[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9066 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9066
To require an assessment by the Department of Homeland Security
regarding threats within the United States posed by the Republic of
Cuba, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 18, 2024
Mr. Gimenez (for himself and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To require an assessment by the Department of Homeland Security
regarding threats within the United States posed by the Republic of
Cuba, and for other purposes.
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 ``Cuba Threat Assessment Act''.
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT ON THREATS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES POSED BY THE
REPUBLIC OF CUBA.
(a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five years, the Under
Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland
Security, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal
departments or agencies as the Under Secretary determines appropriate,
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment
regarding threats within the United States posed by the Republic of
Cuba.
(b) Coordination.--The threat assessments under subsection (a)--
(1) shall be coordinated with the Office of the General
Counsel, the Privacy Office, and the Office for Civil Rights
and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security
prior to release outside the Department to ensure each such
assessment complies with applicable law and protects
individuals' privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties; and
(2) may be informed by existing products, as appropriate.
(c) Form.--The threat assessments under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of
Homeland Security shall post on a publicly available website of the
Department an unclassified portion of such assessments.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of each
threat assessment under subsection (a), the Under Secretary for
Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall
provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing
regarding each such assessment. The head of any other Federal relevant
department or agency referred to in such subsection shall join the
Under Secretary for any such briefing if any such committee determines
such is appropriate.
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee
on Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of
the Senate.
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