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Union Calendar No. 366 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4407 

[Report No. 114–481] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department 

of Homeland Security a board to coordinate and integrate departmental 

intelligence, activities, and policy related to counterterrorism, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 

Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. 

LOUDERMILK, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ

of California, Mr. KEATING, Mr. VELA, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

APRIL 11, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

in the Department of Homeland Security a board to 

coordinate and integrate departmental intelligence, activities, and policy related to counterterrorism, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Counterterrorism Advi5 sory Board Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COUNTER7 TERRORISM ADVISORY BOARD. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the end of subtitle A of title 

9 II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 

10 et seq.) insert the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 210G. DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER12 TERRORISM. 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department 

14 a board to be composed of senior representatives of de15 partmental operational components and headquarters ele16 ments. The purpose of the board shall be to coordinate 

17 and integrate departmental intelligence, activities, and 

18 policy related to the counterterrorism mission and func19 tions of the Department. 

20 ‘‘(b) CHARTER.—There shall be a charter to govern 

21 the structure and mission of the board. Such charter shall 

22 direct the board to focus on the current threat environ23 ment and the importance of aligning departmental 

24 counterterrorism activities under the Secretary’s guidance. 


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1 The charter shall be reviewed and updated every four 

2 years, as appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall appoint a 

5 Coordinator for Counterterrorism within the Depart6 ment who will serve as the chair of the board. 

7 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—The Secretary 

8 shall appoint additional members of the board from 

9 among the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin11 istration. 

12 ‘‘(B) United States Customs and Border 

13 Protection. 

14 ‘‘(C) United States Immigration and Cus15 toms Enforcement. 

16 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

17 Agency. 

18 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

19 ‘‘(F) United States Citizenship and Immi20 gration Services. 

21 ‘‘(G) The United States Secret Service. 

22 ‘‘(H) The National Protection and Pro23 grams Directorate. 

24 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina25 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(J) The Office of the General Counsel. 

2 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal3 ysis. 

4 ‘‘(L) The Office of Policy. 

5 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc6 torate. 

7 ‘‘(N) Other Departmental offices and pro8 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec9 retary. 

10 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The board shall meet on a regular 

11 basis to discuss intelligence and coordinate ongoing threat 

12 mitigation efforts and departmental activities, including 

13 coordination with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri14 torial, and private sector partners, and shall make rec15 ommendations to the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(e) TERRORISM ALERTS.—The board shall advise 

17 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts pursuant 

18 to section 203 of this Act. 

19 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No ad20 ditional funds are authorized to carry out this section. 

21 This section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 

22 appropriated or made available to the Department.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

24 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 

25 the item relating to section 210F the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 210G. Departmental coordination on counterterrorism.’’. 


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1 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through 

3 the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, shall submit to the 

4 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 

7 status and activities of the board established under section 

8 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 

9 by subsection (a). 


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Union Calendar No. 366 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4407 

[Report No. 114–481] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

to counterterrorism, and for other purposes. mental intelligence, activities, and policy related rity a board to coordinate and integrate departestablish in the Department of Homeland SecuAPRIL 11, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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