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Keep America Secure Act

Introduced: September 17, 2020 Introduced by: Rogers, Mike D. Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov
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Sep 18, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sep 17, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, and House Administration, 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.
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep America Secure Act

This bill provides for a two-year reauthorization of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) activities for FY2021-FY2022.

Specifically, the bill sets forth provisions to address

  • management reform and accountability, including the establishment of an Office of Biometric Identity Management within the Management Directorate of DHS;
  • intelligence and information sharing, including requiring annual assessments of the terrorist threat to the homeland;
  • cybersecurity, including the establishment of a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency;
  • border and visa security, including directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to hire specified numbers of agents and authorizing an immigration advisory program to assist air carriers and security employees at foreign airports with review of traveler information during the processing of U.S.-bound flights;
  • transportation security, including requiring the Transportation Security Administration to establish a task force to analyze emerging and potential future threats and requiring DHS to prioritize the research and facilitation of next generation technologies to detect explosives in the nation's surface transportation systems;
  • emergency preparedness, response, and recovery, including modifying specified grant programs and reauthorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and
  • pandemic preparedness, including establishing a medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel readiness and protection for DHS employees and working animals and individuals in its care and custody, in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic, and to support DHS mission continuity.
What's happening now September 18, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 7
Bishop, Dan
· Sep 17, 2020
 R
Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · Sep 17, 2020
Garcia, Mike
· Sep 17, 2020
 R
Green, Mark E.
Texas · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Higgins, Clay
Louisiana · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Sep 17, 2020
Katko, John
· Sep 17, 2020
KING, PETER
· Sep 17, 2020
Lesko, Debbie
· Sep 17, 2020
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Sep 17, 2020
Walker, Mark
· Sep 17, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8309: Keep America Secure Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8309/
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"H.R. 8309: Keep America Secure Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8309/.
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H.R. 8309, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8309/.
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