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Coordinated Counterterrorism Act
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to expand the scope of funding used by the counterterrorism bureau of the Department of State to allow assistance to be made available to counterterrorism-focused military and intelligence units.
Summary
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to expand counterterrorism assistance funding provided by the State Department's counterterrorism bureau. The bill allows counterterrorism assistance to be provided to military and intelligence units of foreign countries in addition to law enforcement agencies. The bill also adds information sharing with United States law enforcement agencies as an allowable use of counterterrorism assistance funds.
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- Sep 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 4, 2025
Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to expand the scope of funding used by the counterterrorism bureau of the Department of State to allow assistance to be made available to counterterrorism-focused military and intelligence units.
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 “Coordinated Counterterrorism Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE.
Section 571 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa) is amended—
(1) by inserting “, intelligence, and military” after “assistance to foreign countries in order to enhance the ability of their law enforcement”;
(2) by inserting “information sharing with United States law enforcement agencies,” after “Such assistance may include”; and
(3) by inserting a comma after “training services”. <all>
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