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H.R.4555 - DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017115th Congress (2017-2018) |

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Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4] (Introduced 12/05/2017)
Committees: House - Homeland Security | Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee Reports: H. Rept. 115-499
Latest Action: Senate - 01/10/2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  (All Actions)

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This bill has the status Passed House

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DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assign DHS personnel to participate in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces to: (1) facilitate the sharing of counterterrorism information; and (2) combat the threat of terrorism and associated risks to the United States stemming from overseas sources of conflict or terrorism, as determined by DHS.

(Sec. 3) DHS shall report, by 18 months after this bill's enactment and annually thereafter for 3 years, on activities carried out pursuant to this bill.