,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cfd  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#defg  ,report ,no4 #aae-dij  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,december #f1 #bjag ,mr4 ,katko 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mrs4 ,watson   
,coleman1 ,mr4 ,vela1 and ,ms4 ,meng7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security  ,january #i1 #bjah ,reported
 with an amendment1 committed to the    
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed ,strike out all after the       
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,december #f1 #bjag  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require a ,department of    
,homeland ,security overseas personnel  
enhancement plan1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,dhs ,overseas     
,personnel ,enhancement ,act of #bjag4  
#b4 ,overseas personnel briefing  7a7   

,in general ,not later than #ij days    
after submission of the comprehensive   
three-year strategy required under      
section #aiaj of the ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjag 7,public ,law #aad-cbh7 and every 
#ahj days thereafter1 the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security shall brief the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate   
regarding ,department of ,homeland      
,security personnel with primary duties 
that take place outside of the ,united  
,states4  7b7 ,requirements ,the        
briefing required under subsection 7a7  
shall include the following3 7#a7 ,a    
detailed summary of each type of        
personnel position with primary duties  
that take place outside of the ,united  
,states and how each such position      
contributes to the ,department of       
,homeland ,security's counterterrorism  
mission4  7#b7 ,information related to  

how the geographic and regional         
placement of such positions contributes 
to the ,department's counterterrorism   
mission4  7#c7 ,information related to  
the position-specific training received 
by such personnel before and during     
placement at a foreign location4  7#d7  
,challenges that may impede the         
communication of counterterrorism       
information between ,department         
personnel at foreign locations and      
,department entities in the ,united     
,states1 including technical1 resource1 
and administrative challenges4  7#e7    
,the status of efforts to implement the 
strategy referred to in subsection 7a74 
7#f7 ,the status of efforts 7beginning  
with the second briefing required under 
this section7 to implement the          
enhancement plan under section #c4  #c4 
,overseas personnel enhancement plan    
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ij days
 after the briefing required under      
section #b1 the ,secretary shall submit 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security

 of the ,house and the ,committee on    
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a plan to       
enhance the effectiveness of ,department
 of ,homeland ,security personnel at    
foreign locations4  7b7 ,plan           
requirements ,the plan referred to in   
subsection 7a7 shall include proposals  
to-- 7#a7 improve efforts of ,department
 of ,homeland ,security personnel at    
foreign locations1 as necessary1 for    
purposes of providing foreign partner   
capacity development and furthering the 
,department's counterterrorism mission2 
7#b7 as appropriate1 redeploy           
,department personnel to respond to     
changing threats to the ,united ,states2
  7#c7 enhance collaboration among      
,department personnel at foreign        
locations1 other ,federal personnel at  
foreign locations1 and foreign partners2
  7#d7 improve the communication of     
counterterrorism information between    
,department personnel at foreign        
locations and ,department entities in   

the ,united ,states1 including to       
address technical1 resource1 and        
administrative challenges2 and  7#e7    
maintain practices to guard against     
counter-espionage threats associated    
with ,department personnel4  #d4        
,termination ,the briefing requirement  
under section #b shall terminate on the 
date that is four years after the       
submission of the strategy referred to  
in such section4  ,january #i1          
#bjah,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed