1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Terror Intelligence Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On June 12, 2016, the deadliest terrorist attack on our homeland since September 11, 2001, occurred at the Pulse Bar and Club in downtown Orlando, Florida. The Orlando Police Department shortly after the incident reported 49 fatalities and 53 injured. (2) On June 13, 2016, the Washington Post reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the Orlando shooter for 10 months beginning in 2013, putting him under surveillance, recording his calls, and using confidential informants to gauge whether he had been radicalized after he talked at work about his connections with al-Qaeda and dying as a martyr. (3) On June 13, 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation remarked that the suspect had made clear his affinity, at the time of the attack, for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (commonly known as ISIL ), and generally, leading up to the attack, for radical Islamist groups. (4) On June 12, 2016, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives announced it had completed a trace of the firearms used in the shooting and determined both were purchased legally. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Critical infrastructure The term critical infrastructure has the meaning given the term in section 1016(e) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) ). (2) Explosive The term explosive has the meaning given the term explosives in section 841(d) of title 18, United States Code. (3) Federal department or agency The term Federal department or agency means— (A) an Executive department, as defined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code; (B) an independent establishment, as defined in section 104 of title 5, United States Code; (C) a Government corporation, as defined in section 103 of title 5, United States Code