Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation could turn into a pre-crime program that allows government to act preemptively against citizens.
Title: Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019
Subject: Emergency management: Child safety and welfare: Congressional oversight: Crime prevention: Crimes against children: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Department of Homeland Security: Educational facilities and institutions: Elementary and secondary education: Executive agency funding and structure: Government information and archives: Higher education: Mental health: Terrorism: Violent crime
Description: Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management. The bill defines behavioral threat assessment and management as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat. DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: January 29, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/265/all-info
Companion Bill: HB838
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5 sponsors: Marco Rubio (R); Krysten Sinema (D); Thom Tillis (R); Rick Scott (R); John Cornyn (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 29 2019 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 6 2019 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs
There have not been any votes on this bill