US Congress Senate Bill 265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management. The bill defines behavioral threat assessment and management as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat. DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.

Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB838 (Same As) 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/265/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s265/BILLS-116s265is.pdf