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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2825 (Reported in House) — To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of... · Sec. 223

Sec. 223. Department leadership council

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Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary may establish a Department leadership council as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure coordination and improve programs and activities of the Department. A Department leadership council shall— serve as coordinating forums; advise the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on Department strategy, operations, and guidance; and consider and report on such other matters as the Secretary or Deputy Secretary may direct.
The Secretary or Deputy Secretary may delegate the authority to direct the implementation of any decision or guidance resulting from the action of a Department leadership council to any office, component, coordinator, or other senior official of the Department. In addition to other matters assigned to it by the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, a leadership council shall— identify, assess, and validate joint requirements (including existing systems and associated capability gaps) to meet mission needs of the Department; ensure that appropriate efficiencies are made among life-cycle cost, schedule, and performance objectives, and procurement quantity objectives, in the establishment and approval of joint requirements; and make prioritized capability recommendations for the joint requirements validated under subparagraph
(A)to the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, or the chairperson of a Department leadership council designated by the Secretary to review decisions of the leadership council. The Secretary shall appoint a chairperson of a leadership council, for a term of not more than 2 years, from among senior officials from components of the Department or other senior officials as designated by the Secretary. A leadership council shall be composed of senior officials representing components of the Department and other senior officials as designated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall ensure that the Future Years Homeland Security Program required under section 874 is consistent with any recommendations of a leadership council required under paragraph (2)(C), as affirmed by the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, or the chairperson of a Department leadership council designated by the Secretary under that paragraph. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 890A the following new item: Sec. 890B. Department leadership council. .
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