Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act

HB 192 Trans Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act

US Congress 116th Congress

Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act
HB-192


About HB-192

Provides statutory authority for the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program, an interagency program launched in 2005 to partner with countries in the Sahel and Maghreb regions of Africa to counter terrorism and violent extremism. The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development, shall establish the partnership program, which must coordinate all U.S. programs in North and West Africa related to various counterterrorism activities, such as building foreign-military capacity, enhancing border security, promoting youth employment, and supporting independent media to counter terrorist propaganda. The State Department must submit comprehensive, five-year strategies that include specified activities for the Sahel and Maghreb regions and for program counterterrorism efforts. Further, program activities must, among other things

  • (1) be carried out in countries where there is an adequate level of partner country committment, and
  • (2) have clearly defined outcomes and specific plans with indicators to regularly monitor and evaluate outcomes and impact

Such activities must also take into account the counterterrorism and development strategies of partner countries and align with such strategies to the extent possible. The State Department shall notify Congress before obligating funds for such programs, and must submit annual reports about program activities.

  

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Introduced 06/09/2020

Introduced 01/08/2019

Engrossed 01/11/2019

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History

Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Risch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report.

06/03/2020

Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 475.

06/03/2020

Committee On Foreign Relations. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute Favorably.

05/21/2020

Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations.

01/11/2019

Mr. Engel Moved To Suspend The Rules And Pass The Bill.

01/10/2019

Considered Under Suspension Of The Rules. (consideration: Cr H432-434)

01/10/2019

Debate - The House Proceeded With Forty Minutes Of Debate On H.r. 192.

01/10/2019

On Motion To Suspend The Rules And Pass The Bill Agreed To By Voice Vote. (text: Cr H432-433)

01/10/2019

Motion To Reconsider Laid On The Table Agreed To Without Objection.

01/10/2019

Introduced In House

01/03/2019

Referred To The House Committee On Foreign Affairs.

01/03/2019