IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1302 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 27, 2017 

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

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter 

travel, 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 ‘‘Terrorist and Foreign 

3 Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXERCISE ON TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER 

5 TRAVEL. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to, or as part of exer7 cise programs currently carried out by the Department of 

8 Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for 

9 and collective response to terrorism, promote the dissemi10 nation of homeland security information, and test the se11 curity posture of the United States, the Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security, through appropriate offices and com13 ponents of the Department and in coordination with the 

14 relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall, not later 

15 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

16 develop and conduct an exercise related to the terrorist 

17 and foreign fighter threat. 

18 (b) EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS.—The exercise re19 quired under subsection (a) shall include— 

20 (1) a scenario involving— 

21 (A) persons traveling from the United 

22 States to join or provide material support or re23 sources to a terrorist organization abroad; and 

24 (B) terrorist infiltration into the United 

25 States, including United States citizens and for26 eign nationals; and 


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1 (2) coordination with relevant Federal depart2 ments and agencies, foreign governments, and State, 

3 local, tribal, territorial, and private sector stake4 holders. 

5 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the com6 pletion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the 

7 Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the 

8 protection of classified information, submit an after-action 

9 report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home11 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate pre12 senting the initial findings of such exercise, including any 

13 identified or potential vulnerabilities in United States de14 fenses and any legislative changes requested in light of 

15 the findings. The report shall be submitted in unclassified 

16 form, but may include a classified annex. 

17 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘material 

18 support or resources’’ has the meaning given such term 

19 in section 2339A of title 18, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE 

21 PROGRAM. 

22 Subparagraph (A) of section 648(b)(2) of the Post23 Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 

24 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

2 and 

3 (2) by adding after clause (vi) the following new 

4 clause: 

5 ‘‘(vii) designed, to the extent prac6 ticable, to include exercises addressing 

7 emerging terrorist threats, such as sce8 narios involving United States citizens de9 parting the United States to enlist with or 

10 provide material support or resources to 

11 terrorist organizations abroad or terrorist 

12 infiltration into the United States, includ13 ing United States citizens and foreign na14 tionals; and’’. 

15 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

16 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

17 requirements of this Act and the amendments made by 

18 this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 

19 amounts otherwise authorized. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 24, 

2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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