Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 2017

Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 2017

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to submit to Congress a review of the authorization, funding, management, and operation of the National Targeting Center (NTC) established under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) established under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6.

Such review shall include: (1) identification of any weaknesses or gaps in coordination, and of any unnecessarily duplicative or overlapping efforts, between the NTC and the TSC; (2) recommendations on how the NTC and the TSC may better support and complement one another; (3) a cost-benefit analysis of congressional authorization of the TSC; and (4) an assessment of the protocols within the NTC and the TSC on how to receive and utilize information provided by federal departments and agencies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4553 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4553

  To require a review of the authorization, funding, management, and 
operation of the National Targeting Center and the Terrorist Screening 
                    Center, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2017

 Mr. Garrett (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. 
 Gallagher, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Higgins of Louisiana) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
  Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 
 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 require a review of the authorization, funding, management, and 
operation of the National Targeting Center and the Terrorist Screening 
                    Center, 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 ``Terrorist Screening and Targeting 
Review Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. GAO REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL TARGETING CENTER AND THE TERRORIST 
              SCREENING CENTER.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a 
review of the authorization, funding, management, and operation of the 
National Targeting Center (NTC) established under section 411(g)(4) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 USC 211(g)(4)) and the Terrorist 
Screening Center (TSC) established under Homeland Security President 
Directive 6. Such review shall include the following:
            (1) An identification of any weaknesses or gaps in 
        coordination between the NTC and TSC.
            (2) An identification of any unnecessarily duplicative or 
        overlapping efforts between the NTC and TSC.
            (3) Recommendations on how the NTC and TSC may better 
        support and complement one another.
            (4) A cost-benefit analysis of congressional authorization 
        of the TSC.
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