Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Correction Act of 2016”.
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Correction Act of 2016
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.
Sec. 2 Technical corrections to quadrennial homeland security review
in subsection (a)(3)—
in subparagraph (B), by striking “and”;
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph (C):
“(C) representatives from appropriate advisory committees established pursuant to section 871 of this Act, including the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or otherwise established, including the Aviation Security Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, United States Code; and”
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “based on the risk assessment required pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(B)”;
in paragraph (3)—
by inserting “, to the extent practicable,” after “describe”; and
by striking “budget plan” and inserting “resources required”;
in paragraph (4)—
by inserting “, to the extent practicable,” after “identify”;
by striking “budget plan required to provide sufficient resources to successfully” and inserting “resources required to”; and
by striking the semicolan after “paragraph (2)” and inserting “, including any resources identified from redundant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities and capacities that can be redirected to better support other existing capabilities and capacities; and”;
in paragraph (5), by striking “; and” and inserting a period; and
by striking paragraph (6);
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1)—
by striking “December 31 of the year” and inserting “60 days after the date of the submittal of the President’s budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal year”; and
by striking “conducted” and inserting “required under subsection (a)(1)”;
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (B), by striking “description of the threats to” and inserting “risk assessment of”;
in subparagraph (C), by inserting “, as required under subsection (b)(2)” before the semicolon at the end;
in subparagraph (D), by inserting “to the extent practicable,” before “a description”;
in subparagraph (F)—
by inserting “to the extent practicable,” before “a discussion”; and
by striking “the status of”;
in subparagraph (G)—
by inserting “to the extent practicable,” before “a discussion”;
by striking “the status of”;
by inserting “and risks” before “to national homeland”; and
by inserting “and” after the semicolon;
by striking subparagraph (H); and
by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (H);
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3):
“(3) Documentation—The Secretary shall retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the following documentation regarding the quadrennial homeland security review:
“(A) Records regarding the consultation carried out the pursuant to subsection (a)(3), including—
“(i) all written communications, including communications sent out by the Secretary and feedback submitted to the Secretary through technology, online communications tools, in-person discussions, and the interagency process; and
“(ii) information on how feedback received by the Secretary informed the quadrennial homeland security review.
“(B) Information regarding the risk assessment, as required under subsection (c)(2)(B), including—
“(i) the risk model utilized to generate the risk assessment;
“(ii) information, including data used in the risk model, utilized to generate the risk assessment;
“(iii) sources of information, including other risk assessments, utilized to generate the risk assessment; and
“(iv) information on assumptions, weighing factors, and subjective judgments utilized to generate the risk assessment, together with information on the rationale or basis thereof.”
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(e) Review—Not later than 90 days after the submission of the report pursuant to subsection (c)(1), the Secretary 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 information on the degree to which the findings and recommendations developed in the review were integrated into the acquisition strategy and expenditure plans for the Department.”
Effective date— The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial homeland security review required to be submitted after December 31, 2017.