,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjag,mr4  
,king of ,new ,york 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,mc,caul7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to require a threat assessment         
regarding the exploitation by           
transnational criminal organizations of 
the unaccompanied alien children        
services program within the ,united     
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,transnational ,criminal            
,organization ,exploitation ,threat     
,assessment ,act4  #b4 ,threat          
assessment  7a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security1 acting through  
the ,under ,secretary for ,intelligence 
and ,analysis of the ,department of     
,homeland ,security1 shall conduct a    
threat assessment of the exploitation by

 transnational criminal organizations of
 the unaccompanied alien children       
services program4  7b7 ,consultation ,in
 preparing the threat assessment        
required under subsection 7a71 the      
,under ,secretary for ,intelligence and 
,analysis of the ,department of         
,homeland ,security shall consult with  
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services1 the ,attorney ,general1 the  
,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation1 the ,director of        
,national ,intelligence1 and the heads  
of other ,federal departments and       
agencies1 as appropriate1 to ensure that
 such threat assessment is informed by  
current information about homeland      
security threats posed by transnational 
criminal organizations4  7c7            
,recommendations ,upon completion of the
 threat assessment required under       
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of       
,homeland ,security1 in consultation    
with the ,secretary of ,health and      
,human ,services1 shall make a          

determination if any changes are        
required to address security            
vulnerabilities identified in such      
assessment that are exploited by        
transnational criminal organizations in 
the unaccompanied alien children        
services program4 ,if changes to the    
unaccompanied alien children services   
program are required1 the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security shall direct the    
,department of ,homeland ,security      
component agencies1 including ,u4,s4    
,customs and ,border ,protection and    
,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs        
,enforcement1 to address such           
vulnerabilities1 as appropriate4  7d7   
,distribution ,upon completion of the   
threat assessment required under        
subsection 7a71 the ,under ,secretary   
for ,intelligence and ,analysis of the  
,department of ,homeland ,security shall
 disseminate such threat assessment to  
,federal partners1 including the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 the ,attorney ,general1 the  

,director of the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation1 the ,director of        
,national ,intelligence1 and ,state and 
local partners1 including ,state1 local1
 and regional fusion centers4  7e7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,transnational criminal organization    
,the term transnational criminal        
organization means a group of persons   
that includes one or more foreign       
persons that engages in an ongoing      
pattern of serious criminal activity    
involving the jurisdictions of at least 
two foreign countries and that threatens
 the national security1 foreign policy1 
or economy of the ,united ,states4  7#b7
 ,unaccompanied alien children services 
program ,the term unaccompanied alien   
children service program means the      
program described in section #dfb of the
 ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f  
,u4,s4,c4 #bgi74