§ 1733. Terrorist lookout committees

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2002

   Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–173 title III § 304 · 116 Stat. 543

   Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1733

   Pub. L. 107–173, title III, § 304, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 554

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 107–173, title III, § 304, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 554

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 304. TERRORIST LOOKOUT COMMITTEES. (a) Establishment.— The Secretary of State shall require a terrorist lookout committee to be maintained within each United States mission to a foreign country. (b) Purpose.— 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) Composition; Chair.— The Secretary shall establish rules governing the composition of such committees. (d) Meetings.— 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) Periodic Reports to the Secretary of State.— 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) Reports to Congress.— 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). (g) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this section.

2. 2014

   Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015

   Pub. L. 113–235 div. J title VII § 7034(i) · 128 Stat. 2130

   Struck · 8 U.S.C. § 1733(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.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (i) Reports Repealed.— Section 304(f) of Public Law 107–173; section 2104 of Public Law 109–13; and subsection 1405(c) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008 8 USC 1733; 22 USC 2799aa–1. (Public Law 110–252), are hereby repealed.

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