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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1590 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 2, 2019 

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 2019’’. 

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 heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, 

15 shall develop and conduct an exercise related to the detec16 tion and prevention of terrorist and foreign fighter travel. 

17 (b) EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS.—The exercise re18 quired under subsection (a) shall include— 

19 (1) a scenario involving— 

20 (A) persons traveling from the United 

21 States to join or provide material support or re22 sources to a terrorist organization abroad; and 

23 (B) terrorist infiltration into the United 

24 States, including by United States citizens and 

25 foreign nationals; 


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1 (2) coordination with appropriate Federal de2 partments and agencies, foreign governments, and 

3 State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies, includ4 ing law enforcement agencies and representatives 

5 from the National Network of Fusion Centers; and 

6 (3) coordination with appropriate private sector 

7 and community stakeholders. 

8 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the com9 pletion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the 

10 Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the 

11 protection of classified information, submit to the Com12 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa13 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov14 ernmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report pre15 senting the initial findings of such exercise, plans for 

16 quickly incorporating lessons learned into future oper17 ations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any 

18 proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise. 

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

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

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

22 SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE 

23 PROGRAM. 

24 Clause (i) of section 648(b)(2)(A) of the Post25 Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 


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1 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and emerg2 ing’’ after ‘‘credible’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 1, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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