US Congress House Bill 4892 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on October 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Pending: House Oversight, Management, and Accountability Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Homeland Security Counterintelligence Threat Reduction Act

Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Guest [R-MS]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
2019-11-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
2019-10-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2019-10-28	House	Introduced in House

SB2728 (Same As) 2019-10-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
HB6916 (Related) 2020-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4892/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4892/BILLS-116hr4892ih.pdf