DHS Joint Requirements Council Act of 2018
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish leadership councils to ensure coordination and improve programs and activities of the department.
DHS must establish a Joint Requirements Council within the department to:
A "joint requirement" is a condition or capability of multiple operating components of DHS that is required to be met or possessed by a system, product, service, result, or component to satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed document.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2359 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2359
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Joint
Requirements Council in the Department of Homeland Security.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 30, 2018
Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Joint
Requirements Council in the Department of Homeland Security.
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 ``DHS Joint Requirements Council Act
of 2018''.
SEC. 2. JOINT REQUIREMENTS COUNCIL.
(a) In General.--Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 710. JOINT REQUIREMENTS COUNCIL.
``(a) Definition of Joint Requirement.--In this section, the term
`joint requirement' means a condition or capability of multiple
operating components of the Department that is required to be met or
possessed by a system, product, service, result, or component to
satisfy a contract, standard, specification, or other formally imposed
document.
``(b) Department Leadership Councils.--
``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary may establish such
Department leadership councils as the Secretary determines
necessary to ensure coordination and improve programs and
activities of the Department.
``(2) Function.--A Department leadership council shall--
``(A) serve as a coordinating forum;
``(B) advise the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on
Department strategy, operations, and guidance;
``(C) establish policies to reduce duplication in
programs; and
``(D) consider and report on such other matters as
the Secretary or Deputy Secretary may direct.
``(3) Relationship to other forums.--The Secretary or
Deputy Secretary may delegate the authority to direct the
implementation of any decision or guidance resulting from the
action of a Department leadership council to any office,
component, coordinator, or other senior official of the
Department.
``(c) Joint Requirements Council.--
``(1) Establishment.--There Secretary shall establish
within the Department a Joint Requirements Council.
``(2) Mission.--In addition to other matters assigned to it
by the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, the Joint Requirements
Council shall--
``(A) identify, assess, and validate joint
requirements (including existing systems and associated
capability gaps) to meet mission needs of the
Department;
``(B) ensure that appropriate efficiencies are made
among life-cycle cost, schedule, and performance
objectives, and procurement quantity objectives, in the
establishment and approval of joint requirements; and
``(C) make prioritized capability recommendations
for the joint requirements validated under subparagraph
(A) to the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, or the
chairperson of a Department leadership council
designated by the Secretary to review decisions of the
Joint Requirements Council.
``(3) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall appoint a
chairperson of the Joint Requirements Council, for a term of
not more than 2 years, from among senior officials of the
Department as designated by the Secretary.
``(4) Composition.--The Joint Requirements Council shall be
composed of senior officials representing components of the
Department and other senior officials as designated by the
Secretary.
``(5) Relationship to future years homeland security
program.--The Secretary shall ensure that the Future Years
Homeland Security Program required under section 874 is
consistent with the recommendations of the Joint Requirements
Council required under paragraph (2)(C), as affirmed by the
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, or the chairperson of a
Department leadership council designated by the Secretary under
that paragraph.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296;
116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 709 the following:
``Sec. 710. Joint Requirements Council.''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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