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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 411 

To establish a Counterterrorism Advisory Board, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2019 

Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a Counterterrorism Advisory Board, and for 

other purposes. 

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 2019’’. 

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

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend10 ed by inserting after section 210E the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 210F. DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER2 TERRORISM. 

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized in the 

4 Department a Counterterrorism Advisory Board (in this 

5 section referred to as the ‘Board’) which shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) be composed of senior representatives of 

7 departmental operational components and head8 quarters elements; and 

9 ‘‘(2) coordinate departmental intelligence activi10 ties and policy and information related to the mis11 sion and functions of the Department that counter 

12 terrorist threats. 

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

14 the structure and mission of the Board, which shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) direct the Board to focus on the current 

16 threat environment and the importance of aligning 

17 departmental activities to counter threats under the 

18 guidance of the Secretary; and 

19 ‘‘(2) be reviewed and updated as appropriate. 

20 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be com22 posed of senior representatives of departmental oper23 ational components and headquarters elements. 

24 ‘‘(2) CHAIR.—The Under Secretary for Intel25 ligence and Analysis shall serve as the Chair of the 

26 Board. 


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1 ‘‘(3) MEMBERS.—The Secretary shall appoint 

2 additional members of the Board from among the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin5 istration. 

6 ‘‘(B) U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

7 ‘‘(C) U.S. Immigration and Customs En8 forcement. 

9 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

10 Agency. 

11 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

12 ‘‘(F) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

13 Services. 

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

15 ‘‘(H) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

16 Security Agency. 

17 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina18 tion. 

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

20 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal21 ysis. 

22 ‘‘(L) The Office of Strategy, Policy, and 

23 Plans. 

24 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc25 torate. 


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1 ‘‘(N) The Office for State and Local Law 

2 Enforcement. 

3 ‘‘(O) The Privacy Office. 

4 ‘‘(P) The Office for Civil Rights and Civil 

5 Liberties. 

6 ‘‘(Q) Other departmental offices and pro7 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec8 retary. 

9 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The Board shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) meet on a regular basis to discuss intel11 ligence and coordinate ongoing threat mitigation ef12 forts and departmental activities, including coordina13 tion with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri14 torial, and private sector partners; and 

15 ‘‘(2) make recommendations to the Secretary. 

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

17 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts under 

18 section 203. 

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

21 ‘‘(g) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 

22 terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date of 

23 enactment of the Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 

24 2019.’’. 


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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

2 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se3 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) 

4 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

5 210E the following: 

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

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

7 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu8 rity, acting through the Chair of the Counterterrorism Ad9 visory Board established under section 210F of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), 

11 shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

12 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

13 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a 

14 report on the status and activities of the Counterterrorism 

15 Advisory Board. 

16 (d) NOTICE.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 

17 shall provide written notification to and brief the Com18 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

19 of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 

20 of the House of Representatives on any changes to or in21 troductions of new mechanisms to coordinate threats 

22 across the Department of Homeland Security. 

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