Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021

II Calendar No. 581 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 370 [Report No. 117–231] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 22, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs DECEMBER 5, 2022 Reported by Mr. PETERS, without amendment AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections to the requirement that the Sec- retary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial home- land security reviews, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quadrennial Homeland 4 Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 370 RS SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL 1 HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 707 of the Homeland Se- 3 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 5 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 6 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 7 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 8 subparagraph (D); and 9 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 10 the following new subparagraph: 11 ‘‘(C) representatives from appropriate ad- 12 visory committees established pursuant to sec- 13 tion 871, including the Homeland Security Ad- 14 visory Council and the Homeland Security 15 Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or 16 otherwise established, including the Aviation 17 Security Advisory Committee established pursu- 18 ant to section 44946 of title 49, United States 19 Code; and’’; 20 (2) in subsection (b)— 21 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 22 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘based 23 on the risk assessment required pursuant to 24 subsection (c)(2)(B)’’; 25 (B) in paragraph (3)— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 370 RS (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac- 1 ticable,’’ after ‘‘describe’’; and 2 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ and in- 3 serting ‘‘resources required’’; 4 (C) in paragraph (4)— 5 (i) by inserting ‘‘, to the extent prac- 6 ticable,’’ after ‘‘identify’’; 7 (ii) by striking ‘‘budget plan required 8 to provide sufficient resources to success- 9 fully’’ and inserting ‘‘resources required 10 to’’; and 11 (iii) by striking the semicolon at the 12 end and inserting the following: ‘‘, includ- 13 ing any resources identified from redun- 14 dant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities 15 or capacities that may be redirected to bet- 16 ter support other existing capabilities or 17 capacities, as the case may be; and’’; 18 (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 19 and inserting a period; and 20 (E) by striking paragraph (6); 21 (3) in subsection (c)— 22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Decem- 23 ber 31 of the year’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days 24 after the date of the submission of the Presi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 370 RS dent’s budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal 1 year’’; 2 (B) in paragraph (2)— 3 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 4 ‘‘description of the threats to’’ and insert- 5 ing ‘‘risk assessment of’’; 6 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 7 ‘‘, as required under subsection (b)(2)’’ be- 8 fore the semicolon at the end; 9 (iii) in subparagraph (D)— 10 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 11 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a description’’; 12 and 13 (II) by striking ‘‘budget plan’’ 14 and inserting ‘‘resources required’’; 15 (iv) in subparagraph (F)— 16 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 17 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 18 and 19 (II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 20 (v) in subparagraph (G)— 21 (I) by inserting ‘‘to the extent 22 practicable,’’ before ‘‘a discussion’’; 23 (II) by striking ‘‘the status of’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 370 RS (III) by inserting ‘‘and risks’’ be- 1 fore ‘‘to national homeland’’; and 2 (IV) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 3 semicolon at the end; 4 (vi) by striking subparagraph (H); 5 and 6 (vii) by redesignating subparagraph 7 (I) as subparagraph (H); 8 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 9 paragraph (4); and 10 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 11 following new paragraph: 12 ‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION.—The Secretary shall 13 retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the 14 following documentation regarding each quadrennial 15 homeland security review: 16 ‘‘(A) Records regarding the consultation 17 carried out pursuant to subsection (a)(3), in- 18 cluding the following: 19 ‘‘(i) All written communications, in- 20 cluding communications sent out by the 21 Secretary and feedback submitted to the 22 Secretary through technology, online com- 23 munications tools, in-person discussions, 24 and the interagency process. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HR 370 RS ‘‘(ii) Information on how feedback re- 1 ceived by the Secretary informed each such 2 quadrennial homeland security review. 3 ‘‘(B) Information regarding the risk as- 4 sessment required pursuant to subsection 5 (c)(2)(B), including the following: 6 ‘‘(i) The risk model utilized to gen- 7 erate such risk assessment. 8 ‘‘(ii) Information, including data used 9 in the risk model, utilized to generate such 10 risk assessment. 11 ‘‘(iii) Sources of information, includ- 12 ing other risk assessments, utilized to gen- 13 erate such risk assessment. 14 ‘‘(iv) Information on assumptions, 15 weighing factors, and subjective judgments 16 utilized to generate such risk assessment, 17 together with information on the rationale 18 or basis thereof.’’; 19 (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub- 20 section (e); and 21 (5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol- 22 lowing new subsection: 23 ‘‘(d) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the sub- 24 mission of each report required under subsection (c)(1), 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 7 •HR 370 RS the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 1 Security of the House of Representatives and the Com- 2 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 3 of the Senate information on the degree to which the find- 4 ings and recommendations developed in the quadrennial 5 homeland security review that is the subject of such report 6 were integrated into the acquisition strategy and expendi- 7 ture plans for the Department.’’. 8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 9 this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home- 10 land security review conducted after December 31, 2021. 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB Calendar No. 581 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 370 [Report No. 117–231] AN ACT To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, and for other purposes. DECEMBER 5, 2022 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Dec 05, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H370.RS H370 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB