Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019

#1590 | HR Congress #116

Last Action: Became Public Law No: 116-64. (10/9/2019)

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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[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.

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