Transnational Criminal Organization Exploitation Threat Assessment Act

Bill: 115-hr-2459
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Government studies and investigations

Homeland security

Immigration status and procedures

Organized crime
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transnational Criminal Organization Exploitation Threat Assessment Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, to conduct a threat assessment of the exploitation by transnational criminal organizations of the unaccompanied alien children services program. </p> <p>Upon completion of the assessment: (1) DHS shall direct component agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to address identified security vulnerabilities; and (2) the Under Secretary shall disseminate such assessment to federal, state, and local partners.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2459 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2017 Mr. King of New York (for himself and Mr. McCaul ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require a threat assessment regarding the exploitation by transnational criminal organizations of the unaccompanied alien children services program within the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transnational Criminal Organization Exploitation Threat Assessment Act . 2. Threat assessment (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, shall conduct a threat assessment of the exploitation by transnational criminal organizations of the unaccompanied alien children services program. (b) Consultation In preparing the threat assessment required under subsection (a), the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, to ensure that such threat assessment is informed by current information about homeland security threats posed by transnational criminal organizations. (c) Recommendations Upon completion of the threat assessment required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall make a determination if any changes are required to address security vulnerabilities identified in such assessment that are exploited by transnational criminal organizations in the unaccompanied alien children services program. If changes to the unaccompanied alien children services program are required, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall direct the Department of Homeland Security component agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to address such vulnerabilities, as appropriate. (d) Distribution Upon completion of the threat assessment required under subsection (a), the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall disseminate such threat assessment to Federal partners, including the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of National Intelligence, and State and local partners, including State, local, and regional fusion centers. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Transnational criminal organization The term transnational criminal organization means a group of persons that includes one or more foreign persons that engages in an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity involving the jurisdictions of at least two foreign countries and that threatens the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. (2) Unaccompanied alien children services program The term unaccompanied alien children service program means the program described in section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279 ).