§1733 — Title 8 Aliens and Nationality | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of State must make every U.S. mission abroad keep a terrorist lookout committee. The committee uses all parts of the mission to find known or possible terrorists and to collect information about them. It must make sure that information is regularly given to the right U.S. officials for immigration matters and that names go into the proper lookout databases. The Secretary will set rules about who is on each committee. Each committee must meet at least once a month and must send a monthly report to the Secretary of State about its work, even if it found nothing. Money may be provided as needed to carry out these duties.

Title 8, §1733

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(a)The Secretary of State shall require a terrorist lookout committee to be maintained within each United States mission to a foreign country.

(b)The purpose of each committee established under subsection (a) shall be—

(1)to utilize the cooperative resources of all elements of the United States mission in the country in which the consular post is located to identify known or potential terrorists and to develop information on those individuals;

(2)to ensure that such information is routinely and consistently brought to the attention of appropriate United States officials for use in administering the immigration laws of the United States; and

(3)to ensure that the names of known and suspected terrorists are entered into the appropriate lookout databases.

(c)The Secretary shall establish rules governing the composition of such committees.

(d)Each committee established under subsection (a) shall meet at least monthly to share information pertaining to the committee’s purpose as described in subsection (b)(2).

(e)Each committee established under subsection (a) shall submit monthly reports to the Secretary of State describing the committee’s activities, whether or not information on known or suspected terrorists was developed during the month.

(f)

(g)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

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2014—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 113–235 struck out subsec. (f). Text read as follows: “The Secretary of State shall submit a report on a quarterly basis to the appropriate committees of Congress on the status of the committees established under subsection (a) of this section.”

§1733 Terrorist Lookout Committees

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Title 8, §1733

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