Title: Terrorist Release Announcements to Counter Extremist Recidivism Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Terrorist Release Announcements to Counter Extremist Recidivism Act or the TRACER Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to share with state, local, and regional fusion centers through the DHS State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative, for homeland security purposes, release information from a federal correctional facility, including the name, charging date, and expected place and date of release, of individuals convicted of a federal crime of terrorism.
A fusion center serves as a focal point within the state and local environment for the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of threat-related information between the federal government and state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners.
DHS shall coordinate with appropriate federal officials to provide state, local, and regional fusion centers with periodic assessments regarding the overall threat from known or suspected terrorists currently incarcerated in a federal correctional facility.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2471 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2471

   To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to share with State, 
 local, and regional fusion centers release information 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2017

 Mr. Rutherford (for himself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to share with State, 
 local, and regional fusion centers release information 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorist Release Announcements to 
Counter Extremist Recidivism Act'' or the ``TRACER Act''.

SEC. 2. TERROR INMATE INFORMATION SHARING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with appropriate Federal officials, shall, as appropriate, 
share with State, local, and regional fusion centers through the 
Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion 
Center Initiative established in section 210A of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h) 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 section 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 Security 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 terrorist activity upon release.
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