; and (2) during the month immediately preceding the date of publication, were encountered by the Secretary of Homeland Security along the United States border. 6. Definitions In this Act: (1) Alien The term alien shall have the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ). (2) Appropriate committees The term appropriate committees means the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. (3) Covered alien The term covered alien means an alien— (A) who is encountered, apprehended, or arrested by the Secretary of Homeland Security; and (B) whose identifying information is found to be included within the terrorist screening database. (4) Terrorist screening database The term terrorist screening database shall have the meaning given such term in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 621 ). (5) Special interest country list The term special interest country list means the list maintained by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that identifies any country determined by the Director to be a country of special interest.