IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2471 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to share with 
State, local, and regional fusion centers release informa-
tion from a Federal correctional facility, including name, 
charging date, and expected place and date of release, 
of certain individuals who may pose a terrorist threat, 
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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorist Release An-
nouncements to Counter Extremist Recidivism Act’’ or the 
‘‘TRACER Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TERROR INMATE INFORMATION SHARING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in coordination with the Attorney General and in con-
sultation with other appropriate Federal officials, shall, as 
appropriate, share with State, local, and regional fusion 
centers through the Department of Homeland Security 
Fusion Center Partnership Initiative under section 210A 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h), 
as well as other relevant law enforcement entities, release 
information from a Federal correctional facility, including 
the name, charging date, and expected place and date of 
release, of certain individuals who may pose a terrorist 
threat. 
(b) SCOPE.—The information shared pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) for homeland security purposes; and 
(2) regarding individuals convicted of a Federal 
crime of terrorism (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 2332b of title 18, United States Code). 
(c) PERIODIC THREAT ASSESSMENTS.—Consistent 
with the protection of classified information and controlled 
unclassified information, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
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rity shall coordinate with appropriate Federal officials to 
provide State, local, and regional fusion centers described 
in subsection (a) with periodic assessments regarding the 
overall threat from known or suspected terrorists currently 
incarcerated in a Federal correctional facility, including 
the assessed risks of such populations engaging in ter-
rorist activity upon release. 
(d) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Prior to affecting the in-
formation sharing described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall receive input and advice from the Officer for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Officer for Privacy, 
and the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed as requiring the establishment of 
a list or registry of individuals convicted of terrorism. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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