Summary:
Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act of 2015

Amends the federal criminal code to provide that existing prohibitions against conduct that endangers the safe navigation of a ship: (1) shall apply to conduct that is committed against or on board a U.S. vessel or a vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction, in U.S. territorial seas, or by a U.S. corporation or legal entity; and (2) shall not apply to activities of armed forces during an armed conflict or in the exercise of official duties.

Sets forth procedures regarding the delivery of a person who is suspected of committing a maritime navigation or fixed platform offense to the authorities of a country that is a party to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation.

Subjects property used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of a maritime navigation offense to civil forfeiture.

Prohibits: (1) using in or on a ship or a maritime fixed platform any explosive or radioactive material, biological, chemical, or nuclear weapon, or other nuclear explosive device in a manner likely to cause death or serious injury or damage when the purpose is to intimidate a population or to compel a government or international organization to act or abstain from acting; (2) transporting on board a ship such material or device (or certain related material or technology) that is intended for such use, with specified exceptions; (3) transporting on board a ship a person known to have committed a maritime navigation offense intending to assist such person to evade prosecution; (4) injuring or killing any person in connection with such an offense; or (5) conspiring, attempting, or threatening to commit such an offense. Sets forth: (1) the circumstances in which the United States can exercise jurisdiction over such offenses, and (2) exceptions applicable to activities of the armed forces. Provides for civil forfeiture of property used to commit or to facilitate a violation.

Prohibits anyone, knowingly, unlawfully, and with intent to cause death, serious bodily injury, or substantial damage to property or the environment, from: (1) possessing radioactive material or making or possessing a nuclear explosive device or a radioactive material dispersal or radiation-emitting device; (2) using radioactive material or a device, using, damaging, or interfering with the operation of a nuclear facility in a manner that causes or increases the risk of the release of radioactive material, or causing radioactive contamination or exposure to radiation; or (3) threatening, attempting, or conspiring to commit such an offense. Sets forth: (1) the circumstances in which the United States can exercise jurisdiction over such offenses, and (2) exceptions applicable to activities of the armed forces.

Modifies the definition of "federal crime of terrorism" to include such offenses.

Amends provisions prohibiting transactions involving nuclear materials to: (1) prohibit, intentionally and without lawful authority, carrying, sending, or moving nuclear material into or out of a country; and (2) establish an exception for activities of the armed forces.

nuclear terrorism conventions implementation safety maritime navigation act amends federal criminal code provide existing prohibitions conduct endangers safe navigation ship shall apply conduct committed board vessel vessel subject jurisdiction territorial seas corporation legal entity shall apply activities armed forces armed conflict exercise official duties sets forth procedures delivery person suspected committing maritime navigation fixed platform offense authorities country party subjects property intended commit facilitate commission maritime navigation offense civil forfeiture prohibits ship maritime fixed platform explosive radioactive material biological chemical nuclear weapon nuclear explosive device manner likely cause death injury damage purpose intimidate population compel government international organization act abstain acting transporting board ship material device certain related material technology intended use specified exceptions transporting board ship person known committed maritime navigation offense intending assist person evade prosecution injuring killing person connection offense conspiring attempting threatening commit offense sets forth circumstances united_states exercise jurisdiction offenses exceptions applicable activities armed forces provides civil forfeiture property commit facilitate violation prohibits knowingly unlawfully intent cause death bodily injury substantial damage property environment possessing radioactive material making possessing nuclear explosive device radioactive material dispersal radiation emitting device radioactive material device damaging interfering operation nuclear facility manner causes increases risk release radioactive material causing radioactive contamination exposure radiation threatening attempting conspiring commit offense sets forth circumstances united_states exercise jurisdiction offenses exceptions applicable activities armed forces modifies definition federal crime terrorism include offenses amends provisions prohibiting transactions involving nuclear materials prohibit intentionally lawful authority carrying sending moving nuclear material country establish exception activities armed forces


Summary:
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015

 Amends the federal criminal code to grant the Attorney General the authority to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of a federal firearms and explosives license to any individual if the Attorney General: (1) determines that such individual has been engaged in or has provided material support or resources for terrorist activities, and (2) has a reasonable belief that such individual may use a firearm or explosive in connection with terrorism. Allows any individual whose firearm or explosives license application has been denied to bring legal action challenging the denial.

Prohibits the sale or distribution of firearms or explosives to any individual whom the Attorney General has determined to be engaged in terrorist activities.

Permits the Attorney General to withhold information in firearms and explosives license denial revocation suits if the Attorney General determines that the disclosure of such information would likely compromise national security.

Authorizes the Attorney General to revoke firearms and explosives licenses and permits held by individuals determined to be engaged in terrorism.

denying firearms explosives dangerous terrorists act amends federal criminal code grant attorney general authority deny transfer firearms issuance federal firearms explosives license individual attorney general determines individual engaged provided material support resources terrorist activities reasonable belief individual use firearm explosive connection terrorism allows individual firearm explosives license application denied bring legal action challenging denial prohibits sale distribution firearms explosives individual attorney general determined engaged terrorist activities permits attorney general withhold information firearms explosives license denial revocation suits attorney general determines disclosure information likely compromise national security authorizes attorney general revoke firearms explosives licenses permits held individuals determined engaged terrorism


Summary:
Hostage Recovery Improvement Act

This bill directs the President to designate an existing federal officer as the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator who shall coordinate efforts to secure the release of U.S. citizens who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism.

The Coordinator shall establish a federal task force with respect to each hostage situation, and report quarterly on each one.

It is the sense of Congress that the Coordinator should develop and pursue an entire range of options with respect to each hostage situation, including kinetic and non-kinetic options.

hostage recovery improvement act bill directs president designate existing federal officer shall coordinate efforts secure release citizens hostages hostile groups state sponsors terrorism coordinator shall establish federal task force respect hostage situation report quarterly sense congress coordinator develop pursue entire range options respect hostage situation including kinetic non kinetic options


Summary: This bill prohibits assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act for five years to a foreign country if: (1) the country received an individual who was released or transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on or after February 1, 2015; and (2) after the date of such release or transfer, the individual is included in a report of individuals confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorist activities.

bill prohibits assistance foreign assistance act arms_export_control_act years foreign country country received individual released transferred united_states_naval_station guantanamo_bay cuba february date release transfer individual included report individuals confirmed suspected returning terrorist activities


Summary:
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act

Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund indefinitely and index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer price index for urban consumers. Makes funding available for:

 a quality assurance program for services delivered by health care providers, the WTC Program annual report, WTC Health Program Steering Committees, and contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to make individuals (or relatives of deceased individuals) who were injured or killed in the rescue and recovery efforts after the aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, eligible for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

Allows individuals to file claims for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 anytime after regulations are updated based on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.

Removes the cap on payments under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

Adds the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and World Trade Center Health Program Fund to the list of accounts that are not subject to budget sequestration.

reauthorization act amends public_health_service_act extend world_trade_center indefinitely index appropriations medical care component consumer price index urban consumers makes funding available quality assurance program services delivered health care providers annual report contracts amends air_transportation_safety_and_system_stabilization_act individuals relatives deceased individuals injured killed rescue recovery efforts aircraft crashes september eligible compensation september 11th victim compensation fund allows individuals file claims compensation september 11th victim compensation fund regulations updated based removes cap payments september 11th victim compensation fund adds september 11th victim compensation fund world trade center health program fund list accounts subject budget sequestration


Summary:
International Conflicts of Concern Act

Directs the President to identify to Congress each country whose government is, and each country in which anti-government forces are, allowing one or more foreign terrorist organizations to engage in armed conflict occurring in that country.

Directs the President to designate a country as a "country of conflict concern" if: (1) its government or anti-government forces in the country are allowing one or more foreign terrorist organizations to engage in armed conflict in it, and (2) it is in the U.S. national security to restrict travel by any U.S. national to the country and restrict material support by U.S. nationals of entities engaged in armed conflict in it. Terminates such a designation when the President certifies to Congress that either or both of these circumstances no longer apply.

Deems Syria to be a country of conflict concern.

Directs the President, with respect to a country of conflict concern, to require a U.S. national to obtain a license to: (1) travel to it, or (2) provide material support to entities engaged in armed conflict in it. Applies specified penalties to a person who violates such requirements.

international conflicts concern act directs president identify congress country government country anti government forces allowing foreign terrorist organizations engage armed conflict occurring country directs president designate country country conflict concern government anti government forces country allowing foreign terrorist organizations engage armed conflict national security restrict travel national country restrict material support nationals entities engaged armed conflict terminates designation president certifies congress circumstances longer apply deems syria country conflict concern directs president respect country conflict concern require national obtain license travel provide material support entities engaged armed conflict applies specified penalties person violates requirements


Summary:
Treason and Passport Revocation Act of 2015

 Amends the federal criminal code to include an organization that the Department of State has designated as a foreign terrorist organization as an enemy of the United States for purposes of the crime of treason.

Amends the Passport Act of 1926 to: (1) prohibit, with a discretionary exception for emergency or humanitarian reasons, the Department of State from issuing a passport or passport card to an individual who is a member of, or affiliated with, a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) require the Department to revoke a passport or passport card previously issued to any such individual. Authorizes the Department, before revocation, to: (1) limit a previously issued passport or passport card to only return travel to the United States, or (2) issue a limited passport or passport card that permits only return travel to the United States.

amends federal criminal code include organization department_of_state designated foreign terrorist organization enemy united_states purposes crime treason amends passport act prohibit discretionary exception emergency humanitarian reasons department_of_state issuing passport passport card individual member affiliated foreign terrorist organization require department revoke passport passport card previously issued individual authorizes department revocation limit previously issued passport passport card return travel united_states issue limited passport passport card permits return travel united_states


Summary:
Boko Haram Disarmament and Northeast Nigeria Recovery Act of 2015

Directs the President to develop and submit to Congress a regional strategy to guide U.S. support for multilateral efforts to: (1) eliminate the threat to civilians and regional stability from Boko Haram, and (2) enforce the rule of law and ensure full humanitarian access in Boko Haram-affected areas.

States that such strategy should include a plan to work with Nigeria and other international partners to liberate Boko Haram's kidnapping victims.

Authorizes the President to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the populations in Boko Haram-affected areas. Makes funds available for such assistance pursuant to final judgment of a specified legal case.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should support efforts by the people of Boko Haram-affected areas and the governments of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger to:

 assist internally displaced people and returnees; enhance the administrative competency of state and local governance institutions and public agencies in northeast Nigeria; provide all children with a quality basic education while ensuring student and faculty safety; strengthen the operational capacity of the civilian police in Nigeria, and strengthen measures to prevent corruption; and promote programs to address physical harm and psychosocial trauma. Expresses the sense of Congress that:

 the Secretary of State and Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development should work with Congress to increase future assistance to support reconstruction activities if Nigeria demonstrates a commitment to transparent reconstruction in Boko Haram-affected areas of Nigeria, and the Secretary should withhold assistance if Nigeria is not committed to transparent reconstruction and reconciliation in the Boko Haram-affected areas of Nigeria.

northeast nigeria recovery_act directs president develop submit congress regional strategy guide support multilateral efforts eliminate threat civilians regional stability boko haram enforce rule law ensure humanitarian access boko haram affected areas states strategy include plan work nigeria international partners boko_haram kidnapping victims authorizes president provide humanitarian development assistance populations boko_haram affected areas makes funds available assistance pursuant final judgment specified legal case expresses sense congress president support efforts people boko haram affected areas governments nigeria assist internally displaced people enhance administrative competency state local governance institutions public agencies northeast nigeria provide children quality basic education ensuring student faculty safety strengthen operational capacity civilian police nigeria strengthen measures prevent corruption promote programs address physical harm psychosocial trauma expresses sense congress secretary state administrator international_development work congress increase future assistance support reconstruction activities nigeria demonstrates commitment transparent reconstruction boko_haram affected areas nigeria secretary withhold assistance nigeria committed transparent reconstruction reconciliation boko haram affected areas nigeria


Summary:
Warren Weinstein Hostage Rescue Act

This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish: (1) the Committee on Hostage Recovery within the National Security Council (NSC), and (2) the Interagency Fusion Cell on Hostage Recovery which shall execute the Committee's hostage retrieval strategies.

