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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3284 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Joint 
Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2017 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, and Mr. DONOVAN) 
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 
a Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Joint Counterterrorism 
Awareness Workshop Series Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM AWARENESS WORK-
SHOP SERIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security 
Act (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 529. JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM AWARENESS WORK-
SHOP SERIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the National Counterterrorism 
Center and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, shall establish a Joint Counterterrorism Aware-
ness Workshop Series (in this section referred to as the 
‘Workshop Series’) to address emerging terrorist threats 
and to enhance the ability of State and local jurisdictions 
to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from 
terrorist attacks. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The Workshop Series established 
under subsection (a) shall include the following compo-
nents: 
‘‘(1) Reviewing existing preparedness, response, 
and interdiction plans, policies, and procedures re-
lated to terrorist attacks of the participating juris-
dictions and identifying gaps in such plans, oper-
ational capabilities, response resources, and authori-
ties. 
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‘‘(2) Identifying Federal, State, and local re-
sources available to address the gaps identified in 
accordance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) Providing assistance, through training, ex-
ercises, and other means, to build or sustain, as ap-
propriate, the capabilities to close such identified 
gaps. 
‘‘(4) Examining the roles and responsibilities of 
participating agencies and respective communities in 
the event of a terrorist attack. 
‘‘(5) Improving situational awareness and infor-
mation sharing among all participating agencies in 
the event of a terrorist attack. 
‘‘(6) Identifying and sharing best practices and 
lessons learned from each Workshop Series estab-
lished under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPATING CITIES.—The 
Administrator shall select jurisdictions to host a Workshop 
Series from those cities that— 
‘‘(1) are currently receiving, or that previously 
received, funding under section 2003; and 
‘‘(2) have requested to be considered. 
‘‘(d) WORKSHOP SERIES PARTICIPANTS.—Individ-
uals from State and local jurisdictions and emergency re-
sponse providers in cities designated under subsection (c) 
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shall be eligible to participate in the Workshop Series, in-
cluding the following: 
‘‘(1) Senior elected and appointed officials. 
‘‘(2) Law enforcement. 
‘‘(3) Fire and Rescue. 
‘‘(4) Emergency management. 
‘‘(5) Emergency Medical Services. 
‘‘(6) Public health officials. 
‘‘(7) Private sector representatives. 
‘‘(8) Other participants as deemed appropriate 
by the Administrator. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) WORKSHOP SERIES REPORT.—The Admin-
istrator, in consultation with the Director of the Na-
tional Counterterrorism Center, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and officials from 
the city in which a Workshop Series is held, shall de-
velop and submit to all of the agencies participating 
in such Workshop Series a report after the conclu-
sion of each such Workshop Series that addresses 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Key findings about lessons learned 
and best practices from each such Workshop 
Series. 
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‘‘(B) Potential mitigation strategies and 
resources to address gaps identified during each 
such Workshop Series. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this section 
and annually thereafter for the next seven years, the 
Administrator, in consultation with the Director of 
the National Counterterrorism Center and the Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a comprehensive summary report of the key 
themes, lessons learned, and best practices identified 
during the Workshop Series held during the previous 
year. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $1,000,000 to carry out this section.’’. 
(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 
528 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 529. Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series.’’. 
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