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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 526 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2017 

Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. HURD, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. VELA, Mr. KEATING, 

Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MCSALLY, and Mr. RATCLIFFE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

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, 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.—At the end of subtitle A of title 

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

5 et seq.) insert the following new section: 

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

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

9 a board to be composed of senior representatives of de10 partmental operational components and headquarters ele11 ments. The purpose of the board shall be to coordinate 

12 and integrate departmental intelligence, activities, and 

13 policy related to the counterterrorism mission and func14 tions of the Department. 

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

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

17 direct the board to focus on the current threat environ18 ment and the importance of aligning departmental 

19 counterterrorism activities under the Secretary’s guidance. 

20 The charter shall be reviewed and updated every four 

21 years, as appropriate. 

22 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 

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

24 Coordinator for Counterterrorism within the Depart25 ment who will serve as the chair of the board. 


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

2 shall appoint additional members of the board from 

3 among the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin5 istration. 

6 ‘‘(B) United States Customs and Border 

7 Protection. 

8 ‘‘(C) United States Immigration and Cus9 toms Enforcement. 

10 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

11 Agency. 

12 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

13 ‘‘(F) United States Citizenship and Immi14 gration Services. 

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

16 ‘‘(H) The National Protection and Pro17 grams Directorate. 

18 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina19 tion. 

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

21 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal22 ysis. 

23 ‘‘(L) The Office of Policy. 

24 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc25 torate. 


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1 ‘‘(N) Other Departmental offices and pro2 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec3 retary. 

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

5 basis to discuss intelligence and coordinate ongoing threat 

6 mitigation efforts and departmental activities, including 

7 coordination with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri8 torial, and private sector partners, and shall make rec9 ommendations to the Secretary. 

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

11 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts pursuant 

12 to section 203 of this Act. 

13 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No ad14 ditional funds are authorized to carry out this section. 

15 This section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 

16 appropriated or made available to the Department.’’. 

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

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

19 the item relating to section 210F the following new item: 

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

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

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

22 the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, shall submit to the 

23 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

25 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 


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1 status and activities of the board established under section 

2 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 

3 by subsection (a). 

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