The Committee's functions shall include:

 coordinating retrieval of U.S. hostages among federal departments and agencies and among the United States and its allies; coordinating with the Interagency Fusion Cell on Hostage Recovery; developing hostage retrieval strategies and guidelines; developing information sharing policies and procedures; and developing a strategy to keep family members of U.S. hostages informed, and policies that do not compromise U.S. national security. It is the sense of Congress that the President should appoint a Special Advisor on Hostage Affairs who: (1) serves as the chair of the NSC Committee on Hostage Recovery; (2) has extensive foreign policy, counterterrorism, and hostage recovery experience; and; (3) serves (or the designee of the Special Advisor serves) as a primary liaison between the federal government and the family of a U.S. hostage.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the federal government to negotiate with a state sponsor of terrorism or a foreign terrorist organization.

rescue act bill amends national security act establish national_security_council interagency fusion cell hostage recovery shall execute committee hostage retrieval strategies committee functions shall include coordinating retrieval hostages federal departments agencies united_states allies coordinating developing hostage retrieval strategies guidelines developing information sharing policies procedures developing strategy family members hostages informed policies compromise national security sense congress president appoint special advisor hostage affairs serves chair hostage recovery extensive foreign policy counterterrorism hostage recovery experience serves designee serves primary liaison federal government family hostage act shall construed authorizing federal government negotiate state sponsor terrorism foreign terrorist organization


Summary:
Declares that the Kosovo Liberation Army shall not be considered a terrorist organization under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), unless the Secretary of State decides otherwise in the Secretary's sole and unreviewable discretion.

 Amends INA to make terrorist activity-related inadmissibility criteria inapplicable to an alien's activities undertaken in association with the Kosovo Liberation Army if the alien:

 is applying for a nonimmigrant visa, unless a consular officer knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that the alien poses a threat to U.S. security, or believes that the visa should not be issued; or presents himself or herself for inspection and admission as a nonimmigrant to an immigration officer at a port of entry or is applying in the United States for nonimmigrant status, unless the Secretary of Homeland Security knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, that the alien poses a threat to U.S. security, or otherwise believes that the alien should not be admitted to the United States or granted nonimmigrant status. Authorizes the Secretary of State to suspend such prohibition on a case-by-case basis.

declares shall considered terrorist organization immigration nationality act ina secretary state decides secretary sole discretion amends ina terrorist activity related inadmissibility criteria inapplicable alien activities undertaken association alien applying nonimmigrant visa consular officer knows reasonable grounds believe alien poses threat security believes visa issued presents inspection admission nonimmigrant immigration officer port entry applying united_states nonimmigrant status secretary homeland_security knows reasonable grounds believe alien poses threat security believes alien admitted united_states granted nonimmigrant status authorizes secretary state suspend prohibition case case basis


Summary:
Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act

(Sec. 3) This bill declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) ensure that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components enhance and unify their efforts to interdict, detain, seize, and investigate cultural property illegally imported into the United States, disrupt and dismantle smuggling and trafficking networks engaged in or facilitating illegal trade in cultural property, and support prosecutions of persons engaged in such illegal trade; and (2) protect cultural property pursuant to obligations under international conventions.

(Sec. 4) It directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to: (1) designate a principal coordinator to direct, manage, coordinate, and update policies and procedures, and conduct interagency communications, regarding illegally imported cultural property; (2) update and devise directives, regulations, rules, and memoranda of understanding relating to policies and procedures on the illegal importation of cultural property; and (3) train relevant personnel on cultural property laws, identification of at-risk items, and investigative techniques with respect to illegally traded cultural property.

(Sec. 5) DHS must authorize relevant component heads to enter into agreements or memoranda of understanding with the Smithsonian Institution to further activities to protect cultural property.

(Sec. 6) The CBP and ICE must jointly report to Congress on implementation of this bill and other actions to prevent the illegal importation of cultural property into the United States.

prevent trafficking cultural property act sec bill declares policy ensure department_of_homeland_security dhs components enhance efforts interdict detain seize investigate cultural property illegally imported united_states disrupt dismantle smuggling trafficking networks engaged facilitating illegal trade cultural property support prosecutions persons engaged illegal trade protect cultural property pursuant obligations international conventions sec directs cbp designate principal coordinator direct manage coordinate update policies procedures conduct interagency communications illegally imported cultural property update devise directives regulations rules memoranda understanding relating policies procedures illegal importation cultural property train relevant personnel cultural property laws identification risk items investigative techniques respect illegally traded cultural property sec dhs authorize relevant component heads enter agreements memoranda understanding smithsonian_institution activities protect cultural property sec cbp ice jointly report congress implementation bill actions prevent illegal importation cultural property united_states


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 16, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill states that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) prevent Hizballah's global logistics and financial network from operating in order to curtail funding of its domestic and international activities; and (2) utilize diplomatic, legislative, and executive avenues to combat Hizballah's criminal activities in order to block that organization's ability to fund its global terrorist activities.

TITLE I--PREVENTION OF ACCESS BY HIZBALLAH TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS (Sec. 101) The President shall report to Congress on: (1) satellite, broadcast, Internet, or other providers that have knowingly entered into a contractual relationship with al-Manar TV and its affiliates; and (2) the identity of those providers that have or have not been sanctioned pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit or support terrorism).

(Sec. 102) The President shall prohibit or impose strict conditions on the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that knowingly:

 facilitates a transaction or transactions for Hizballah; facilitates a significant transaction or transactions of a person on specified lists of specially designated nationals and blocked persons, property, and property interests for acting on behalf of or at the direction of, or being owned or controlled by, Hizballah; engages in money laundering to carry out such an activity; or facilitates a significant transaction or provides significant financial services to carry out such an activity. Specified penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act shall apply to violations of this Act.

 Procedures for judicial review of classified information are set forth.

The President may waive the application of a prohibition for up to 180 days (renewable for additional 180-day periods) if in U.S. national security interests, and with congressional notification.

 The President shall not be required to apply sanctions to a foreign financial institution if the President certifies to Congress that:

 such institution is no longer, or is taking significant steps towards no longer, engaging in the prohibited activity; and the President has received reliable assurances from the government with primary jurisdiction over the institution that the institution will not engage in such activity. Treasury shall identify to Congress every 180 days each foreign central bank that carries out a prohibited activity, together with a detailed description of each such activity.

TITLE II--REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS ON NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF HIZBALLAH

(Sec. 201) The President shall report to Congress on Hizballah's narcotics trafficking worldwide.

