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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4357 (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. 308

Sec. 308. 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 no more than five Assistant Secretaries within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans with divided responsibility for the following areas: Counterterrorism, threat prevention, and screening and vetting, including biometrics. Border security and immigration.
Cybersecurity and infrastructure security. Law enforcement. Trade and economic security. ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1), by inserting , including for activities that cross multiple Department components before the semicolon at the end; by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(7)as paragraphs
(5)through (8), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following new paragraph: ensure acquisition programs (as such term is defined in section 830) support the quadrennial homeland security review required under section 707, the DHS Strategic Plan pursuant to section 306 of title 5, United States Code, and other appropriate successor documents; ; and in such redesignated paragraph (7), 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— in consultation with other Federal officials responsible for counterterrorism and homeland security matters, coordinate international activities within the Department, including activities carried out by components of the Department; advise, inform, and assist the Secretary with respect to the development and implementation of the international policy priorities of the Department outside of the United States, including strategic priorities for the deployment of assets such as personnel; 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 a representative of a foreign government relating to an agreement and, as appropriate, by supporting 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. .
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