Keep America Secure Act

Bill: 116-hr-8309
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2020-09-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Chemical and biological weapons
Child care and development
Commuting
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal officials
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homeland security
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mammals
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Nuclear weapons
Organized crime
Service animals
Technology assessment
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Visas and passports
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 

Keep America Secure Act 

 
This bill provides for a two-year reauthorization of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) activities for FY2021-FY2022.
 
Specifically, the bill sets forth provisions to address
 
 
management reform and accountability, including the establishment of an Office of Biometric Identity Management within the Management Directorate of DHS;
 
intelligence and information sharing, including requiring annual assessments of the terrorist threat to the homeland;
 
cybersecurity, including the establishment of a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency;
 
border and visa security, including directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to hire specified numbers of agents and authorizing an immigration advisory program to assist air carriers and security employees at foreign airports with review of traveler information during the processing of U.S.-bound flights;
 
transportation security, including requiring the Transportation Security Administration to establish a task force to analyze emerging and potential future threats and requiring DHS to prioritize the research and facilitation of next generation technologies to detect explosives in the nation's surface transportation systems;
 
emergency preparedness, response, and recovery, including modifying specified grant programs and reauthorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and
 
pandemic preparedness, including establishing a medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel readiness and protection for DHS employees and working animals and individuals in its care and custody, in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic, and to support DHS mission continuity.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Introduced in House