[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7335 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7335
To direct the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of
Homeland Security, to report to the appropriate committees on
encounters with covered aliens included in the terrorist screening
database.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2024
Mr. McClintock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
Homeland Security, 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
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A BILL
To direct the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of
Homeland Security, to report to the appropriate committees on
encounters with covered aliens included in the terrorist screening
database.
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 ``Transparency in National Security
Threats Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRED PROVISION OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees the
memorandum of understanding entitled ``Integration and Use of Screening
Information to Protect Against Terrorism'', effective September 16,
2003, and any successor memoranda.
SEC. 3. REQUIRED REPORTS ON ENCOUNTERS WITH ALIENS INCLUDED IN
TERRORIST SCREENING DATABASE.
(a) Monthly Reports.--Subject to subsection (e) and not later than
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every month
thereafter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate committees a report,
including, with respect to encounters, apprehensions, and arrests
during the month immediately preceding the date of the report, the
following information:
(1) The total number of covered aliens, disaggregated by
the geographic region of the encounter, apprehension, or
arrest.
(2) The number of covered aliens who were paroled,
admitted, or otherwise released into the United States.
(3) The citizenship of the covered aliens.
(b) Additional Information.--The report under subsection (a) shall
also contain, disaggregated by each covered alien, the following
information:
(1) The geographic region of encounter, apprehension, or
arrest for each covered alien.
(2) The derogatory information causing each covered alien
to be included in the terrorist screening database.
(3) The criminal history of each covered alien.
(4) If the covered alien was paroled, admitted, or
otherwise released into the United States.
(5) The citizenship of each covered alien.
(6) The immigration status of each covered alien and any
previous immigration status of such alien, if any.
(7) Case history information on each covered alien,
including the alien's immigration history, any applications
made for an immigration benefit by the alien, and the alien
file.
(8) The detention status of each covered alien.
(9) For each covered alien who is not detained, the
location of the covered alien at the time of the applicable
report and, if such covered alien is enrolled in an alternative
to detention program, the type of alternatives to detention on
which such covered alien has been placed.
(10) For each covered alien in the United States, whether
the covered alien has been placed in removal proceedings and,
for each covered alien not placed in removal proceedings, an
explanation of the reason such covered alien was not placed in
such proceedings.
(11) The number of covered aliens removed from the United
States, disaggregated by the country to which each alien was
removed.
(c) Publication.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every month thereafter, the Attorney
General, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall
publish, on a publicly accessible website the information in paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) for the month immediately preceding
the date of the report.
(d) Instance Reports.--Subject to subsection (e) and beginning not
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and within
96 hours of each encounter, apprehension, or arrest of a covered alien,
the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland
Security, shall notify the appropriate committees of any such
encounter, apprehension, or arrest. The notification shall include the
following:
(1) The derogatory information causing each covered alien
to be included in the terrorist screening database.
(2) The citizenship of the covered alien.
(3) The geographic region where the covered alien was
encountered, apprehended, or arrested.
(4) The detention status of each covered alien.
(e) Classification.--Only the following may be submitted in a
classified setting:
(1) Any information described in subsection (b)(2).
(2) Any information described in subsection (d)(1).
SEC. 4. REQUIRED PROVISION OF SPECIAL INTEREST COUNTRY LIST.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide to the appropriate
committees the special interest countries list.
(b) Revision.--Not later than 30 days after any revision to the
special interest countries list, the Attorney General shall notify the
appropriate committees of such revision.
SEC. 5. REQUIRED REPORTING ON ENCOUNTERS.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and
every month thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
publish on a publicly accessible website the number of aliens,
disaggregated by citizenship, who--
(1) are inadmissible under the immigration laws (as such
term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)); and
(2) during the month immediately preceding the date of
publication, were encountered by the Secretary of Homeland
Security along the United States border.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' shall have the meaning given
such term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
(2) Appropriate committees.--The term ``appropriate
committees'' means the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate.
(3) Covered alien.--The term ``covered alien'' means an
alien--
(A) who is encountered, apprehended, or arrested by
the Secretary of Homeland Security; and
(B) whose identifying information is found to be
included within the terrorist screening database.
(4) Terrorist screening database.--The term ``terrorist
screening database'' shall have the meaning given such term in
section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
621).
(5) Special interest country list.--The term ``special
interest country list'' means the list maintained by the
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that identifies
any country determined by the Director to be a country of
special interest.
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