The President shall, within 30 days of submitting such report, brief Congress on: (1) the report, (2) procedures for designating Hizballah as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker, and (3) government-wide efforts to combat Hizballah's narcotics trafficking.

(Sec. 202) The President shall report to Congress on Hizballah's transnational criminal activities, including human trafficking.

 The President shall, within 30 days of submitting such report, brief Congress on: (1) the report, (2) procedures for designating Hizballah as a significant transnational criminal organization, and (3) government-wide efforts to combat Hizballah's criminal activities.

(Sec. 203) The Department of State shall report, and provide an annual briefing, to Congress regarding actions taken through the Department's rewards program to obtain information on Hizballah's fundraising, financing, and money laundering activities.

(Sec. 204) The President shall report to Congress regarding:

 countries that support Hizballah, countries in which Hizballah maintains important portions of its global logistics networks, or in which Hizballah conducts significant fundraising, financing, or money laundering activities; an assessment of whether a country's government is taking adequate measures to disrupt Hizballah's networks and activities within that country, and if not, the reasons it is not taking such measures and a description of U.S. measures to encourage the improvement of such measures; and methods that Hizballah, or any of its agents or affiliates, utilizes to raise or transfer funds, including trade-based money laundering, the use of foreign exchange houses, and free-trade zones. The State Department, Treasury, and other applicable federal departments and agencies shall brief Congress every 180 days on the disposition of Hizballah's assets and activities related to fundraising, financing, and money laundering.

TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS(Sec. 301) Nothing in this Act shall apply to authorized U.S. intelligence activities.

(Sec. 302) The President shall promulgate implementing regulations.

(Sec. 303) This Act shall cease to be in effect 30 days after the President certifies to Congress that Hizballah:

 is no longer designated as a foreign terrorist organization; and is no longer listed in the Annex to Executive Order 13224.

measure amended passed senate december summary version repeated sec bill states shall policy prevent global logistics financial network operating order curtail funding domestic international activities utilize diplomatic legislative executive avenues combat criminal activities order block organization ability fund global terrorist activities title prevention access international financial institutions sec president shall report congress satellite broadcast internet providers knowingly entered contractual relationship affiliates identity providers sanctioned pursuant executive order relating blocking property prohibiting transactions persons commit support terrorism sec president shall prohibit impose strict conditions opening maintaining united_states correspondent account payable account foreign financial institution knowingly facilitates transaction transactions facilitates significant transaction transactions person specified lists specially designated nationals blocked persons property property interests acting behalf direction owned controlled engages money laundering carry activity facilitates significant transaction provides significant financial services carry activity specified penalties international_emergency_economic_powers_act shall apply violations act procedures judicial review classified information set forth president waive application prohibition days renewable additional day periods national security interests congressional notification president shall required apply sanctions foreign financial institution president certifies congress institution longer taking significant steps longer engaging prohibited activity president received reliable assurances government primary jurisdiction institution institution engage activity treasury shall identify congress days foreign central bank carries prohibited activity detailed description activity title reports briefings narcotics trafficking significant transnational criminal activities sec president shall report narcotics trafficking worldwide president shall days submitting report brief congress report procedures designating significant foreign narcotics trafficker government wide efforts combat narcotics trafficking sec president shall report congress transnational criminal activities including human trafficking president shall days submitting report brief congress report procedures designating significant transnational criminal organization government wide efforts combat criminal activities sec department_of_state shall report provide annual briefing congress actions taken department rewards program obtain information fundraising financing money laundering activities sec president shall report congress countries support countries maintains important portions global logistics networks conducts significant fundraising financing money laundering activities assessment country government taking adequate measures disrupt networks activities country reasons taking measures description measures encourage improvement measures methods agents affiliates utilizes raise transfer funds including trade based money laundering use foreign exchange houses free trade zones state_department treasury applicable federal departments agencies shall brief congress days disposition assets activities related fundraising financing money laundering title iii miscellaneous act shall apply authorized intelligence activities sec president shall promulgate implementing regulations sec act shall cease effect days president certifies congress longer designated foreign terrorist organization longer listed annex executive order


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 7, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations or the FRIENDS Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report that describes select state and local programs and policies related to the preparedness and protection of first responders, which may include information on:

 the degree to which such programs and policies include consideration of the presence of a first responder's family in an area impacted by a terrorist attack, the availability of personal protective equipment for first responders, and the availability of home Medkits for first responders and their families for biological incident response. The GAO may provide information: (1) in a format that delineates high risk urban areas from rural communities; and (2) on the degree to which the selected state and local programs and policies were developed or are being executed with funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including grants from the State Homeland Security Grant Program or the Urban Area Security Initiative.

DHS shall consider the report's findings and assess its applicability for federal first responders.

measure amended reported house december summary version repeated responder identification emergency needs disaster situations act sec bill directs government_accountability_office gao submit report describes select state local programs policies related preparedness protection responders include information degree programs policies include consideration presence responder family area impacted terrorist attack availability personal protective equipment responders availability home responders families biological incident response gao provide information format delineates high risk urban areas rural communities degree selected state local programs policies developed executed funding department_of_homeland_security dhs including grants state_homeland_security_grant_program urban_area_security_initiative dhs shall consider report findings assess applicability federal responders


Summary: This bill directs the President to designate an existing federal officer as the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator, who shall coordinate efforts to secure the release of U.S. persons held hostage outside the United States by hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism.

bill directs president designate existing federal officer shall coordinate efforts secure release persons held hostage outside united_states hostile groups state sponsors terrorism


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Providing Retaliation Options against Those Engaging in Cyberattacks Targeting the United States Act or PROTECT US Act

This bill directs the President to submit to Congress a list of countries designated as state-sponsors of cyberattacks.

 A country shall be so designated if the President determines that the United States or a U.S. person has been targeted in a cyber-enabled activity originating from or directed by a person located in a foreign country, and such activity is likely to result in or have contributed to a threat to U.S. national security or foreign policy, or harmed U.S. economic health or financial stability or a U.S. person, or has the purpose or effect of:

 harming or compromising the provision of services by a computer or network of computers that support the United States or a U.S. person in a critical infrastructure sector; compromising the provision of services by the United States or a U.S. person in a critical infrastructure sector; disrupting the availability of a computer or network of computers owned or operated by the United States or a U.S. person; or causing a misappropriation of funds or economic resources, trade secrets, personally identifiable information, or financial information of the United States or a U.S. person. The President may impose a trade-related penalty and take other actions, including assistance limitations, trade embargoes, and cyber counter attacks, with respect to a designated country.

