Sec. 6421. Assessment and report on the threat of ISIS-Khorasan to the United States

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In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the congressional intelligence committees; the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with such elements of the intelligence community as the Director considers relevant, shall— conduct an assessment of the threats to the United States and United States citizens posed by ISIS-Khorasan; and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a written report on the findings of the assessment. The report required by subsection

(b)shall include the following: A description of the ideology, stated intentions, and capabilities of ISIS-Khorasan as related to the United States and the interests of the United States, including capabilities that threaten the homeland. A list of all terrorist attacks worldwide attributable to ISIS-Khorasan or for which ISIS-Khorasan claimed credit, beginning on January 1, 2015. The recruiting and training strategy of ISIS-Khorasan, including— the geographic regions in which ISIS-Khorasan is physically present; regions from which ISIS-Khorasan is recruiting; and its ambitions for operationalizing recruited individuals worldwide and in the United States. An assessment of any known travel of members of ISIS-Khorasan within the Western Hemisphere and specifically across any border of the United States. The report required by subsection

(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.