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HOUSE 1196115th CongressCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017

Last Action
9/28/2017

Actions

  • 2017-09-28Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • 2017-09-28Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • 2017-07-19Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
  • 2017-07-19Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • 2017-05-18Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
  • 2017-03-16Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  • 2017-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
  • 2017-03-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
  • 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2017-02-16Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 2017-02-16Introduced in House
  • 2017-02-16Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-02-16 (00)

Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government must ensure that capacity-building assistance to combat terrorist travel is coordinated among departments and agencies as well as with foreign implementing partners, and (2) such assistance should be prioritized for the highest-risk countries for travel by terrorists and foreign fighters.

The Department of State shall submit to Congress biennially a foreign partner engagement plan that catalogues existing capacity-building initiatives abroad to combat travel by terrorists and foreign fighters and identifies areas for adjustment to align efforts with risk-based priorities.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the State Department shall accelerate the provision of appropriate versions of the following systems to foreign governments:

  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection's global travel targeting and analysis systems; and
  • the State Department's watchlisting, identification, and screening systems.

DHS may provide, with specified exceptions, excess DHS nonlethal equipment and supplies (as well as related training) to a foreign government if that would:

  • further U.S. homeland security interests; and
  • enhance the recipient government's capacity to mitigate the threat of terrorism, infectious disease or natural disaster, protect lawful trade and travel, or enforce intellectual property rights.

DHS shall:

  • notify Congress before providing such systems, equipment, or supplies; and
  • report to Congress annually through 2022 regarding foreign government efforts to combat terrorist and foreign fighter travel.

The State Department may suspend non-humanitarian, non-trade-related foreign assistance to a foreign country identified in such a report as a country to which the minimum standards for serious and sustained efforts to combat terrorist and foreign fighter travel are applicable but whose government is not fully complying with such standards and is not making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance.

Cosponsors (9)

  • Michael McCaul (R-TX)
  • Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
  • Ted Poe (R-TX)
  • David Schweikert (R-AZ)
  • Paul Cook (R-CA)
  • DANA ROHRABACHER (R-CA)
  • Robert Pittenger (R-NC)
  • Joe Wilson (R-SC)
  • Pete Olson (R-TX)

Subjects

  • Aviation and airports
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Customs enforcement
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • Homeland security
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Intellectual property
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Natural disasters
  • Sanctions
  • Terrorism
  • Travel and tourism
  • Visas and passports
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