A country may be removed from the list of state-sponsors of cyberattacks if: (1) the President determines that it no longer meets the requirements for the designation, or (2) Congress enacts a law providing for such removal.

A country that has been removed from the list by Congress may not be added back to the list by the President until at least one year after removal.

providing retaliation options engaging united_states act protect act bill directs president submit congress list countries designated state sponsors country shall designated president determines united_states person targeted cyber enabled activity originating directed person located foreign country activity likely result contributed threat national security foreign policy harmed economic health financial stability person purpose effect harming compromising provision services computer network computers support united_states person critical infrastructure sector compromising provision services united_states person critical infrastructure sector disrupting availability computer network computers owned operated united_states person causing misappropriation funds economic resources trade secrets personally identifiable information financial information united_states person president impose trade related penalty actions including assistance limitations trade cyber counter attacks respect designated country country removed list state sponsors president determines longer meets requirements designation congress enacts law providing removal country removed list congress added list president year removal


Summary:
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act

Directs the Department of Justice to:

 establish within the Executive Office for Immigration Review an Office of Legal Access Programs to administer a system of legal orientation programs to make immigration proceedings more efficient by educating aliens regarding administrative procedures and legal rights under U.S. immigration law, and to establish other programs to assist in providing aliens access to legal information; and submit a plan to Congress that includes a schedule to develop and deploy legal orientation programs for all detainees. Requires the legal orientation programs to:

 provide programs to assist detained aliens in making decisions regarding their removal and eligibility for relief from removal in order to increase efficiency s in immigration proceedings and federal custody processes and to improve access to legal services; ensure that programs and written notice of rights are available in English and the five most common native languages spoken by the detainees held in custody at that location during the preceding fiscal year; and identify unaccompanied alien children, aliens with a serious mental disability, and other particularly vulnerable aliens for right to counsel considerations. Authorizes such programs to provide services to detained aliens in specified immigration (detention and removal) and asylum proceedings.

Directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish procedures: (1) that ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens within five days of arrival into custody; and (2) to inform such aliens of the basic procedures of immigration hearings, their rights relating to those hearings, information that may deter such aliens from filing frivolous legal claims, and a contact list of potential legal resources and providers.

immigrant rights act directs department_of_justice establish administer system legal orientation programs immigration proceedings efficient educating aliens administrative procedures legal rights immigration law establish programs assist providing aliens access legal information submit plan congress includes schedule develop deploy legal orientation programs detainees requires legal orientation programs provide programs assist detained aliens making decisions removal eligibility relief removal order increase efficiency immigration proceedings federal custody processes improve access legal services ensure programs written notice rights available english common native languages spoken detainees held custody location preceding fiscal year identify unaccompanied alien children aliens mental disability particularly vulnerable aliens right counsel considerations authorizes programs provide services detained aliens specified immigration detention removal asylum proceedings establish procedures ensure legal orientation programs available detained aliens days arrival custody inform aliens basic procedures immigration hearings rights relating hearings information deter aliens filing frivolous legal claims contact list potential legal resources providers


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Know the CBRN Terrorism Threats to Transportation Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary of Intelligence and Analysis, to conduct a terrorism threat assessment of the transportation of chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological materials through U.S. land borders and within the United States.

The Under Secretary shall disseminate such assessment to federal partners, including the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy, and state and local partners, including the National Network of Fusion Centers.

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Summary:
Clarifying Amendment to Provide Terrorism Victims Equity Act or the CAPTIVE Act

 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to allow a person's court-awarded judgment against a terrorist party that is based on an act of terrorism to be satisfied with assets that the United States has seized or frozen from that terrorist party under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. Under current law, assets seized or frozen under the Trading with the Enemy Act or the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are the only assets seized or frozen by the United States that may be used to satisfy such a person's judgment against a terrorist party.

The bill also narrows the categories of "persons" who may satisfy their judgments against terrorist parties with such seized or frozen assets to natural persons who, at the time the act of terrorism was committed upon which the judgment was obtained, were:

 U.S. nationals; members of the U.S. Armed Forces; or otherwise employees of the federal government, or of a federal contractor, acting within the scope of employment. If a person described is deceased, the personal representative of the estate of that deceased person shall count as the person.

(Sec. 3) The bill applies retroactively to judgments entered before its enactment.

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Summary:
Flight School Security Act of 2015

 Revises requirements with respect to the training of aliens and other individuals designated by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security in the operation of certain aircraft.

Authorizes a flight instructor, pilot school, or aviation training center to provide training in the operation of an aircraft with a takeoff weight of more than 12,500 pounds to an individual who does not hold a valid Federal Aviation Administration airman's certification only if: (1) that individual has been checked against the terrorist watchlist by the TSA to determine if he or she poses a threat to aviation or national security or a threat of terrorism, and (2) the TSA determines that the individual does not pose a threat that warrants denial of access to such training.

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Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act

 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the President, until Iran has paid each judgment against it, from:

 limiting the application of specified sanctions on Iran or refraining from applying them; or removing a foreign person (including entities) listed in Attachments 3 or 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA) from the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. These sanctions are the ones contained in:

 sections 4 through 7.9 of Annex II of the JCPA; and any other agreement related to Iran's nuclear program that includes the United States, commits the United States to take action, or pursuant to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to take action, regardless of the form it takes, whether a political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether the agreement is legally binding or not. A judgment is any final judgment entered by the courts of the United States or of the states that:

 relates to a claim brought against Iran or its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities and for which the court determined that none of them were immune under specified terrorism exceptions from the court's jurisdiction; and was entered between April 24, 1996, and the date of the enactment of this Act. The JCPA is the agreement signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran, China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and all related implementing materials and agreements.

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(Securing the Cities Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection to establish the Securing the Cities program to enhance the ability of the United States to detect and prevent terrorist attacks and other high consequence events utilizing nuclear or other radiological materials that pose a high risk to homeland security in high-risk urban areas.

