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Calendar No. 158 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 411 

[Report No. 116–59] 

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 

JULY 22, 2019 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COUNTER2 TERRORISM ADVISORY BOARD. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home4 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend5 ed by inserting after section 210E the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 210F. DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER7 TERRORISM. 

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

9 Department a Counterterrorism Advisory Board (in this 

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

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

12 departmental operational components and head13 quarters elements; and 

14 ‘‘(2) coordinate departmental intelligence activi15 ties and policy and information related to the mis16 sion and functions of the Department that counter 

17 terrorist threats. 

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

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

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

21 threat environment and the importance of aligning 

22 departmental activities to counter threats under the 

23 guidance of the Secretary; and 

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

25 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be com2 posed of senior representatives of departmental oper3 ational components and headquarters elements. 

4 ‘‘(2) CHAIR.—The Under Secretary for Intel5 ligence and Analysis shall serve as the Chair of the 

6 Board. 

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

8 additional members of the Board from among the 

9 following: 

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

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

13 ‘‘(C) U.S. Immigration and Customs En14 forcement. 

15 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

16 Agency. 

17 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

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

19 Services. 

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

21 ‘‘(H) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

22 Security Agency. 

23 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina24 tion. 

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


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1 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal2 ysis. 

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

4 Plans. 

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

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

8 Enforcement. 

9 ‘‘(O) The Privacy Office. 

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

11 Liberties. 

12 ‘‘(Q) Other departmental offices and pro13 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec14 retary. 

15 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The Board shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) meet on a regular basis to discuss intel17 ligence and coordinate ongoing threat mitigation ef18 forts and departmental activities, including coordina19 tion with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri20 torial, and private sector partners; and 

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

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

23 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts under 

24 section 203. 


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1 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No ad2 ditional funds are authorized to carry out this section. 

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

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

5 enactment of the Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 

6 2019.’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

8 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se9 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) 

10 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

11 210E the following: 

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

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

13 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu14 rity, acting through the Chair of the Counterterrorism Ad15 visory Board established under section 210F of the Home16 land Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), 

17 shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

18 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

19 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a 

20 report on the status and activities of the Counterterrorism 

21 Advisory Board. 

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

23 shall provide written notification to and brief the Com24 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

25 of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 


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1 of the House of Representatives on any changes to or in2 troductions of new mechanisms to coordinate threats 

3 across the Department of Homeland Security. 

4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counter Threats Advi6 sory Board Act of 2019’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COUNTER 

8 THREATS ADVISORY BOARD. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended 

11 by inserting after section 210E the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 210F. DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER 

13 THREATS. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is authorized in the De15 partment, for a period of 2 years beginning after the date 

16 of enactment of this section, a Counter Threats Advisory 

17 Board (in this section referred to as the ‘Board’) which 

18 shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) be composed of senior representatives of de20 partmental operational components and headquarters 

21 elements; and 

22 ‘‘(2) coordinate departmental intelligence activi23 ties and policy and information related to the mis24 sion and functions of the Department that counter 

25 threats. 


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

2 structure and mission of the Board, which shall— 

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

4 threat environment and the importance of aligning 

5 departmental activities to counter threats under the 

6 guidance of the Secretary; and 

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

8 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be composed 

10 of senior representatives of departmental operational 

11 components and headquarters elements. 

12 ‘‘(2) CHAIR.—The Under Secretary for Intel13 ligence and Analysis shall serve as the Chair of the 

14 Board. 

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

16 additional members of the Board from among the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Adminis19 tration. 

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

21 ‘‘(C) U.S. Immigration and Customs En22 forcement. 

23 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

24 Agency. 

25 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 


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

2 Services. 

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

4 ‘‘(H) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

5 Security Agency. 

6 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordination. 

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

8 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal9 ysis. 

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

11 Plans. 

12 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc13 torate. 

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

15 Enforcement. 

16 ‘‘(O) The Privacy Office. 

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

18 Liberties. 

19 ‘‘(Q) Other departmental offices and pro20 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec21 retary. 

22 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The Board shall— 

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1 tion with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri2 torial, and private sector partners; and 

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

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

5 Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts under section 

6 203. 

7 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No addi8 tional funds are authorized to carry out this section.’’. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

10 table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security 

11 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is 

12 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

13 210E the following: 

‘‘Sec. 210F. Departmental coordination on counter threats.’’. 

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

15 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu16 rity, acting through the Chair of the Counter Threats Advi17 sory Board established under section 210F of the Homeland 

18 Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), shall sub19 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern20 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home21 land Security of the House of Representatives a report on 

22 the status and activities of the Counter Threats Advisory 

23 Board. 

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

25 shall provide written notification to and brief the ComVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S411.RS S411

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1 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

2 the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

3 House of Representatives on any changes to or introduc4 tions of new mechanisms to coordinate threats across the 

5 Department of Homeland Security. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 

a Counter Threats Advisory Board, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Calendar No. 158 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 411 

[Report No. 116–59] 

A BILL 

To establish a Counterterrorism Advisory Board, 

and for other purposes. 

JULY 22, 2019 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 


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