Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017
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Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government must ensure that capacity-building assistance to combat terrorist travel is coordinated among departments and agencies as well as with foreign implementing partners, and (2) such assistance should be prioritized for the highest-risk countries for travel by terrorists and foreign fighters.
The Department of State shall submit to Congress biennially a foreign partner engagement plan that catalogues existing capacity-building initiatives abroad to combat travel by terrorists and foreign fighters and identifies areas for adjustment to align efforts with risk-based priorities.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the State Department shall accelerate the provision of appropriate versions of the following systems to foreign governments:
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection's global travel targeting and analysis systems; and
- the State Department's watchlisting, identification, and screening systems.
DHS may provide, with specified exceptions, excess DHS nonlethal equipment and supplies (as well as related training) to a foreign government if that would:
- further U.S. homeland security interests; and
- enhance the recipient government's capacity to mitigate the threat of terrorism, infectious disease or natural disaster, protect lawful trade and travel, or enforce intellectual property rights.
DHS shall:
- notify Congress before providing such systems, equipment, or supplies; and
- report to Congress annually through 2022 regarding foreign government efforts to combat terrorist and foreign fighter travel.
The State Department may suspend non-humanitarian, non-trade-related foreign assistance to a foreign country identified in such a report as a country to which the minimum standards for serious and sustained efforts to combat terrorist and foreign fighter travel are applicable but whose government is not fully complying with such standards and is not making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance.
What just happenedSep 28, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 16, 2017
- Sep 28, 2017Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Sep 28, 2017Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Jul 19, 2017Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee - Jul 19, 2017Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee - May 18, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee - Mar 16, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee - Mar 7, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee - Mar 7, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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.
Judiciary Committee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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.
Homeland Security Committee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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.
- Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, 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.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House