1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2019”.
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2019
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.
2. Technical corrections to quadrennial homeland security review
in subsection (a)(3)—
in subparagraph (B), by striking “and” after the semicolon at the end;
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
“(C) representatives from appropriate advisory committees established pursuant to section 871, 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 semicolon at the end and inserting the following: “, including any resources identified from redundant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities or capacities that may be redirected to better support other existing capabilities or capacities, as the case may be; 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 submission of the President’s budget for the fiscal year after the fiscal year”;
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”; and
by striking “budget plan” and inserting “resources required”;
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 at the end;
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) Documentation—The Secretary shall retain and, upon request, provide to Congress the following documentation regarding each quadrennial homeland security review:
“(A) Records regarding the consultation carried out pursuant to subsection (a)(3), including the following:
“(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.
“(ii) Information on how feedback received by the Secretary informed each such quadrennial homeland security review.
“(B) Information regarding the risk assessment required pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(B), including the following:
“(i) The risk model utilized to generate such risk assessment.
“(ii) Information, including data used in the risk model, utilized to generate such risk assessment.
“(iii) Sources of information, including other risk assessments, utilized to generate such risk assessment.
“(iv) Information on assumptions, weighing factors, and subjective judgments utilized to generate such risk assessment, together with information on the rationale or basis thereof.”
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
“(d) Review—Not later than 90 days after the submission of each report required under 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 quadrennial homeland security review that is the subject of such report 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 conducted after December 31, 2021.