[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1590 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.1590
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen
An Act
To require an exercise related to terrorist and foreign fighter travel,
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 ``Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel
Exercise Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. EXERCISE ON TERRORIST AND FOREIGN FIGHTER TRAVEL.
(a) In General.--In addition to, or as part of exercise programs
currently carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, to
enhance domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism,
promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test
the security posture of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, through appropriate offices and components of the Department
and in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal departments
and agencies, shall develop and conduct an exercise related to the
detection and prevention of terrorist and foreign fighter travel.
(b) Exercise Requirements.--The exercise required under subsection
(a) shall include--
(1) a scenario involving--
(A) persons traveling from the United States to join or
provide material support or resources to a terrorist
organization abroad; and
(B) terrorist infiltration into the United States,
including by United States citizens and foreign nationals;
(2) coordination with appropriate Federal departments and
agencies, foreign governments, and State, local, Tribal, and
territorial agencies, including law enforcement agencies and
representatives from the National Network of Fusion Centers; and
(3) coordination with appropriate private sector and community
stakeholders.
(c) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the completion of the
exercise required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall, consistent with the protection of classified
information, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report presenting
the initial findings of such exercise, plans for quickly incorporating
lessons learned into future operations of the Department of Homeland
Security, and any proposed legislative changes informed by such
exercise.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``material support or
resources'' has the meaning given such term in section 2339A of title
18, United States Code.
SEC. 3. EMERGING THREATS IN THE NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM.
Clause (i) of section 648(b)(2)(A) of the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)) is amended by
inserting ``and emerging'' after ``credible''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.