) issued in accordance with a process 
                        other than a process referred to in subsection 
                        (a)(13) or the Review Process; or
                            ``(ii) documents published in the Federal 
                        Register.
            ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
        be construed to--
                    ``(A) invalidate any policy issuance document 
                created on, before, or after the date of the enactment 
                of this subsection;
                    ``(B) serve as a basis for action to challenge the 
                validity of such a policy issuance document; or
                    ``(C) create any right or benefit, whether 
                substantive or procedural, enforceable by any person in 
                any administrative or judicial proceeding.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 261

118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 6231

                          [Report No. 118-322]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a prioritized 
policy issuance review process for the Department of Homeland Security, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 19, 2023

   Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
                    Union and ordered to be printed