Sec. 104. Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans
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Section 709 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 349 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: The Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall include an Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and at least five assistant secretaries within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans with divided responsibility for the following areas: Strategy. Threat prevention, including targeted violence. Integration. Border. Immigration, including immigration statistics.
Cybersecurity and infrastructure security. Screening and vetting, including biometrics. Law enforcement. Foreign investment and trade. ; in subsection (c)(1), by inserting , including for activities that cross multiple Department components before the semicolon at the end; in subsection (c)(6), by inserting , including feedback from organizations representing the needs of children, after stakeholder feedback ; by redesignating subsections
(e)through
(g)as subsections
(f)through (h), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(d)the following new subsection: The Office of International Affairs shall be led by an Assistant Secretary for International Affairs. The Assistant Secretary shall— coordinate international activities within the Department, including activities carried out by the components of the Department, in consultation with other Federal officials with responsibility for counterterrorism and homeland security matters; advise, inform, and assist the Secretary with respect to the development and implementation of the international policy priorities of the Department, including strategic priorities for the deployment of assets, including personnel, outside the United States; develop, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management, guidance for selecting, assigning, training, and monitoring overseas deployments of Department personnel, including minimum standards for pre-deployment training; maintain awareness regarding the international travel of senior officers of the Department and their intent to pursue negotiations with foreign government officials, and review resulting draft agreements; coordinate with any Departmental official engaged in negotiations with representatives of a foreign government regarding an agreement and, as appropriate, support such official in the negotiation of such agreement; and perform such other functions as are established by law or delegated by the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans. . The Office of International Affairs within the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security is abolished. The functions authorized to be performed by the office referred to in paragraph
(1)as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, and the assets and personnel associated with such functions, are transferred to the head of the Office of International Affairs of the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans of the Department of Homeland Security. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by striking section 879 ( 6 U.S.C. 459 ). The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 879. Section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 112 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: shall establish a Homeland Security Advisory Council that includes representatives with relevant homeland security expertise or experience and not less than two representatives with expertise or experience with respect to protecting privacy and civil rights and civil liberties to provide advice and recommendations on homeland security-related matters, including advice with respect to the preparation of the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review; and 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 an annual report that includes— a list of the Homeland Security Advisory Council’s members and subcommittee assignments; a summary of all recommendations made by the Homeland Security Advisory Council, including by any subcommittees; and a description of any action the Department has taken in response to such recommendations. ; by striking subsection (f); by redesignating subsection
(g)as subsection (f); and by adding at the end the following new subsection: No member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council established pursuant to subsection (b)(4) may participate in developing any advice or recommendation regarding any matter which directly benefits such member or pertains specifically to any firm or organization with which such member has been associated at any time during the immediately preceding three years. . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans of the Department of Homeland Security, shall issue a written policy to members of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee regarding conflicts of interests requirement set forth in subsection
(g)of section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by this section. No later than 180 days of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans of the Department of Homeland Security shall update or replace the strategic framework to counter terrorism and targeted violence, as issued by the Department in September 2019, and associated implementation plans to ensure that the Department’s strategic framework and implementation plans— address the current threat environment for domestic terrorism, international terrorism, targeted violence, and emerging threats, including violent white supremacist extremism; and specify how the Department’s prevention and preparedness activities address the threat environment. Starting two years after implementation of paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall carry out a review of the Department’s strategic framework and implementation plans to counter terrorism and targeted violence and update or replace such plans to ensure that such strategic frameworks and plans address the current threat environment for domestic terrorism, international terrorism, targeted violence, and emerging threats, including violent white supremacist extremism and specify how the Department’s prevention and preparedness activities address the threat environment. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report describing the efforts the Department has undertaken to review and incorporate feedback from organizations representing the needs of children into Department policy in accordance with paragraph
(6)of section 709(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as amended by section 2 of this Act), including information on the following: The designation of any individual responsible for carrying out such paragraph (6). Any review, formal or informal, of Department policies, programs, or activities to assess the suitability of such policies, programs, or activities for children and where feedback from organizations representing the needs of children should be reviewed and incorporated. Any review, change, modification, or promulgation of Department policies, programs, or activities to ensure that such policies, programs, or activities are appropriate for children. Coordination with organizations or experts outside the Department pursuant to such paragraph
(6)conducted to inform any such review, change, modification, or promulgation of such policies, programs, or activities. In this section, each of the terms functions , assets , and personnel has the meaning given each such term under section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101 ).
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