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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4883 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize and rename 
the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group as the Joint 
Counterterrorism Assessment Team. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence, and in addition to the Committee 
on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize 
and rename the Interagency Threat Assessment and Co-
ordination Group as the Joint Counterterrorism Assess-
ment Team. 
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 
Assessment Team Authorization Act’’ or the ‘‘JCAT Au-
thorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION AND RENAMING OF INTER-
AGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND COORDI-
NATION GROUP. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 210D of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124k(i)) is amended 
in subsection (i) by inserting ‘‘, and each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2025,’’ after ‘‘fiscal years 2008 through 
2012’’. 
(b) RENAMING.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘INTER-
AGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND COORDINA-
TION GROUP’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT COUNTER-
TERRORISM ASSESSMENT TEAM’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an Interagency Threat 
Assessment and Coordination Group’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a Joint Counterterrorism Assessment 
Team’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and inserting 
‘‘JCAT’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ in the heading 
and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and inserting 
‘‘JCAT’’; 
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(C) by striking ‘‘an ITACG Advisory 
Council’’ and inserting ‘‘a JCAT Advisory 
Council’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘an ITACG Detail’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a JCAT Detail’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘the ITACG Advisory 
Council’’ and inserting ‘‘the JCAT Advisory 
Council’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ each 
place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 
(5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ 
each place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 
(6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and 
inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 
(7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ each 
place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 
(8) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ 
each place that it appears and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; 
(9) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ and 
inserting ‘‘JCAT’’; and 
(10) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘ITACG’’ 
and inserting ‘‘JCAT’’. 
(c) REFERENCES IN LAW.—Any reference in any law, 
rule, or regulation to the Interagency Threat Assessment 
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and Coordination Group shall be deemed a reference to 
the Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team. 
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