Enhancing DHS' Fusion Center Technical Assistance Program Act

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5099 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5099

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the
 Department of Homeland Security a fusion center technical assistance
                                program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2018

   Mr. Estes of Kansas (for himself, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. Gallagher)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the
 Department of Homeland Security a fusion center technical assistance
                                program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing DHS' Fusion Center
Technical Assistance Program Act''.

SEC. 2. FUSION CENTER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h)
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as subsections
        (k) and (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new
        subsection (j):
    ``(j) Fusion Center Technical Assistance Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary, in consultation with
        officials from the National Network of Fusion Centers and, to
        the greatest extent practicable, other relevant stakeholders,
        shall establish a fusion center technical assistance program.
            ``(2) Elements of program.--In carrying out the fusion
        center technical assistance program established under paragraph
        (1), the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) provide technical assistance to fusion
                centers regarding--
                            ``(i) grants administered under sections
                        2003 and 2004;
                            ``(ii) terrorism prevention activities; and
                            ``(iii) intelligence and information
                        sharing;
                    ``(B) provide to fusion centers notice of any
                changes to the activities referred to in subparagraph
                (A);
                    ``(C) make available best practices regarding--
                            ``(i) fusion center operations;
                            ``(ii) information sharing and analysis of
                        homeland security threats, including cyber
                        threats;
                            ``(iii) protecting privacy, civil rights,
                        and civil liberties; and
                            ``(iv) such other best practices as the
                        Secretary determines appropriate; and
                    ``(D) carry out such other activities as the
                Secretary determines appropriate.''.
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