H.R. 1302: Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-02 · Emergency Management · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and conduct an exercise related to the terrorist and foreign fighter threat in order to enhance domestic preparedness for and the collective response to terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test the U.S. security posture. Such exercise shall include: (1) a scenario involving persons traveling from the United States to join or provide material support or resources to a terrorist organization abroad and terrorist infiltration into the United States, including by U.S. citizens and foreign nationals; and (2) coordination with relevant federal agencies, foreign governments, and state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector stakeholders. DHS shall submit an after-action report, including any identified or potential vulnerabilities in U.S. defenses and requested legislative changes. (Sec. 3) The bill amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to require the national exercise program (a program to test and evaluate the national preparedness goal, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies) to be designed to include exercises addressing emerging terrorist threats, such as such a scenario.

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Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] · 12 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1302, Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2017 (2017-03-14)

Cosponsors on this site

Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Clay Higgins (R-LA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), William R. Keating (D-MA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1302.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1302 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115