Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2016
Latest action · Jul 12, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2016
- Passed HouseJul 11, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and conduct an exercise related to the terrorist and foreign fighter threat in order to enhance domestic preparedness for and the collective response to terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test the U.S. security posture.
Such exercise shall include: (1) a scenario involving persons traveling from the United States to join or provide material support or resources to a terrorist organization abroad and terrorist infiltration into the United States, including by U.S. citizens and foreign nationals; and (2) coordination with appropriate federal agencies, foreign governments, and state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector stakeholders.
DHS shall submit an after-action report, including any identified or potential vulnerabilities in U.S. defenses and requested legislative changes.
(Sec. 3) The bill amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to require the national exercise program (a program to test and evaluate the national preparedness goal, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies) to be designed to include exercises addressing emerging terrorist threats, such as such a scenario.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2016 to Feb 9, 2016; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Original | Feb 1, 2016 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Feb 9, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2016Markup Feb 2, 2016Reported Mar 16, 2016 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2016 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 11, 2016Ms. McSally moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 11, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4597-4600)
- Jul 11, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4404.
- Jul 11, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4597-4598)
- Jul 11, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 16, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-456.
- Mar 16, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 350.
- Feb 2, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 2, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 1, 2016Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4597–H4600Text printed H4597 | Martha McSally R-AZ, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, William R. Keating D-MA | Jul 11, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 9, 2016H.R. 4404, Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 2, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 18, February 1, 2016, page H432.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5611 | Homeland Safety and Security Act | Related bill | Sep 7, 2016 |
| HR 6381 | DHS Reform and Improvement Act | Related bill | Dec 16, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2016Referred in Senate
- Jul 11, 2016Engrossed in House
- Mar 16, 2016Reported in House
- Feb 1, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
