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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7335 
To direct the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Home-
land Security, to report to the appropriate committees on encounters 
with covered aliens included in the terrorist screening database. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2024 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Home-
land Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, to report to the appro-
priate committees on encounters with covered aliens in-
cluded in the terrorist screening database. 
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 ‘‘Transparency in Na-
tional Security Threats Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRED PROVISION OF MEMORANDUM OF UN-
DERSTANDING. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees the memorandum of understanding 
entitled ‘‘Integration and Use of Screening Information to 
Protect Against Terrorism’’, effective September 16, 
2003, and any successor memoranda. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRED REPORTS ON ENCOUNTERS WITH 
ALIENS INCLUDED IN TERRORIST SCREEN-
ING DATABASE. 
(a) MONTHLY REPORTS.—Subject to subsection (e) 
and not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every month thereafter, the Attorney Gen-
eral, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, shall submit to the appropriate committees a report, 
including, with respect to encounters, apprehensions, and 
arrests during the month immediately preceding the date 
of the report, the following information: 
(1) The total number of covered aliens, 
disaggregated by the geographic region of the en-
counter, apprehension, or arrest. 
(2) The number of covered aliens who were pa-
roled, admitted, or otherwise released into the 
United States. 
(3) The citizenship of the covered aliens. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The report under 
subsection (a) shall also contain, disaggregated by each 
covered alien, the following information: 
(1) The geographic region of encounter, appre-
hension, or arrest for each covered alien. 
(2) The derogatory information causing each 
covered alien to be included in the terrorist screen-
ing database. 
(3) The criminal history of each covered alien. 
(4) If the covered alien was paroled, admitted, 
or otherwise released into the United States. 
(5) The citizenship of each covered alien. 
(6) The immigration status of each covered 
alien and any previous immigration status of such 
alien, if any. 
(7) Case history information on each covered 
alien, including the alien’s immigration history, any 
applications made for an immigration benefit by the 
alien, and the alien file. 
(8) The detention status of each covered alien. 
(9) For each covered alien who is not detained, 
the location of the covered alien at the time of the 
applicable report and, if such covered alien is en-
rolled in an alternative to detention program, the 
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type of alternatives to detention on which such cov-
ered alien has been placed. 
(10) For each covered alien in the United 
States, whether the covered alien has been placed in 
removal proceedings and, for each covered alien not 
placed in removal proceedings, an explanation of the 
reason such covered alien was not placed in such 
proceedings. 
(11) The number of covered aliens removed 
from the United States, disaggregated by the coun-
try to which each alien was removed. 
(c) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every month thereafter, 
the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, shall publish, on a publicly acces-
sible website the information in paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) of subsection (a) for the month immediately preceding 
the date of the report. 
(d) INSTANCE REPORTS.—Subject to subsection (e) 
and beginning not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and within 96 hours of each en-
counter, apprehension, or arrest of a covered alien, the At-
torney General, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall notify the appropriate commit-
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tees of any such encounter, apprehension, or arrest. The 
notification shall include the following: 
(1) The derogatory information causing each 
covered alien to be included in the terrorist screen-
ing database. 
(2) The citizenship of the covered alien. 
(3) The geographic region where the covered 
alien was encountered, apprehended, or arrested. 
(4) The detention status of each covered alien. 
(e) CLASSIFICATION.—Only the following may be 
submitted in a classified setting: 
(1) Any information described in subsection 
(b)(2). 
(2) Any information described in subsection 
(d)(1). 
SEC. 4. REQUIRED PROVISION OF SPECIAL INTEREST 
COUNTRY LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
provide to the appropriate committees the special interest 
countries list. 
(b) REVISION.—Not later than 30 days after any re-
vision to the special interest countries list, the Attorney 
General shall notify the appropriate committees of such 
revision. 
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SEC. 5. REQUIRED REPORTING ON ENCOUNTERS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every month thereafter, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall publish on a publicly accessible 
website the number of aliens, disaggregated by citizenship, 
who— 
(1) are inadmissible under the immigration laws 
(as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)); and 
(2) during the month immediately preceding the 
date of publication, were encountered by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security along the United 
States border. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ALIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ shall have the 
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate committees’’ means the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(3) COVERED
ALIEN.—The term ‘‘covered 
alien’’ means an alien— 
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(A) who is encountered, apprehended, or 
arrested by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity; and 
(B) whose identifying information is found 
to be included within the terrorist screening 
database. 
(4) TERRORIST
SCREENING
DATABASE.—The 
term ‘‘terrorist screening database’’ shall have the 
meaning given such term in section 2101 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 621). 
(5) SPECIAL
INTEREST
COUNTRY
LIST.—The 
term ‘‘special interest country list’’ means the list 
maintained by the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation that identifies any country determined 
by the Director to be a country of special interest. 
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