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Union Calendar No. 365 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4569 
[Report No. 115–491] 
To require counterterrorism information sharing coordination, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2017 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. 
HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. RUTHERFORD) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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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 ‘‘Counterterrorism In-
formation Sharing Improvement Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. COUNTERTERRORISM INFORMATION SHARING CO-
ORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting though the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall ensure that, for 
counterterrorism purposes, the Department of the Home-
land Security has access to biographic and biometric data 
collected by the United States Government on individuals 
associated with a terrorist organization. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The President shall direct the 
heads of relevant Federal departments and agencies to co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to mini-
mize and overcome any administrative, technical, capacity, 
or classification challenges to carrying out subsection (a). 
(c) PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall ensure that all relevant laws, rules, and proce-
dures, including the section 552(a) of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ 
or the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), regarding classification lev-
els and civil rights and civil liberties are followed while 
seeking to carry out subsection (a). 
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(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the pro-
tection of classified information, submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 
on the implementation of this section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include a description of how the 
data referred to in subsection (a) is utilized for De-
partment of Homeland Security screening and vet-
ting purposes and any challenges associated with in-
corporating such data into departmental screening 
and vetting systems. 
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Union Calendar No. 365 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4569 
[Report No. 115–491] 
A BILL 
To require counterterrorism information sharing 
coordination, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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