Under such program, the Director shall:

 assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in designing and implementing, or enhancing existing, architectures for coordinated and integrated detection and interdiction of nuclear or other radiological materials that are out of regulatory control; support the development of a region-wide operating capability to detect and report on nuclear and other radioactive materials out of operational control; provide resources to enhance detection, analysis, communication, and coordination to better integrate state, local, tribal, and territorial assets into federal operations; facilitate alarm adjudication and provide subject matter expertise and technical assistance on concepts of operations, training, exercises, and alarm response protocols; communicate with, and promote sharing of information about the presence or detection of nuclear or other radiological materials among, appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in a manner that ensures transparency; and designate participating jurisdictions from among high-risk urban areas and other cities and regions, as appropriate, and notify Congress at least three days before designating or changing such jurisdictions. The Comptroller General is required to submit an assessment evaluating the effectiveness of the program.

(Sec. 3) This section requires the Director to report to Congress on the feasibility of developing model exercises to test the preparedness of jurisdictions participating in the program in meeting the challenges that may be posed by a range of nuclear and radiological threats.

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IRGC Terrorist Designation Act

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization and should be so designated by the Secretary of State.

The Secretary shall report to Congress on whether the IRGC meets such criteria and, if not, a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met.

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Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress a report on U.S. strategy to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media.

The report must include:

 an evaluation of the role social media plays in radicalization in the United States and elsewhere; an analysis of how terrorists and terrorist organizations are using social media; recommendations to improve the federal government's efforts to disrupt and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations; an analysis of how social media is being used for counter-radicalization and counter-propaganda purposes, irrespective of whether such efforts are made by the federal government; an assessment of the value to law enforcement of terrorists' social media posts; and an overview of training available to law enforcement and intelligence personnel to combat terrorists' use of social media and recommendations for improving or expanding existing training opportunities. (Sec. 3) The President must also transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media, as committed to in the President's 2011 Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act

(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the President from removing certain foreign financial institutions, including an Iranian financial institution, from the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control until the President makes two certifications to Congress, the first of which is that the institution has not knowingly facilitated a significant transaction or transactions or provided significant financial services for or on behalf of:

 Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps or any of its agents or affiliates whose property or property interests are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a foreign terrorist organization for or on behalf of a person whose property or property interests have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224, and a person whose property or property interests are blocked pursuant to the IEEPA in connection with Iran's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The second certification shall be that the institution no longer knowingly engages in illicit or deceptive financial transactions or other activities.

(Sec. 3) On or after July 19, 2015,the President may not remove specified foreign persons from the list of designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control until the President certifies to Congress that the person has not knowingly:

 assisted in or provided financial, material, or technological support for terrorism or a terrorist organization; and engaged in significant activities or transactions that have materially contributed to Iran's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or their means of delivery. (Sec. 4) The President may not remove Iran's designation as a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern unless the President certifies to Congress that Iran is no longer engaged in support for terrorism, pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, and any illicit and deceptive financial activities.

(Sec. 5) Any rule to amend or otherwise alter a covered regulatory provision regarding sanctions on Iran shall be subject to congressional review requirements.

 Applicable federal departments or agencies shall report to Congress on the operation of the licensing system under each covered regulatory provision for the preceding two-year period, including:

 the number and types of licenses applied for, and the number and types approved; a summary of each license approved; a summary of transactions conducted pursuant to a general license; the average amount of time from the date of filing for a license until the date of approval; and the extent to which the licensing procedures were effectively implemented. (Sec. 6) The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 is amended to prohibit or impose strict conditions on the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that facilitates Iran's support for Hezbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and any affiliates or successors.

(Sec. 7) Defines "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna July 14, 2015, by Iran and by China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and all related implementing materials and agreements, and transmitted by the President to Congress on July 19, 2015, pursuant to section 135(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015.

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Summary:
IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on:

 whether Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) meets the requirements for designation as a terrorist entity, whether an entity whose board of directors is controlled by members of the IRGC or by representatives of entities controlled by members of the IRGC is considered to be an entity controlled by the government of Iran, and factors used to determine control and a controlling interest.

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Summary:
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

This bill amends the federal judicial code to narrow the scope of foreign sovereign immunity by authorizing U.S. courts to hear cases involving claims against a foreign state for injuries, death, or damages that occur inside the United States as a result of a tort, including an act of terrorism, committed anywhere by a foreign state or official.

It amends the federal criminal code to permit civil claims against a foreign state or official for injuries, death, or damages from an act of international terrorism. Additionally, the bill authorizes federal courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over and impose liability on a person who commits, or aids, abets, or conspires to commit, an act of international terrorism against a U.S. national.

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This bill requires:

 the Department of State and the Department of Defense to develop jointly and submit to Congress a five-year strategy to help Nigeria, members of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Combat Boko Haram, and relevant partners to counter Boko Haram, and to assist Nigeria and its neighbors to address legitimate grievances of vulnerable populations in areas affected by Boko Haram; and the Director of National Intelligence to assess the willingness and capability Nigeria and regional partners to implement such strategy. It is the sense of Congress that lack of economic opportunity and access to education, justice, and other social services contributes to Boko Haram's ability to radicalize and recruit individuals.

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September 11th VCF Reauthorization and U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Compensation Act

This bill amends the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to exclude future medical expense loss from the economic losses that may be claimed under the fund.

Eligibility for compensation under the fund is expanded to include individuals (or relatives of deceased individuals) who were injured or killed in the rescue and recovery efforts after the aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001.

The filing period for claims is extended until October 4, 2021. The 9/11 Fund is established to pay claimants filing after October 3, 2016. A specified amount paid to the U.S. government as part of a plea agreement between the Department of Justice and BNP Paribas must be deposited into the 9/11 Fund.

Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act

The United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund is established to compensate victims of state-sponsored terrorism and the Iran hostage crisis. Deposited into the fund are: (1) criminal and civil penalties for violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or the Trading with the Enemy Act, or for a federal offense arising from doing business with or acting on behalf of a state sponsor of terrorism; (2) the amount remaining from the plea agreement between the Department of Justice and BNP Paribas after the deposit to the 9/11 Fund; and (3) proceeds from the sale of certain assets of Iran.

The bill provides for compensation to a person who informs the Department of Justice of funds or property of a state sponsor of terrorism.

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This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require notification of Congress at least 15 days after a reward is authorized under the Department of State's rewards for justice program.

 Notification shall include information about the identity of the individual receiving the award, the reward's amount, the acts for which the reward is being made, and how the reward is being publicized.

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Summary:
Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Muslim Brotherhood has met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, and (2) the Department of State should so designate it.

