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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2459 
To require a threat assessment regarding the exploitation by transnational 
criminal organizations of the unaccompanied alien children services pro-
gram within the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require a threat assessment regarding the exploitation 
by transnational criminal organizations of the unaccom-
panied alien children services program within the United 
States, 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 ‘‘Transnational Crimi-
nal Organization Exploitation Threat Assessment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. THREAT ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
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land Security, acting through the Under Secretary for In-
telligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security, shall conduct a threat assessment of the exploi-
tation by transnational criminal organizations of the unac-
companied alien children services program. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the threat assess-
ment required under subsection (a), the Under Secretary 
for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Home-
land Security shall consult with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of 
National Intelligence, and the heads of other Federal de-
partments and agencies, as appropriate, to ensure that 
such threat assessment is informed by current information 
about homeland security threats posed by transnational 
criminal organizations. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Upon completion of the 
threat assessment required under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall make a deter-
mination if any changes are required to address security 
vulnerabilities identified in such assessment that are ex-
ploited by transnational criminal organizations in the un-
accompanied alien children services program. If changes 
to the unaccompanied alien children services program are 
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required, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall direct 
the Department of Homeland Security component agen-
cies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to address 
such vulnerabilities, as appropriate. 
(d) DISTRIBUTION.—Upon completion of the threat 
assessment required under subsection (a), the Under Sec-
retary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall disseminate such threat assess-
ment to Federal partners, including the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, and State and local part-
ners, including State, local, and regional fusion centers. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
TRANSNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘‘transnational criminal organiza-
tion’’ means a group of persons that includes one or 
more foreign persons that engages in an ongoing 
pattern of serious criminal activity involving the ju-
risdictions of at least two foreign countries and that 
threatens the national security, foreign policy, or 
economy of the United States. 
(2) UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN SERV-
ICES
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘unaccompanied alien 
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children service program’’ means the program de-
scribed in section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279). 
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