Title: Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and conduct an exercise related to the terrorist and foreign fighter threat in order to enhance domestic preparedness for and the collective response to terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test the U.S. security posture.
Such exercise shall include: (1) a scenario involving persons traveling from the United States to join or provide material support or resources to a terrorist organization abroad and terrorist infiltration into the United States, including by U.S. citizens and foreign nationals; and (2) coordination with relevant federal agencies, foreign governments, and state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector stakeholders.
DHS shall submit an after-action report, including any identified or potential vulnerabilities in U.S. defenses and requested legislative changes.
The bill amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to require the national exercise program (a program to test and evaluate the national preparedness goal, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies) to be designed to include exercises addressing emerging terrorist threats, such as such a scenario.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1302 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1302

To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2017

 Ms. McSally (for herself, Mr. Lance, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Mr. Vela, 
Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Hurd, and 
 Mr. Loudermilk) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel, 
                        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 and Foreign Fighter Travel 
Exercise Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXERCISE ON TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER TRAVEL.

    (a) In General.--In addition to, or as part of exercise programs 
currently carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, to 
enhance domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism, 
promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test 
the security posture of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, through appropriate offices and components of the Department 
and in coordination with the relevant Federal departments and agencies, 
shall, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, develop and conduct an exercise related to the terrorist and 
foreign fighter threat.
    (b) Exercise Requirements.--The exercise required under subsection 
(a) shall include--
            (1) a scenario involving--
                    (A) persons traveling from the United States to 
                join or provide material support or resources to a 
                terrorist organization abroad; and
                    (B) terrorist infiltration into the United States, 
                including United States citizens and foreign nationals; 
                and
            (2) coordination with relevant Federal departments and 
        agencies, foreign governments, and State, local, tribal, 
        territorial, and private sector stakeholders.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the completion of the 
exercise required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall, consistent with the protection of classified 
information, submit an after-action report to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate presenting the initial 
findings of such exercise, including any identified or potential 
vulnerabilities in United States defenses and any legislative changes 
requested in light of the findings. The report shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``material support or 
resources'' has the meaning given such term in section 2339A of title 
18, United States Code.

SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM.

    Subparagraph (A) of section 648(b)(2) of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding after clause (vi) the following new clause:
                            ``(vii) designed, to the extent 
                        practicable, to include exercises addressing 
                        emerging terrorist threats, such as scenarios 
                        involving United States citizens departing the 
                        United States to enlist with or provide 
                        material support or resources to terrorist 
                        organizations abroad or terrorist infiltration 
                        into the United States, including United States 
                        citizens and foreign nationals; and''.

SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.
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