S. 2728 · 116th Congress
Homeland Security Counterintelligence Threat Reduction Act
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This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take various actions related to counterintelligence activities.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 29, 2019
Homeland Security Counterintelligence Threat Reduction Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take various actions related to counterintelligence activities.
DHS shall establish a counterintelligence vetting task force to report to Congress recommendations to improve counterintelligence vetting for DHS programs.
DHS shall also develop counterintelligence awareness training as part of an established program for collecting information about nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants. DHS shall require appropriate faculty from approved educational institutions and exchange visitor programs to participate in the training.
DHS shall take various actions related to the program for collecting information about exchange program participants, such as identifying degrees and fields of study that are sensitive for homeland security and counterintelligence purposes.
DHS shall notify Congress if it decides to not extend the existence of the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Homeland Security Counterintelligence Threat Reduction Act
Latest action (Oct 29, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 29, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.