Keep America Secure Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 17, 2020)
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.
What just happenedSep 18, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 17, 2020
- Sep 18, 2020Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Committee on House Administration - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Foreign Affairs Committee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Oversight and Accountability Committee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Judiciary Committee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralH11100
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.
Homeland Security Committee - Sep 17, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House