Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - MANAGEMENT › § 347
The Secretary must carry out a full review of the Nation’s homeland security in fiscal year 2009 and every 4 years after that. The review must look at the national homeland security strategy and give recommendations on long-term goals, priorities, and the Department’s programs, assets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authorities. The Secretary must work with other federal agency heads (including the Attorney General; the Secretaries of State, Defense, Health and Human Services, the Treasury, Agriculture, and Energy; and the Director of National Intelligence), key DHS officials (including the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans), advisory committees (for example, the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Science and Technology Advisory Committee, and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee), and state, local, and tribal officials, members of Congress, private groups, academics, and other experts. The review must be coordinated with the Future Years Homeland Security Program. Each review must update the national homeland security strategy (consistent with national and Department plans and directives named in law), list and rank the Nation’s critical homeland security mission areas using a risk assessment, describe needed interagency cooperation, federal response readiness, infrastructure, and resources to carry out the missions, identify resources needed (including any redundant or wasteful capabilities that could be redirected), and check how well the Department’s organization fits the strategy. The Secretary must send a report to Congress no later than 60 days after the President’s budget is submitted for the year following the review. The report must include the review results, the risk assessment, the national strategy and prioritized missions, descriptions of cooperation and preparedness, an assessment of departmental organization (structure, management, budget and accounting, human resources, procurement, and physical/technical infrastructure), and other relevant matters. The Department must keep records of all consultations and the risk model, data, sources, and assumptions used, and must make the report public on the DHS website when security allows. Within 90 days after sending the report, the Secretary must tell the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs how the review’s findings were used in acquisition plans and spending. Money as needed is authorized to carry out these requirements.
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6 U.S.C. § 347
Title 6 — Domestic Security
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73