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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorist and Foreign 
Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. EXERCISE ON TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER 
TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to, or as part of exer-
cise programs currently carried out by the Department of 
Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for 
and collective response to terrorism, promote the dissemi-
nation of homeland security information, and test the se-
curity posture of the United States, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, through appropriate offices and com-
ponents of the Department and in coordination with the 
heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, 
shall develop and conduct an exercise related to the detec-
tion and prevention of terrorist and foreign fighter travel. 
(b) EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS.—The exercise re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a scenario involving— 
(A) persons traveling from the United 
States to join or provide material support or re-
sources to a terrorist organization abroad; and 
(B) terrorist infiltration into the United 
States, including by United States citizens and 
foreign nationals;
(2) coordination with appropriate Federal de-
partments and agencies, foreign governments, and 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies, includ-
ing law enforcement agencies and representatives 
from the National Network of Fusion Centers; and 
(3) coordination with appropriate private sector 
and community stakeholders. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the com-
pletion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the 
protection of classified information, submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report pre-
senting the initial findings of such exercise, plans for 
quickly incorporating lessons learned into future oper-
ations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any 
proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘material 
support or resources’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 2339A of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE 
PROGRAM. 
Clause (i) of section 648(b)(2)(A) of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6
U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and emerg-
ing’’ after ‘‘credible’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 1, 2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1590 
AN ACT 
To require an exercise related to terrorist and 
foreign fighter travel, and for other purposes.
H. R. 1590 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
An Act 
To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorist and Foreign Fighter 
Travel Exercise Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. EXERCISE ON TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to, or as part of exercise programs 
currently carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, 
to enhance domestic preparedness for and collective response to 
terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security informa-
tion, and test the security posture of the United States, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, through appropriate offices and 
components of the Department and in coordination with the heads 
of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall develop 
and conduct an exercise related to the detection and prevention 
of terrorist and foreign fighter travel. 
(b) EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS.—The exercise required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a scenario involving— 
(A) persons traveling from the United States to join 
or provide material support or resources to a terrorist 
organization abroad; and 
(B) terrorist infiltration into the United States, 
including by United States citizens and foreign nationals; 
(2) coordination with appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies, foreign governments, and State, local, Tribal, and 
territorial agencies, including law enforcement agencies and 
representatives from the National Network of Fusion Centers; 
and 
(3) coordination with appropriate private sector and 
community stakeholders. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the completion of 
the exercise required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall, consistent with the protection of classified 
information, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action 
report presenting the initial findings of such exercise, plans for 
quickly incorporating lessons learned into future operations of the
workforce needs, and how the postsecondary career 
and technical education program will meet such 
workforce needs; 
(5) how the eligible partnership will incorporate 
cybersecurity education aligned to the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology Special Publi-
cation 800–181, ‘‘National Initiative for Cybersecu-
rity Workforce Framework’’, into such postsec-
ondary career and technical education program; 
(6) the work-based learning opportunities the 
eligible partnership will offer; 
(7) how such postsecondary career and tech-
nical education program will lead to a recognized 
postsecondary credential and employment in the crit-
ical infrastructure sector targeted by the postsec-
ondary career and technical education program; 
(8) how such postsecondary career and tech-
nical education program will be sustained following 
the grant period; 
(9) how such postsecondary career and tech-
nical education program will promote diversity with-
in the cybersecurity workforce in critical infrastruc-
ture sectors; and 
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H. R. 1590—2 
Department of Homeland Security, and any proposed legislative 
changes informed by such exercise. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘material support 
or resources’’ has the meaning given such term in section 2339A 
of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM. 
Clause (i) of section 648(b)(2)(A) of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘and emerging’’ after ‘‘credible’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
IIB 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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and employees of that insurer may not be held liable pur-
suant to any Federal law or regulation— 
(1) solely for engaging in the business of insur-
ance; or 
(2) for further investing any income derived 
from the business of insurance. 