Requires the State Department to report to Congress within 60 days whether the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria for foreign terrorist designation and, if not, which criteria have not been met.

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Summary:
Define it to Fight it Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of State to withhold 10% of U.S. contributions to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations (U.N.) until the U.N. adopts a definition of international terrorism concurrent with U.S. laws.

"International terrorism" shall mean terrorism involving one or more citizens of a country, or the territory of one or more countries, if the government of any such country consents to, or with knowledge, allows, tolerates, or disregards the activities of that citizen or that use of the territory, including its use as a transit point.

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Summary:
Enemy Expatriation Act

 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include traveling abroad to join, participate in, train with, fight for, conspire with, or otherwise support a foreign terrorist organization to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals shall lose their nationality.

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Summary:
Stop Funding for Terrorism Act

This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to requirements the Department of State must meet to rescind any determination that the government of a foreign country:

 has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; and for this reason may not receive assistance under the Act, the Food for Peace Act, the Peace Corps Act, or the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. The State Department may rescind such a determination and waive the prohibition on assistance only if, in addition to other existing requirements for rescission and waiver, Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval according to a specified procedure.

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Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit reports to Congress every 180 days for two years regarding foreign fighter flows to and from terrorist safe havens abroad.

The reports must include, with respect to each terrorist safe haven, the total number of: (1) foreign fighters who have traveled or are suspected of having traveled to the terrorist safe haven since 2011, including their countries of origin; (2) U.S. citizens present in the terrorist safe haven; and (3) foreign fighters who have left the terrorist safe haven or whose whereabouts are unknown.

 If a report is submitted in classified form, it must include an unclassified summary.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 15, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress within one year on: (1) whether past weaknesses in the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) and its subsets (e.g., the No Fly list) have been addressed, and (2) the extent to which additional changes may address or mitigate existing vulnerabilities.

The study and report must include, with respect to the TSDB, information on: (1) timely integration of information, (2) increased demands for information, (3) accessibility to relevant agencies, and (4) identification of known or suspected terrorists by users.

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Holding Individuals Accountable and Deterring Money Laundering Act

This bill amends provisions of federal law known as the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 relating to money laundering violations to: (1) increase civil penalties for willful violations of anti-money laundering laws; (2) increase the civil penalty for negligent violations of such laws and impose a penalty on partners, directors, officers, or employees of a financial institution for such violations; and (3) impose a 20-year maximum prison term for individuals who facilitate evasion of an anti-money laundering program or control. It directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study contrasting mandatory minimum sentencing laws and guidelines for narcotics-related offenses and Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutorial discretion in determining penalties for violations of anti-money laundering laws.

It authorizes a court, in granting an injunction directed at money laundering activities, to issue a conditional or permanent ban on any individual who has violated money laundering laws from acting as an officer or director of a financial institution.

It grants independent legal authority to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Department of the Treasury to bring legal action to enforce anti-money laundering laws.

The bill requires the issuance of regulations by appropriate federal banking agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and FinCEN prohibiting financial institutions that are subject to an anti-money laundering program requirement from providing executive compensation based on any criteria that could undermine compliance by any individual with anti-money laundering requirements. It imposes personal liability on officers, directors, employees, or affiliated parties of a financial institution for fines relating to money laundering violations.

Treasury must issue regulations requiring each financial institution that is subject to an anti-money laundering program to establish written policies, procedures, and risk management standards for ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering requirements. It imposes civil liability on officers or employees of a financial institution who knew or should have known about money laundering violations but who failed to take meaningful steps to stop such violations.

It requires each appropriate federal banking agency, the SEC, and the CFTC to report to FinCEN on each enforcement or supervisory action taken relating to an anti-money laundering violation.

The bill expands: (1) criteria for granting safe harbor protections to financial institutions that voluntarily disclose money laundering violations, and (2) the types of crimes that can be a predicate offense to money laundering to include all felony offenses.

It also expands anti-discrimination protections and legal remedies for individuals who provide information about money laundering violations (whistle blowers) and provides enhanced monetary incentives for such whistle blowers.

 Treasury must work with foreign counterparts and financial organizations to promote stronger anti-money laundering frameworks and enforcement of anti-money laundering laws.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that DOJ should vigorously pursue criminal penalties against individuals who willfully violate anti-money laundering laws. It sets forth considerations for Treasury when identifying countries or jurisdictions as primary money laundering concerns under the USA Patriot Act.

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Summary:
Liberty Through Strength Act II

This bill requires the National Security Agency (NSA) to have access to business records, telephone call records, and other tangible things collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) prior to November 29, 2015, in the same manner and for the same purposes for which the NSA had access to such records prior to such date (thereby allowing the NSA to access such records in the same manner as prior to the effective date of amendments made by the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015).

The NSA must maintain such records for five years after they are acquired.

The NSA's authority to access such business records under this Act shall be in effect for five years after enactment of this Act.

The bill amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to make permanent expiring FISA provisions concerning: (1) roving electronic surveillance orders, (2) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" that includes any non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision), and (3) authority for the Department of Justice and the Director of National Intelligence to authorize the targeting of non-U.S. persons located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.

The federal criminal code is amended to: (1) return procedures for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) access to toll and transactional records to how they operated prior to the USA FREEDOM Act in order to allow the FBI (without using a term that specifically identifies a person, entity, telephone, or account) to request the name, address, length of service, and local and long distance toll billing records of a person or entity if the FBI certifies to the wire or electronic communication service provider that such information is relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities; and (2) add electronic communications transactional records as information that the FBI may request under such certification procedures.

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Summary:
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps Sanctions Implementation and Review Act

This bill amends the Iran Threat Reduction and Syrian Human Rights Act of 2012 to require the President to block and prohibit all transactions in property and property interests of a foreign person that knowingly supports or conducts certain transactions with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or other sanctioned persons if that property and those property interests are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a U.S. person.

The President may issue licenses to U.S. persons to engage in such property transactions with an otherwise blocked foreign person.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall report annually to the President and Congress on all foreign persons not currently subject to such sanctions that, within the preceding three years, have been reported to have conducted transactions or have provided material support to the IRGC or any of its agents or affiliates.

 The President shall:

 review an identified foreign person to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to impose sanctions; and if so, include that person on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury and impose sanctions. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to require securities issuers to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission any financial transactions with a foreign person identified in the most recent GAO report before the commencement of the transaction or dealing.

