H.R. 4555: DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-05 · 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 2017-12-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4] · what a sponsor is
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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

DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

Plain summary

DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assign DHS personnel to participate in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces to: (1) facilitate the sharing of counterterrorism information; and (2) combat the threat of terrorism and associated risks to the United States stemming from overseas sources of conflict or terrorism, as determined by DHS. (Sec. 3) DHS shall report, by 18 months after this bill's enactment and annually thereafter for 3 years, on activities carried out pursuant to this bill.

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Official text

DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4] · 6 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4555, DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017 (2018-01-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Clay Higgins (R-LA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4] reported raising $913,650 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4555.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4555 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115