IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 769 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 29, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counterterrorism Advi3 sory Board Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COUNTER5 TERRORISM ADVISORY BOARD. 

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

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

8 et seq.) insert the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 210H. DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER10 TERRORISM. 

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

12 a board to be composed of senior representatives of de13 partmental operational components and headquarters ele14 ments. The purpose of the board shall be to coordinate 

15 and integrate departmental intelligence, activities, and 

16 policy related to the counterterrorism mission and func17 tions of the Department. 

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

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

20 direct the board to focus on the current threat environ21 ment and the importance of aligning departmental 

22 counterterrorism activities under the Secretary’s guidance. 

23 The charter shall be reviewed and updated every 4 years, 

24 as appropriate. 

25 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 


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

2 Coordinator for Counterterrorism within the Depart3 ment who will serve as the chair of the board. 

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

5 shall appoint additional members of the board from 

6 among the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin8 istration. 

9 ‘‘(B) United States Customs and Border 

10 Protection. 

11 ‘‘(C) United States Immigration and Cus12 toms Enforcement. 

13 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

14 Agency. 

15 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

16 ‘‘(F) United States Citizenship and Immi17 gration Services. 

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

19 ‘‘(H) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

20 Security Agency. 

21 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina22 tion. 

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

24 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal25 ysis. 


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1 ‘‘(L) The Office of Policy. 

2 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc3 torate. 

4 ‘‘(N) Other Departmental offices and pro5 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec6 retary. 

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

8 basis to discuss intelligence and coordinate ongoing threat 

9 mitigation efforts and departmental activities, including 

10 coordination with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri11 torial, and private sector partners, and shall make rec12 ommendations to the Secretary. 

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

14 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts pursuant 

15 to section 203 of this Act. 

16 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No ad17 ditional funds are authorized to carry out this section.’’. 

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

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

20 the item relating to section 210G the following new item: 

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

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

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

23 the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, shall submit to the 

24 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 


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1 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 

2 status and activities of the board established under section 

3 210H of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 

4 by subsection (a). 

Passed the House of Representatives January 29, 

2019. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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