Cuba Threat Assessment Act

[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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