Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 3/25/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- 2019-01-29Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-01-29Introduced in House
- 2019-01-29Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-29 (00)
Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management.
The bill defines behavioral threat assessment and management as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat.
DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.
Cosponsors (20)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Randy Weber (R-TX)
- Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
- Brad Wenstrup (R-OH)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Rob Woodall (R-GA)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Steve Stivers (R-OH)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Ted Yoho (R-FL)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
- Thomas Suozzi (D-NY)
- STEVE CHABOT (R-OH)
- WM. CLAY (D-MO)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Jefferson Van Drew (D-NJ)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
Subjects
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against children
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Mental health
- Terrorism
- Violent crime
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