This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress if an intelligence community element determines that U.S. military equipment left unsecured in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria has been used in a terrorist attack against the United States, U.S. allies or partners, or local populations. The report must be submitted no later than 30 days after the intelligence community determination.
To require the Director of National Intelligence to provide 
notification to Congress of abandoned United States military equipment 
                       used in terrorist attacks.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION OF ABANDONED UNITED STATES MILITARY EQUIPMENT 
              USED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after any element of the 
intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) determines that United States 
military equipment abandoned or otherwise left unsecured in 
Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria has been used in a terrorist attack against 
the United States, allies or partners of the United States, or local 
populations, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a written notification of such 
determination that includes any known details relating to--
            (1) the equipment used in the attack;
            (2) the date on which, and the location from which, the 
        equipment left United States custody;
            (3) attribution for the orchestrators of the attack; and
            (4) the total number of deaths and casualties caused by the 
        attack.
    (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee 
        on Intelligence, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence, and the Subcommittee on Defense of 
        the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives.
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A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to provide notification to Congress of abandoned United States military equipment used in terrorist attacks.
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to provide notification to Congress of abandoned United States military equipment used in terrorist attacks.
Official Titles - Senate
Official Title as Introduced
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to provide notification to Congress of abandoned United States military equipment used in terrorist attacks.
Sen. Thune, John