115 HR 4555 IH: DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017 U.S. House of Representatives 2017-12-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I115th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4555IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 5, 2017Mr. Rutherford (for himself, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Garrett, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. Katko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland SecurityA BILLTo authorize the participation in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces of personnel of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017.

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Overseas interagency counterterrorism task force participation

Section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: (h)

Coordination with other Federal departments and agencies overseas

(1)

In general

The Secretary is authorized to assign Department personnel to participate in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces to— (A)facilitate the sharing of counterterrorism information; and (B)combat the threat of terrorism and associated risks to the United States stemming from overseas sources of conflict or terrorism, as determined by the Secretary.(2)

Personnel

In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary may assign personnel from any component of the Department the Secretary determines necessary to participate in the overseas counterterrorism task forces referred to in paragraph (1)..