Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 26, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 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 provide 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 such action 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.
The State Department: (1) shall report to Congress annually through 2022 on foreign government efforts to combat terrorist and foreign fighter travel and on U.S. actions to help countries comply with minimum standards for such efforts, and (2) may suspend non-humanitarian, non-trade-related foreign assistance to a country that is not making significant efforts to comply with such minimum standards.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 26, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2017 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Exchange of letters Feb 22, 2018Exchange of letters Feb 23, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Apr 26, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-44 | FTO PASSPORT REVOCATION ACT OF 2017; AND COUNTERTERRORISM SCREENING AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 201752 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jul 19, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1196 | Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017 | Related bill | Sep 28, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require a plan to combat international travel by terrorists and foreign fighters, accelerate the transfer of certain border security systems to foreign partner governments, establish minimum international border security standards, authorize the suspension of foreign assistance to countries not making significant efforts to comply with such minimum standards, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Aviation and airports
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Customs enforcement
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Homeland security
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intellectual property
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Natural disasters
- Sanctions
- Terrorism
- Travel and tourism
- Visas and passports
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