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Summary:
Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the U.S. government must ensure that capacity-building assistance to combat terrorist travel is coordinated among departments and agencies as well as with foreign implementing partners, and (2) such assistance should be prioritized for the highest-risk countries for travel by terrorists and foreign fighters.

The Department of State shall submit to Congress biennially a foreign partner engagement plan that catalogues existing capacity-building initiatives abroad to combat travel by terrorists and foreign fighters and identifies areas for adjustment to align efforts with risk-based priorities.

 The plan shall be developed in coordination with all relevant U.S. government departments and agencies.

 The plan shall:

 include a risk assessment of each country that includes identification of the number of U.S.-bound flights that originate from last points of departure in the country, visa waiver program status or visa application and denial rates, and the country's overall terror threat environment; detail U.S. government programs and activities for building the country's capacity to combat travel by terrorists and foreign fighters, including estimated spending levels; and outline a plan for prioritizing U.S. government resources for high- and medium-risk countries. (Sec. 3) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the State Department shall accelerate the provision of appropriate versions of the following systems to foreign governments:

 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Automated Targeting System--Global, and the State Department's Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System. Prioritization shall be given to high- and medium-risk countries.

DHS may provide, with specified exceptions, excess DHS nonlethal equipment and supplies (as well as related training) to a foreign government if that would:

 further U.S. homeland security interests; and enhance the recipient government's capacity to mitigate the threat of terrorism, infectious disease or natural disaster, protect lawful trade and travel, or enforce intellectual property rights. DHS and the State Department shall notify Congress before providing such systems, equipment, or supplies.

 A notification shall include:

 the vulnerability to be mitigated; an explanation as to why the recipient is unable or unwilling to independently acquire such systems, equipment, or supplies; an evacuation plan for sensitive technologies; how the United States will ensure that such systems, equipment, or supplies are being used as intended; and the total dollar value involved. (Sec. 4) The State Department shall: (1) report to Congress annually through 2021 regarding foreign government efforts to combat terrorist and foreign fighter travel, and (2) incorporate the report into the annual country reports on terrorism.

 The State Department may suspend non-humanitarian, non-trade-related foreign assistance to a foreign country identified in such a report as a country to which the minimum standards for serious and sustained efforts to combat terrorist and foreign fighter travel are applicable but whose government is not fully complying with such standards and is not making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance.

(Sec. 6) No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act.

assistance_act sec bill expresses sense congress government ensure capacity building assistance combat terrorist travel coordinated departments agencies foreign implementing partners assistance prioritized highest risk countries travel terrorists foreign fighters department_of_state shall submit congress biennially foreign partner engagement plan existing capacity building initiatives abroad combat travel terrorists foreign fighters identifies areas adjustment align efforts risk based priorities plan shall developed coordination relevant government departments agencies plan shall include risk assessment country includes identification number flights originate points departure country visa waiver program status visa application denial rates country overall terror threat environment detail government programs activities building country capacity combat travel terrorists foreign fighters including estimated spending levels outline plan prioritizing government resources high- medium risk countries sec department_of_homeland_security dhs state_department shall accelerate provision appropriate versions following systems foreign governments automated_targeting_system global evaluation system prioritization shall given high- medium risk countries dhs provide specified exceptions excess dhs nonlethal equipment supplies related training foreign government homeland security interests enhance recipient government capacity mitigate threat terrorism infectious disease natural disaster protect lawful trade travel enforce intellectual property rights dhs state_department shall notify congress providing systems equipment supplies notification shall include vulnerability mitigated explanation recipient unable unwilling independently acquire systems equipment supplies evacuation plan sensitive technologies united_states ensure systems equipment supplies intended total dollar value involved sec state_department shall report congress annually foreign government efforts combat terrorist foreign fighter travel incorporate report annual country reports terrorism state_department suspend non humanitarian non trade related foreign assistance foreign country identified report country minimum standards sustained efforts combat terrorist foreign fighter travel applicable government fully complying standards making significant efforts bring compliance sec additional funds authorized appropriated carry act


Summary:
Amplifying Local Efforts to Root out Terror Act of 2016 or the ALERT Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide training at state and major urban area fusion centers for the purpose of administering community awareness briefings and related activities in furtherance of its efforts to counter violent extremism, identify and report suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and more quickly identify terrorism threats, including the travel or attempted travel of individuals from the United States to support a foreign terrorist organization abroad. (A "fusion center" serves as a focal point within the state and local environment for the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of threat-related information between the federal government and state, local, tribal, territorial and private sector partners.)

(Sec. 3) The bill directs DHS to assess its efforts to support countering violent extremism at the state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. Such assessment shall include:

 a cataloging of DHS efforts to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments in countering violent extremism; a review of cooperative agreements between DHS and such governments relating to countering violent extremism; and an evaluation of DHS plans and any potential opportunities to better support such governments that are in furtherance of DHS's countering violent extremism objectives and consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, and privacy protections. (Sec. 4) DHS shall notify Congress of the number of employees of state, local, tribal, and territorial governments with security clearances sponsored by DHS, including a detailed list of the agencies that employ such employees, the level of clearance held, and whether such employees are assigned as representatives to state and major urban area fusion centers.

(Sec. 5) The bill prohibits the authorization of additional funds to carry out this Act.

root terror act alert act sec bill authorizes department_of_homeland_security dhs provide training state major urban area fusion centers purpose administering community awareness briefings related activities furtherance efforts counter violent extremism identify report suspicious activities increase awareness quickly identify terrorism threats including travel attempted travel individuals united_states support foreign terrorist organization abroad fusion center serves focal point state local environment receipt analysis gathering sharing threat related information federal government state local tribal territorial private sector partners sec bill directs dhs assess efforts support countering violent extremism state local tribal territorial levels assessment shall include cataloging dhs efforts assist state local tribal territorial governments countering violent extremism review cooperative agreements dhs governments relating countering violent extremism evaluation dhs plans potential opportunities better support governments furtherance dhs countering violent extremism objectives consistent relevant constitutional legal privacy protections sec dhs shall notify congress number employees state local tribal territorial governments security clearances sponsored dhs including detailed list agencies employ employees level clearance held employees assigned representatives state major urban area fusion centers sec bill prohibits authorization additional funds carry act