(d) FORFEITURE.— 
(1) DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.—A depository 
institution that has a legal interest in the collateral 
for a loan or another financial service provided to an 
owner, employee, or operator of a cannabis-related 
legitimate business or service provider, or to an 
owner or operator of real estate or equipment that 
is leased or sold to a cannabis-related legitimate 
business or service provider, shall not be subject to 
criminal, civil, or administrative forfeiture of that 
legal interest pursuant to any Federal law for pro-
viding such loan or other financial service. 
(2) FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND FEDERAL 
HOME
LOAN
BANKS.—A Federal reserve bank or 
Federal Home Loan Bank that has a legal interest 
in the collateral for a loan or another financial serv-
ice provided to a depository institution that provides 
a financial service to a cannabis-related legitimate 
business or service provider, or to an owner or oper-
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorist and Foreign 
Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. EXERCISE ON TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER 
TRAVEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to, or as part of exer-
cise programs currently carried out by the Department of 
Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for 
and collective response to terrorism, promote the dissemi-
nation of homeland security information, and test the se-
curity posture of the United States, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, through appropriate offices and com-
ponents of the Department and in coordination with the 
heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, 
shall develop and conduct an exercise related to the detec-
tion and prevention of terrorist and foreign fighter travel. 
(b) EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS.—The exercise re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a scenario involving— 
(A) persons traveling from the United 
States to join or provide material support or re-
sources to a terrorist organization abroad; and 
(B) terrorist infiltration into the United 
States, including by United States citizens and 
foreign nationals; 
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(2) coordination with appropriate Federal de-
partments and agencies, foreign governments, and 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies, includ-
ing law enforcement agencies and representatives 
from the National Network of Fusion Centers; and 
(3) coordination with appropriate private sector 
and community stakeholders. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the com-
pletion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the 
protection of classified information, submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report pre-
senting the initial findings of such exercise, plans for 
quickly incorporating lessons learned into future oper-
ations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any 
proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘material 
support or resources’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 2339A of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE 
PROGRAM. 
Clause (i) of section 648(b)(2)(A) of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 
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U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and emerg-
ing’’ after ‘‘credible’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 1, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 13 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1590 
[Report No. 116–27] 
To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Mr. GUEST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HIGGINS 
of Louisiana, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. WALKER, and Mr. RATCLIFFE 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter 
travel, and for other purposes. 
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place settings, to the extent practicable, or simulated 
environments at an educational institution that fos-
ter in-depth, firsthand engagement with the tasks 
required in a given career field, that are aligned to 
curriculum and instruction. 
(10) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-
tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102). 
(11) SPECIAL POPULATIONS.—The term ‘‘spe-
cial populations’’ means— 
(A) individuals with disabilities; 
(B) individuals from economically dis-
advantaged families, including low-income youth 
and adults; 
(C) individuals preparing for non-tradi-
tional fields; 
(D) single parents, including single preg-
nant women; 
(E) out-of-workforce individuals; 
(F) English learners; 
(G) homeless individuals described in sec-
tion 11434a of title 42, United States Code; 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1594 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
a process to review applications for certain grants to 
purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or 
exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus 
standards, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(H) youth who are in, or have aged out of, 
the foster care system; and 
(I) youth with a parent who— 
(i) is a member of the armed forces 
(as such term is defined in section 
101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code); 
and 
(ii) is on active duty (as such term is 
defined in section 101(d)(1) of such title). 
Æ 
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‘‘Subtitle D—Bombing Prevention 
‘‘Sec. 2241. Office for Bombing Prevention. 
