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The bill strengthens DHS support, reporting, and tools to help state, local, tribal, and territorial partners identify and mitigate risks from high‑risk foreign visits, improving safety and oversight but imposing administrative burdens, privacy concerns, potential costs, and perceptions of federal intrusion for local authorities.
State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) officials receive DHS threat analyses identifying high-risk foreign visits so they can prepare and reduce security risks.
SLTT governments receive targeted vetting assistance and mitigation guidance from DHS for identified high‑risk visits, improving event safety and local preparedness.
Required initial and annual DHS reporting to congressional Homeland Security committees and regular reports on outreach and vetting assistance increase transparency and congressional oversight of DHS support to SLTT partners.
State and local governments may face added administrative burden to respond rapidly to DHS outreach, vetting requests, and debrief requirements, straining local resources.
Collecting and sharing non‑public SLTT information for vetting could raise privacy and confidentiality concerns for local agencies and constituents.
Implementing new threat analyses, outreach, and technology may require DHS resources and increase federal costs or divert funds from other priorities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires DHS to produce an initial (180-day) and annual threat analysis of foreign national visits to SLTT targets, provide vetting assistance for high-risk targets, and develop supporting information-sharing technology.
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to produce an initial threat analysis within 180 days of enactment and then annually about known visits by foreign nationals who seek meetings with or access to State, local, Tribal, and territorial (SLTT) officials, facilities, programs, systems, or information. When DHS identifies a high-risk SLTT target, it must engage that jurisdiction, offer vetting assistance and mitigation guidance, and request a debrief within 30 days after any assisted event; DHS must also report annually on outreach and vetting assistance. Directs DHS to use fusion center vetting-request information and to describe high-risk targets, trends, and mitigation actions in each analysis, and to coordinate with the Science & Technology Directorate to develop information-sharing technology to support these activities. The bill adds the new requirement into the Homeland Security Act table of contents and establishes timing for the first and subsequent reports.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by Daniel Goldman · Last progress February 9, 2026