[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4555 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4555


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 10, 2018

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the participation in overseas interagency counterterrorism 
 task forces of personnel of the Department of Homeland Security, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Interagency Counterterrorism 
Task Force Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. OVERSEAS INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM TASK FORCE PARTICIPATION.

    Section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Coordination With Other Federal Departments and Agencies 
Overseas.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to assign 
        Department personnel to participate in overseas interagency 
        counterterrorism task forces to--
                    ``(A) facilitate the sharing of counterterrorism 
                information, and
                    ``(B) combat the threat of terrorism and associated 
                risks to the United States stemming from overseas 
                sources of conflict or terrorism,
        as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Personnel.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Secretary may assign personnel from any component of the 
        Department the Secretary determines necessary to participate in 
        the overseas counterterrorism task forces referred to in 
        paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate on 
activities carried out pursuant to subsection (h) of section 102 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), as added by section 2 of 
this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.