HR 4889 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Threat Information Protocol for Sharing Act of 2019

Introduced Oct 28, 2019 Originated House Sponsor W. Gregory Steube R-FL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 28, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Threat Information Protocol for Sharing Act of 2019

This bill establishes several new reporting requirements related to information received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) through the national tip line relating to an individual or threat.

Specifically, the FBI must submit the following:

  • monthly reports to state law enforcement agencies and fusion centers on all information received by the national tip line relating to an individual or threat in the state during the preceding month,
  • annual reports to Congress on total reports received by the tip line and the total number submitted to state law enforcement agencies and fusion centers, and
  • annual reports to Congress on criminal events involving an individual or threat that had been the subject of a report received through the tip line prior to the criminal event.

Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must review and report on the operating processes and procedures of the tip line.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 28, 2019 to Nov 20, 2019; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalOct 28, 2019
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalOct 28, 2019
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalOct 28, 2019
R-OHMichael R. TurnerOriginalOct 28, 2019
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalOct 28, 2019
R-OHTroy BaldersonOriginalOct 28, 2019
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónNov 20, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Oct 28, 2019
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Dec 18, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Oct 28, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Oct 28, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; To establish Post Offices and Post Roads; To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; and Offenses against the Law of Nations; To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 170, October 28, 2019, page H8540.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2708Threat Information Protocol for Sharing Act of 2019Identical billOct 24, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To improve communication between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and State law enforcement agencies.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Threat Information Protocol for Sharing Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 28, 2019Introduced in House

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