Title: Counter Terrorist Network Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Counter Terrorist Network Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the duties of the National Targeting Center of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Specifically, the center must collaborate with appropriate agencies to enhance border security through such operations as those that seek to disrupt and dismantle networks that pose terrorist or other threats.
In addition, the bill authorizes the CBP to assign its personnel to other appropriate agencies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4578 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4578

  To authorize certain counter terrorist networks activities of U.S. 
         Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2017

  Mr. Vela (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Mr. Katko) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize certain counter terrorist networks activities of U.S. 
         Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Counter Terrorist Network Act''.

SEC. 2. DUTY TO COUNTER TERRORIST NETWORKS; DETAILS AND ASSIGNMENT.

    Section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (g)(4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 
                        clause (viii); and
                            (iii) by inserting after clause (vi) the 
                        following new clause:
                            ``(vii) collaborate with appropriate 
                        agencies, including Federal, State, local, 
                        tribal, and international entities, to enhance 
                        border security through operations such as 
                        operations that seek to disrupt and dismantle 
                        networks, including foreign terrorist 
                        organizations (as such term is described in 
                        section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
                        Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), that pose terrorist or 
                        other threats; and'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (p) through (r) as 
        subsections (q) through (s), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (o) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(p) Assignment of Personnel.--The Commissioner may detail or 
otherwise assign personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
other appropriate agencies, including to serve overseas in support of 
global information sharing partnership operations in furtherance of 
enhancing border security, including by preventing entry into the 
United States by individuals known or suspected of being associated 
with a network, including a foreign terrorist organization (as such 
term is described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1189)), that poses terrorist or other threats.''.

SEC. 3. BRIEFINGS.

    The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall 
biannually brief the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate regarding activities, during the prior six 
months, in furtherance of clause (vii) of section 411(g)(4) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 211(g)(4)), as added by section 
2 of this Act. Such briefings may be provided in a classified setting 
if the Commissioner determines such is appropriate.
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