‘‘Sec. 2242. Countering explosive devices technical assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 2243. Relationship to other Department components and Federal agencies.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPLOSIVES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 323. EXPLOSIVES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and in coordi-
nation with the head of the Office for Bombing Prevention 
and the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Office, and in consultation with the At-
torney General, the Secretary of Defense, and the head of 
any other relevant Federal department or agency, including 
Sector Risk Management Agencies, shall ensure coordina-
tion and information sharing regarding nonmilitary re-
search, development, testing, and evaluation activities of the 
Federal Government relating to the deterrence, detection, 
prevention, protection against, mitigation of, and response 
to terrorist explosive threats and attacks in the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) LEVERAGING MILITARY RESEARCH.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology, and in coordination with the head of the Office 
for Bombing Prevention and the Assistant Secretary for the 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coordinating and 
Leveraging Activities for School Security Act’’ or the 
‘‘CLASS Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 711. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department a coordinating council to ensure that, to the 
maximum extent practicable, activities, plans, and policies 
to enhance the security of an early childhood education 
program, elementary school, high school, or secondary 
schools against an act of terrorism are coordinated. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The members of the council es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, 
and Plans. 
‘‘(2) The Director of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security. 
‘‘(3) The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency. 
‘‘(4) The Director of the Secret Service.
‘‘(5) The Executive Director of the Office of 
Academic Engagement. 
‘‘(6) The Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
‘‘(7) Any other official of the Department the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(c) LEADERSHIP.—The Secretary shall designate a 
member of the council to serve as chair of the council. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 30, 2021, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regard-
ing the council’s activities during the preceding year, in-
cluding information on any metrics regarding the efficacy 
of such activities and any engagement with stakeholders 
outside of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘early 
childhood education program’, ‘elementary school’, ‘high 
school’, and ‘secondary school’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
710 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 711. School security coordinating council.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 1, 2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1593 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish a school security coordinating council, 
and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019’’ or 
the ‘‘SAFE Banking Act of 2019’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to increase 
public safety by ensuring access to financial services to 
cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service pro-
viders and reducing the amount of cash at such busi-
nesses. 
SEC. 2. SAFE HARBOR FOR DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A Federal banking regulator may 
not— 
(1) terminate or limit the deposit insur-
ance or share insurance of a depository institu-
tion under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.), the Federal Credit 
Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), or take 
any other adverse action against a depository 
institution under section 8 of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818) solely be-
cause the depository institution provides or has 
provided financial services to a cannabis-related 
legitimate business or service provider; 
(2) prohibit, penalize, or otherwise discour-
age a depository institution from providing fi-
nancial services to a cannabis-related legitimate
and employees of that insurer may not be held liable pur-
suant to any Federal law or regulation— 
(1) solely for engaging in the business of insur-
ance; or 
(2) for further investing any income derived 
from the business of insurance. 
(d) FORFEITURE.— 
(1) DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.—A depository 
institution that has a legal interest in the collateral 
for a loan or another financial service provided to an 
owner, employee, or operator of a cannabis-related 
legitimate business or service provider, or to an 
owner or operator of real estate or equipment that 
is leased or sold to a cannabis-related legitimate 
business or service provider, shall not be subject to 
criminal, civil, or administrative forfeiture of that 
legal interest pursuant to any Federal law for pro-
viding such loan or other financial service. 
(2) FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND FEDERAL 
HOME
LOAN
BANKS.—A Federal reserve bank or 
Federal Home Loan Bank that has a legal interest 
in the collateral for a loan or another financial serv-
ice provided to a depository institution that provides 
a financial service to a cannabis-related legitimate 
business or service provider, or to an owner or oper-
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(3) businesses involved in the sale of hemp-de-
rived cannabidiol (‘‘CBD’’) products are particularly 
affected, due to confusion about their legal status. 
(b) FEDERAL BANKING REGULATOR HEMP BANKING 
GUIDANCE.—Not later than the end of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Fed-
eral banking regulators shall jointly issue guidance to fi-
nancial institutions— 
(1) confirming the legality of hemp, hemp-de-
rived CBD products, and other hemp-derived 
cannabinoid products, and the legality of engaging 
in financial services with businesses selling hemp, 
hemp-derived CBD products, and other hemp-de-
rived cannabinoid products, after the enactment of 
the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; and 
(2) to provide recommended best practices for 
financial institutions to follow when providing finan-
cial services and merchant processing services to 
businesses involved in the sale of hemp, hemp-de-
rived CBD products, and other hemp-derived 
cannabinoid products. 
(c) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘financial institution’’ means any person 
providing financial services. 
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