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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2262 

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

of Homeland Security a board to coordinate and integrate departmental 

intelligence and activities and policy related to counterterrorism, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 21, 2017 

Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. RUBIO, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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 and 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counterterrorism Advi5 sory Board Act of 2017’’. 


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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 adding at the end the following: 

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

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

9 a Counterterrorism Advisory Board (in this section re10 ferred 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 

16 counterterrorism mission and functions of the De17 partment. 

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

19 the structure and mission of the Board, which charter 

20 shall— 

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

22 threat environment and the importance of aligning 

23 departmental counterterrorism activities under the 

24 guidance of the Secretary; and 

25 ‘‘(2) be reviewed and updated every 4 years, as 

26 appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be com3 posed of senior representatives of departmental oper4 ational components and headquarters elements. 

5 ‘‘(2) CHAIR.—The Under Secretary for Intel6 ligence and Analysis shall serve as the Chair of the 

7 Board. 

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

9 additional members of the Board from among the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin12 istration. 

13 ‘‘(B) United States Customs and Border 

14 Protection. 

15 ‘‘(C) United States Immigration and Cus16 toms Enforcement. 

17 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

18 Agency. 

19 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

20 ‘‘(F) United States Citizenship and Immi21 gration Services. 

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

23 ‘‘(H) The National Protection and Pro24 grams Directorate. 


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1 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina2 tion. 

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

4 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal5 ysis. 

6 ‘‘(L) The Office of Policy. 

7 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc8 torate. 

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

10 Enforcement. 

11 ‘‘(O) The Privacy Office. 

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

13 Liberties. 

14 ‘‘(Q) Other departmental offices and pro15 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec16 retary. 

17 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The Board shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) meet on a regular basis to discuss intel19 ligence and coordinate ongoing threat mitigation ef20 forts and departmental activities, including coordina21 tion with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri22 torial, and private sector partners; and 

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


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

2 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts under 

3 section 203. 

4 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No ad5 ditional funds are authorized to carry out this section.’’. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

7 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se8 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) 

9 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

10 210F the following: 

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

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

12 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Secu13 rity, acting through the Chair of the Counterterrorism Ad14 visory Board established under section 210G of the Home15 land Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), 

16 shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

17 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

18 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a 

19 report on the status and activities of the Counterterrorism 

20 Advisory Board. 

21 (d) SUNSET.—Effective on the date that is 4 years 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act— 

23 (1) section 210G of the Homeland Security Act 

24 of 2002, as added by subsection (a), is repealed; and 


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1 (2) the table of contents in section 1(b) of the 

2 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 

3 296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by striking the 

4 item relating to section 210G. 

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