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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 1437 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homelan... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Component responsibilities

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Department component heads shall— comply with Federal law, Federal regulations, executive branch guidance, and Department policy, including directives required by this Act, relating to the management and oversight of securing firearms and other sensitive assets; review the need for non-law enforcement badges; require component personnel to safeguard firearms and other sensitive assets in accordance with the directive issued by the Under Secretary for Management under section 4; require that component personnel adhere to the procedures and timelines for properly reporting to supervisors lost firearms and other sensitive assets; require that lost firearms and other sensitive assets are reported to local law enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center, and Department headquarters in the timeframe established in such directive; and require that lost firearms and other sensitive assets are recorded in inventory systems in the timeframe established by such directive.
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