H.R. 4578: Counter Terrorist Network Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-06 · Immigration · 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 2017-12-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 17 (2018): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR4578 (2018-01-11), Passed. See all
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

Counter Terrorist Network Act

Plain summary

Counter Terrorist Network Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the duties of the National Targeting Center of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Specifically, the center must collaborate with appropriate agencies to enhance border security through such operations as those that seek to disrupt and dismantle networks that pose terrorist or other threats. In addition, the bill authorizes the CBP to assign its personnel to other appropriate agencies. (Sec. 3) The Commissioner of CBP must biannually brief Congress on CBP's activities to disrupt and dismantle such networks.

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Official text

Counter Terrorist Network Act

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

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4578, Counter Terrorist Network Act (2018-01-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

Recorded votes

House roll call 17 (2018): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR4578 (2018-01-11): Passed

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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-115hr4578.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4578 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115