Homeland Threat Assessment Act

Bill: 116-hr-480
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Computer security and identity theft

Government studies and investigations

Homeland security

Political movements and philosophies

Terrorism

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Homeland Threat Assessment Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis to assess the terrorist threat to the homeland for each of the next five fiscal years.</p> <p>Each assessment shall include:</p> <ul> <li>empirical data assessing terrorist activities and incidents over time in the United States;</li> <li>an evaluation of current and future terrorist tactics;</li> <li>an assessment of criminal activity suspected of financing terrorist activity;</li> <li>detailed information on all individuals denied entry to or removed from the United States as a result of material support provided to a foreign terrorist organization;</li> <li>the efficacy and spread of foreign terrorist organization propaganda, messaging, or recruitment;</li> <li>an assessment of threats, including cyber threats, to the homeland, including to critical infrastructure and federal civilian networks;</li> <li>an assessment of terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and</li> <li>an assessment of threats to the transportation sector.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 480 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2019 Mr. Rogers of Alabama (for himself and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To require an annual homeland threat assessment, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homeland Threat Assessment Act . 2. Annual homeland threat assessments (a) In general Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 210H. Homeland threat assessments (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section and for each of the next five fiscal years (beginning in the fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this section) the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, and using departmental information, including component information, and information provided through State and major urban area fusion centers, shall conduct an assessment of the terrorist threat to the homeland. (b) Contents Each assessment under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Empirical data assessing terrorist activities and incidents over time in the United States, including terrorist activities and incidents planned or supported by persons outside of the United States targeting the homeland. (2) An evaluation of current terrorist tactics, as well as ongoing and possible future changes in terrorist tactics. (3) An assessment of criminal activity encountered or observed by officers or employees of components in the field which is suspected of financing terrorist activity. (4) Detailed information on all individuals denied entry to or removed from the United States as a result of material support provided to a foreign terrorist organization (as such term is used in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 )). (5) The efficacy and spread of foreign terrorist organization propaganda, messaging, or recruitment. (6) An assessment of threats, including cyber threats, to the homeland, including to critical infrastructure and Federal civilian networks. (7) An assessment of current and potential terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to unlawfully enter the United States. (8) An assessment of threats to the transportation sector, including surface and aviation transportation systems. (c) Additional information The assessments required under subsection (a)— (1) shall, to the extent practicable, utilize existing component data collected from the field; and (2) may incorporate relevant information and analysis from other agencies of the Federal Government, agencies of State and local governments (including law enforcement agencies), as well as the private sector, disseminated in accordance with standard information sharing procedures and policies. (d) Form The assessments required under subsection (a) shall be shared with the appropriate congressional committees and submitted in classified form, but— (1) shall include unclassified summaries; and (2) may include unclassified annexes, if appropriate. . (b) Conforming amendment Subsection (d) of section 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 121 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (24) To carry out section 210H (relating to homeland threat assessments). . (c) Clerical amendment The table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 210F the following new item: Sec. 210H. Homeland threat assessments. .