HR 2470
115th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Border security and unlawful immigration
Computer security and identity theft
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Political movements and philosophies
Terrorism
Transportation safety and security
Homeland Threat Assessment Act
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To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sep 12, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7237-7238)
Sep 12, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 12, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7237-7238)
Sep 12, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2470.
Sep 12, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7237-7241)
Sep 12, 2017
Mr. Gallagher moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 18, 2017
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
May 18, 2017
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
May 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
May 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Homeland Threat Assessment Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis to assess the terrorist threat to the homeland for each of the next five fiscal years.
Each assessment shall include:
- empirical data assessing terrorist activities and incidents over time in the United States;
- an evaluation of current and future terrorist tactics;
- an assessment of criminal activity suspected of financing terrorist activity;
- detailed information on all individuals denied entry to or removed from the United States as a result of material support provided to a foreign terrorist organization;
- the efficacy and spread of foreign terrorist organization propaganda, messaging, or recruitment;
- an assessment of threats, including cyber threats, to the homeland, including to critical infrastructure and federal civilian networks;
- an assessment of terrorism and criminal threats posed by individuals and organized groups seeking to unlawfully enter the United States; and
- an assessment of threats to the transportation sector.
What's happening now
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cosponsors
1