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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 8791 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain reforms to the Department of Homeland Security, and for ot... · Sec. 106

Sec. 106. Office of Public Affairs

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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs of the Department and the General Counsel of the Department, shall— issue a code of conduct for all personnel involved in the Department’s public affairs operations and require certifications of receipt of such code within 30 days of receipt; and publish and disseminate a Department-wide management directive and associated guidelines for internal review of all public-facing materials to maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including statistical information) that includes information on when to engage with the Office of General Counsel of the Department to execute— a legal sufficiency review; and a compliance review in accordance with section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 ( Public Law 106–554 ).
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall— submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an audit of the public affairs offices throughout the Department that reviews compliance with the requirements specified in subsection (a); and issue, as appropriate, recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security to improve the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of public-facing materials disseminated by the public affairs offices throughout the Department.
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