[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7335 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7335

 To direct the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, to report to the appropriate committees on 
  encounters with covered aliens included in the terrorist screening 
                               database.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2024

Mr. McClintock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, to report to the appropriate committees on 
  encounters with covered aliens included in the terrorist screening 
                               database.

    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 ``Transparency in National Security 
Threats Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED PROVISION OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees the 
memorandum of understanding entitled ``Integration and Use of Screening 
Information to Protect Against Terrorism'', effective September 16, 
2003, and any successor memoranda.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED REPORTS ON ENCOUNTERS WITH ALIENS INCLUDED IN 
              TERRORIST SCREENING DATABASE.

    (a) Monthly Reports.--Subject to subsection (e) and not later than 
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every month 
thereafter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate committees a report, 
including, with respect to encounters, apprehensions, and arrests 
during the month immediately preceding the date of the report, the 
following information:
            (1) The total number of covered aliens, disaggregated by 
        the geographic region of the encounter, apprehension, or 
        arrest.
            (2) The number of covered aliens who were paroled, 
        admitted, or otherwise released into the United States.
            (3) The citizenship of the covered aliens.
    (b) Additional Information.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
also contain, disaggregated by each covered alien, the following 
information:
            (1) The geographic region of encounter, apprehension, or 
        arrest for each covered alien.
            (2) The derogatory information causing each covered alien 
        to be included in the terrorist screening database.
            (3) The criminal history of each covered alien.
            (4) If the covered alien was paroled, admitted, or 
        otherwise released into the United States.
            (5) The citizenship of each covered alien.
            (6) The immigration status of each covered alien and any 
        previous immigration status of such alien, if any.
            (7) Case history information on each covered alien, 
        including the alien's immigration history, any applications 
        made for an immigration benefit by the alien, and the alien 
        file.
            (8) The detention status of each covered alien.
            (9) For each covered alien who is not detained, the 
        location of the covered alien at the time of the applicable 
        report and, if such covered alien is enrolled in an alternative 
        to detention program, the type of alternatives to detention on 
        which such covered alien has been placed.
            (10) For each covered alien in the United States, whether 
        the covered alien has been placed in removal proceedings and, 
        for each covered alien not placed in removal proceedings, an 
        explanation of the reason such covered alien was not placed in 
        such proceedings.
            (11) The number of covered aliens removed from the United 
        States, disaggregated by the country to which each alien was 
        removed.
    (c) Publication.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every month thereafter, the Attorney 
General, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 
publish, on a publicly accessible website the information in paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) for the month immediately preceding 
the date of the report.
    (d) Instance Reports.--Subject to subsection (e) and beginning not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and within 
96 hours of each encounter, apprehension, or arrest of a covered alien, 
the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, shall notify the appropriate committees of any such 
encounter, apprehension, or arrest. The notification shall include the 
following:
            (1) The derogatory information causing each covered alien 
        to be included in the terrorist screening database.
            (2) The citizenship of the covered alien.
            (3) The geographic region where the covered alien was 
        encountered, apprehended, or arrested.
            (4) The detention status of each covered alien.
    (e) Classification.--Only the following may be submitted in a 
classified setting:
            (1) Any information described in subsection (b)(2).
            (2) Any information described in subsection (d)(1).

SEC. 4. REQUIRED PROVISION OF SPECIAL INTEREST COUNTRY LIST.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide to the appropriate 
committees the special interest countries list.
    (b) Revision.--Not later than 30 days after any revision to the 
special interest countries list, the Attorney General shall notify the 
appropriate committees of such revision.

SEC. 5. REQUIRED REPORTING ON ENCOUNTERS.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every month thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
publish on a publicly accessible website the number of aliens, 
disaggregated by citizenship, who--
            (1) are inadmissible under the immigration laws (as such 
        term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)); and
            (2) during the month immediately preceding the date of 
        publication, were encountered by the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security along the United States border.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' shall have the meaning given 
        such term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
            (2) Appropriate committees.--The term ``appropriate 
        committees'' means the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
        Senate.
            (3) Covered alien.--The term ``covered alien'' means an 
        alien--
                    (A) who is encountered, apprehended, or arrested by 
                the Secretary of Homeland Security; and
                    (B) whose identifying information is found to be 
                included within the terrorist screening database.
            (4) Terrorist screening database.--The term ``terrorist 
        screening database'' shall have the meaning given such term in 
        section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
        621).
            (5) Special interest country list.--The term ``special 
        interest country list'' means the list maintained by the 
        Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that identifies 
        any country determined by the Director to be a country of 
        special interest.
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