1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017 . 2. Foreign partner engagement plan (a) Findings Consistent with the final report of the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives bipartisan Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel , Congress makes the following findings: (1) It is important for the national security of the United States to assist foreign partners in closing security gaps which may allow terrorists and foreign fighters to travel internationally, avoiding detection. (2) Building foreign partner capacity to combat terrorist travel helps extend the United States security beyond its border to mitigate threats before they reach the United States. (3) United States Government departments and agencies have spent billions of dollars to help foreign partners improve their security against terrorist travel since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including through the provision of technical assistance, equipment, training, and other tools. (4) The lack of a United States Government-wide, risk-based approach increases the odds that systematic security gaps abroad may persist and that United States response efforts will not be maximized in order to close these gaps. (5) Failure to effectively coordinate capacity-building activities also results in greater risk of overlap, waste, and unnecessary duplication between the United States and international programs. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government must ensure capacity-building assistance is coordinated both among United States Government departments and agencies as well as with foreign implementing partners, and assistance should be prioritized for the highest-risk countries for travel by terrorists and foreign fighters. (c) Plan (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every two years thereafter at the time of the President’s budget submission to Congress under section 1105 of