WASHINGTON, DC -- This week, U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) voted in support of 15 bills to strengthen national security and enhance foreign intelligence surveillance. 

The U.S. House of Representatives also approved reauthorization of Title 7 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to provide critical intelligence about foreign terrorists and keep Americans safe. 

"We can all sleep better knowing that our homeland is secure and the appropriate authorities have access to the information necessary to protect and defend Americans from the global threat of terrorism," said Congressman Rogers. "I applaud my colleagues in the House for passing bipartisan measures to improve counter terrorism activities, enhance cyber security and promote border security."

The legislation now heads to the Senate for consideration, including the following: 

• H.R. 4561 SAFE TECH Act, directing the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a program and framework for enabling third party testing for advanced security screening technologies in order to alleviate existing bureaucratic hurdles in TSA’s testing and evaluation process;

• H.R. 1486 Securing American Non-Profit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2017 , establishing a Non-Profit Security Grant Program under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall make grants to tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack; 

• H.R. 4578 Counter Terrorist Network Act, requiring the National Targeting Center to collaborate with appropriate agencies—including Federal, State, local, tribal, and international entities—to enhance border security through operations that seek to disrupt and dismantle networks, including foreign terrorist networks that pose terrorist or other threats;

• H.R. 4555 DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017 , authorizing DHS to assign personnel in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces to combat the threat of terrorism; 
  

• H.R. 4564 Post-Caliphate Threat Assessment Act of 2017, directing the DHS Secretary, Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a threat assessment of currect foreign terrorist fighter activity, including new travel and trends, as well as activity in Iraq and Syria;

• H.R. 4569 Counterterrorism Information Sharing Improvement Act of 2017 , ensuring relevant data regarding terrorist organizations is provided to DHS for counterterrorism purposes;

• H.R. 4581 Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017 , directing the DHS Secretary to develop best practices for utilizing Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record data for counterterrorism screening and vetting operations; 

• H.Res. 676, supporting the rights of the people of Iran to free expression and condemning the Iranian regime for its crackdown on legitimate protests.