3.0.0 942 2023-01-11T13:36:56Z 2023-01-11T13:36:56Z Senate S 2017-04-26 115 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2018-02-23T15:26:00Z Legislative interest 2018-02-22T16:56:00Z ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-26T14:05:33Z Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017 115 1196 HR 2017-09-28 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Related bill CRS 2017-04-26 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-04-26 True 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 organizations and cooperation Natural disasters Sanctions Terrorism Travel and tourism Visas and passports World health International Affairs 00 2017-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-28T19:58:52Z 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.

]]> Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017 Display Title Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s942is/xml/BILLS-115s942is.xml 2017-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.