US Congress House Bill 1196 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-09-28 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017

Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-09-28	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-09-28	House	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2017-07-19	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2017-07-19	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
2017-03-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
2017-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2017-02-16	House	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.
2017-02-16	House	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.
2017-02-16	House	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.
2017-02-16	House	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.
2017-02-16	House	Introduced in House

SB942 (Related) 2017-04-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1196/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1196/BILLS-115hr1196ih.pdf