[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 191 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 191

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish the number of 
   known or suspected terrorists encountered attempting to enter the 
       United States on a monthly basis, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mrs. Cammack, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. McCaul, 
and Mr. Sessions) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish the number of 
   known or suspected terrorists encountered attempting to enter the 
       United States on a monthly basis, 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. PUBLICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF THE 
              NUMBER OF KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS ENCOUNTERED 
              ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, not later than the 
fifteenth day of each month, publish the total number of known or 
suspected terrorists, and individuals whose identities are included in 
the Terrorist Screening Database, encountered by the Department of 
Homeland Security attempting to enter the United States during the 
immediately preceding month. Each such report shall--
            (1) include the aggregate such number, and such number 
        disaggregated by geographic regions of such encounters, 
        including distinctions relating to whether such encounters were 
        land-, air-, or sea-based; and
            (2) be published on a public-facing website of the 
        Department.
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