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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4883 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize and rename 

the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group as the Joint 

Counterterrorism Assessment Team. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 28, 2019 

Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and in addition to the Committee 

on Homeland Security, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize 

and rename the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group as the Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Joint Counterterrorism 

5 Assessment Team Authorization Act’’ or the ‘‘JCAT Au6 thorization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND RENAMING OF INTER2 AGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND COORDI3 NATION GROUP. 

4 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 210D of the Home5 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124k(i)) is amended 

6 in subsection (i) by inserting ‘‘, and each of fiscal years 

7 2020 through 2025,’’ after ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 

8 2012’’. 

9 (b) RENAMING.—Such section is further amended— 

10 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INTER11 AGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND COORDINA12 TION GROUP’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT COUNTER13 TERRORISM ASSESSMENT TEAM’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘an Interagency Threat 

16 Assessment and Coordination Group’’ and in17 serting ‘‘a Joint Counterterrorism Assessment 

18 Team’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘JCAT’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ in the heading 

23 and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘JCAT’’; 


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1 (C) by striking ‘‘an ITACG Advisory 

2 Council’’ and inserting ‘‘a JCAT Advisory 

3 Council’’; 

4 (D) by striking ‘‘an ITACG Detail’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘a JCAT Detail’’; and 

6 (E) by striking ‘‘the ITACG Advisory 

7 Council’’ and inserting ‘‘the JCAT Advisory 

8 Council’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ each 

10 place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 

11 (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ 

12 each place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 

13 (6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 

15 (7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ each 

16 place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 

17 (8) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ 

18 each place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 

19 (9) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; and 

21 (10) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’. 

23 (c) REFERENCES IN LAW.—Any reference in any law, 

24 rule, or regulation to the Interagency Threat Assessment 


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1 and Coordination Group shall be deemed a reference to 

2 the Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team. 

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