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Department of Homeland Security Strategy for International Programs Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a comprehensive three-year strategy for international programs in which DHS personnel and resources are deployed abroad for vetting and screening persons seeking to enter the United States.

The strategy shall include:

  • specific risk-based goals for such programs;
  • a risk-based method for determining whether to establish new international programs in new locations, given resource constraints, or expand existing international programs;
  • alignment with the highest DHS-wide and government-wide strategic priorities of resource allocations on such programs; and
  • a common reporting framework for the submission of reliable, comparable cost data by DHS components on overseas expenditures attributable to such programs.

In developing the strategy, DHS shall consider:

  • information on existing operations of DHS programs that includes corresponding information for each location in which each such program operates,
  • analysis of the impact of each such international program on domestic activities of DHS components,
  • the number of DHS personnel deployed to each location at which such an international program is in operation during the current and preceding fiscal year, and
  • analysis of barriers to the expansion of such an international program.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2016-05-17IntroReferralReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Senate
2016-05-16FloorMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
2016-05-16FloorOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2411-2412)House floor actions
2016-05-16FloorDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4780.House floor actions
2016-05-16FloorConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2411-2413)House floor actions
2016-05-16FloorMr. Ratcliffe moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.House floor actions
2016-05-13CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 439.House floor actions
2016-05-13CommitteeReported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-566.House floor actions
2016-03-23CommitteeOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.House committee actions
2016-03-23CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2016-03-17IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.House floor actions
2016-03-17IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Bennie G. Thompson [D] (MS-2)
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Policy Area :

Emergency Management
See Subjects
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Congressional oversight
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Department of Homeland Security

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