[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7427 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7427
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide threat analyses,
including relating to terrorism threats, and guidance to State, local,
Tribal, or territorial government officials or employees regarding
visiting foreign nationals who seek access to State, local, Tribal, or
territorial officials or employees, information, facilities, programs,
or systems, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 9, 2026
Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide threat analyses,
including relating to terrorism threats, and guidance to State, local,
Tribal, or territorial government officials or employees regarding
visiting foreign nationals who seek access to State, local, Tribal, or
territorial officials or employees, information, facilities, programs,
or systems, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Access from Foreign
Entities Visiting Internal Sites in the States Act'' or the ``SAFE
VISITS Act''.
SEC. 2. DHS THREAT ANALYSES AND GUIDANCE RELATED TO VISITING FOREIGN
NATIONALS TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENTS.
(a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``SEC. 210H. THREAT ANALYSES AND GUIDANCE RELATED TO VISITING FOREIGN
NATIONALS TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENTS.
``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a threat analysis, including relating to
potential terrorism threats, reported to the Department by State,
local, Tribal, or territorial government officials or employees,
regarding any known visits by foreign nationals who--
``(1) seek to meet with such officials or employees, or
``(2) seek access to State, local, Tribal, or territorial
government information, facilities, programs, or systems, and
disseminate to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments
guidance based on such threat analysis.
``(b) Content of Threat Analysis and Guidance.--The threat
analysis, including relating to potential terrorism threats, and
guidance under subsection (a) shall contain the following:
``(1) Descriptions of high-risk State, local, Tribal, and
territorial government targets.
``(2) An analysis of trends related to visits by foreign
nationals who seek access to State, local, Tribal, or
territorial officials or employees, information, facilities,
programs, or systems based on vetting request information
submitted to, by, or through fusion centers (as such term is
defined in section 210A) by State, local, Tribal, or
territorial governments.
``(3) Descriptions of actions that may be taken to mitigate
homeland security threats, including potential terrorism
threats, and protect State, local, Tribal, and territorial
officials or employees, information, facilities, programs, or
systems.
``(c) Tailored Outreach and Vetting Assistance.--
``(1) In general.--If the Secretary, based on the threat
analysis under subsection (a), identifies a particular State,
local, Tribal, or territorial government official or employee
or information, facility, program, or system as a high-risk
potential target of a visiting foreign national who seeks
access to such official or employee, information, facility,
program, or system, the Secretary shall carry out the
following:
``(A) Conduct outreach to the identified State,
local, Tribal, or territorial government and provide
information, unclassified or classified at the lowest
possible level, regarding such potential target.
``(B) Provide the identified State, local, Tribal,
or Territorial government with assistance vetting such
a foreign national.
``(C) Provide the identified State, local, Tribal,
or Territorial government with additional guidance on
specific actions that may be taken to mitigate homeland
security threats, including potential terrorism
threats, in connection with such visit.
``(2) Debriefings.--Not later than 30 days after an
identified State, local, Tribal, or Territorial government
hosts a visiting foreign national for which the Department
provided assistance in accordance with paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall request a debriefing from such host State,
local, Tribal, or territorial government to maintain awareness
of any attempt by visiting foreign nationals to obtain access
to officials or employees, information, facilities, programs,
or systems of such host State, local, Tribal, or Territorial
government, and the techniques used by such visiting foreign
nationals.
``(d) Report.--The Secretary shall annually submit to the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a
description of the outreach and vetting assistance by the Secretary
under subsection (c) during the immediately preceding six month period.
Each report under this subsection shall be submitted together with each
corresponding report required under subsection (a), beginning with the
second such report under such subsection.
``(e) Information Defined.--In this section, the term `information'
means data or materials collected, possessed, or prepared by a State,
local, Tribal, or territorial government that is not intended for
public disclosure or general use.''.
(b) Research and Development.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate with the Under Secretary
for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security to
carry out research and development of a technology to enhance sharing
of information to carry out section 210H of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002, as added by subsection (a).
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section (b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 210G the following new item:
``Sec. 210H. Threat analyses and guidance related to visiting foreign
nationals to State, local, Tribal, and
territorial governments.''.
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