Terrorist Watchlist Data Accuracy and Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4971 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4971 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the accuracy of the Department of Homeland Security's terrorism screening information, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 15, 2025 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the accuracy of the Department of Homeland Security's terrorism screening information, and for other purposes. 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 ``Terrorist Watchlist Data Accuracy and Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEWS OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOMINATIONS TO THE TERRORIST WATCHLIST AND OTHER TERRORISM DATABASES. (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 210H. QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEWS OF DEPARTMENTAL NOMINATIONS TO THE TERRORIST WATCHLIST AND OTHER TERRORISM DATABASES. ``(a) Quality Assurance Reviews.-- ``(1) In general.--Prior to submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Screening Center and the National Counterterrorism Center of an initial Department nomination of an individual for inclusion in the terrorist watchlist, including subsets of such watchlist, such as the No Fly List, the Selectee List, and watchlist exceptions, or other terrorism databases, or successors of such watchlist or other terrorism databases, the Secretary shall conduct a quality assurance review of such init