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Calendar No. 109 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1590 

[Report No. 116–44] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 2, 2019 

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

Governmental Affairs 

JUNE 5, 2019 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorist and Foreign 

5 Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXERCISE ON TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER 

2 TRAVEL. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to, or as part of exer4 cise programs currently carried out by the Department of 

5 Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for 

6 and collective response to terrorism, promote the dissemi7 nation of homeland security information, and test the se8 curity posture of the United States, the Secretary of 

9 Homeland Security, through appropriate offices and com10 ponents of the Department and in coordination with the 

11 heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, 

12 shall develop and conduct an exercise related to the detec13 tion and prevention of terrorist and foreign fighter travel. 

14 (b) EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS.—The exercise re15 quired under subsection (a) shall include— 

16 (1) a scenario involving— 

17 (A) persons traveling from the United 

18 States to join or provide material support or re19 sources to a terrorist organization abroad; and 

20 (B) terrorist infiltration into the United 

21 States, including by United States citizens and 

22 foreign nationals; 

23 (2) coordination with appropriate Federal de24 partments and agencies, foreign governments, and 

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1 ing law enforcement agencies and representatives 

2 from the National Network of Fusion Centers; and 

3 (3) coordination with appropriate private sector 

4 and community stakeholders. 

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 to the Com9 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa10 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov11 ernmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report pre12 senting the initial findings of such exercise, plans for 

13 quickly incorporating lessons learned into future oper14 ations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any 

15 proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise. 

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

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

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

19 SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE 

20 PROGRAM. 

21 Clause (i) of section 648(b)(2)(A) of the Post22 Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 

23 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and emerg24 ing’’ after ‘‘credible’’. 


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Calendar No. 109 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1590 

[Report No. 116–44] 

AN ACT 

foreign fighter travel, and for other purposes. 

To require an exercise related to terrorist and 

JUNE 5, 2019 

Reported without amendment 


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