Department of Homeland Security Reform Act of 2021

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Department of Homeland Security Reform Act of 2021” or the “DHS Reform Act of 2021”.

Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Assets— The term “assets” has the meaning given the term in section 2(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(3)).

Commissioner— The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Comptroller General— The term “Comptroller General” means the Comptroller General of the United States.

Department— The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.

Functions— The term “functions” has the meaning given the term in section 2(9) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(9)).

Historically black college or university— The term “historically Black college or university” has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).

Lost— The term “lost” includes loss by theft.

Minority-serving institution— The term “minority-serving institution” means an institution of higher education described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).

Personnel— The term “personnel” has the meaning given the term in section 2(15) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(15)).

Public-facing materials— The term “public-facing materials” means any written, audio, or video materials used to inform the public, including press releases, speeches, talking points, fact sheets, testimony, letters, reports, billboards, and social media.

Secretary— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Sensitive assets— The term “sensitive assets” has the meaning given such term in section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341), as amended by section 222 of this Act.

Targeted violence— The term “targeted violence” means any incident of violence in which an attacker selected a particular target in order to inflict mass injury or death without a clearly discernible political or ideological motivation beyond mass injury or death.