,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #e1        
#bjag,mr4 ,rutherford 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,higgins of ,louisiana1 ,mr4           
,gallagher1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4     
,garrett1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 and ,mr4       
,katko7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the participation in overseas 
interagency counterterrorism task forces
 of personnel of the ,department of     
,homeland ,security1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,dhs ,interagency  
,counterterrorism ,task ,force ,act of  
#bjag4  #b4 ,overseas interagency       
counterterrorism task force             
participation ,section #ajb of the      
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #aab7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsections3  
7h7 ,coordination with other ,federal   
departments and agencies overseas  7#a7 

,in general ,the ,secretary is          
authorized to assign ,department        
personnel to participate in overseas    
interagency counterterrorism task forces
 to--  7,a7 facilitate the sharing of   
counterterrorism information2 and  7,b7 
combat the threat of terrorism and      
associated risks to the ,united ,states 
stemming from overseas sources of       
conflict or terrorism1  as determined by
 the ,secretary4  7#b7 ,personnel ,in   
carrying out this subsection1 the       
,secretary may assign personnel from any
 component of the ,department the       
,secretary determines necessary to      
participate in the overseas             
counterterrorism task forces referred to
 in paragraph 7#a74  4