IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5736 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 1, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To direct the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 

of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and 

disseminate a threat assessment regarding threats to the 

United States associated with foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transnational White 

5 Supremacist Extremism Review Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. THREAT ASSESSMENT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Intel8 ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Se9 curity shall, in coordination with appropriate Federal 

10 partners, develop a terrorism threat assessment and ref11 erence aid regarding threats to the United States associ12 ated with foreign violent white supremacist extremist or13 ganizations. Consistent with the protection of classified 

14 and confidential unclassified information, the Under Sec15 retary shall share the threat assessment developed under 

16 this section with State, local, and Tribal law enforcement 

17 officials, including officials who operate within State, local, 

18 and regional fusion centers through the Department of 

19 Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion 

20 Center Initiative established in accordance with section 

21 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

22 124h). 

23 (b) COORDINATION.—The threat assessment and ref24 erence aid developed pursuant to subsection (a)— 


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1 (1) shall be developed in coordination with the 

2 Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the De3 partment of Homeland Security and other appro4 priate Federal agencies; and 

5 (2) may be informed by existing products devel6 oped by such Office and agencies, as appropriate. 

7 (c) OVERVIEW.—The threat assessment and ref8 erence aid shall include an overview of symbols, flags, or 

9 other references utilized by adherents of foreign violent 

10 white supremacist extremist organizations. 

11 (d) DISTRIBUTION.—Consistent with the protection 

12 of classified and confidential unclassified information, the 

13 Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the De14 partment of Homeland Security shall share the threat as15 sessment and reference aid with the following: 

16 (1) State, local, and Tribal law enforcement of17 ficials, including officials who operate within State, 

18 local, and regional fusion centers through the De19 partment of Homeland Security State, Local, and 

20 Regional Fusion Center Initiative established in ac21 cordance with section 210A of the Homeland Secu22 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h). 

23 (2) Appropriate owners and operators of online 

24 platforms to assist in identifying content that may 

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1 cist extremist organization that may violate the 

2 terms of service of such online platforms, upon re3 quest from such online platforms and in consultation 

4 with the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of 

5 the Department. 

6 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) FOREIGN VIOLENT WHITE SUPREMACIST

8 EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘foreign vio9 lent white supremacist extremist organization’’ 

10 means an organization based outside the United 

11 States that seeks, wholly or in part, through unlaw12 ful acts of force or violence, to support a belief in 

13 the intellectual and moral superiority of the white 

14 race over other races. 

15 (2) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘online 

16 platform’’ means internet-based information services 

17 consisting of the storage and processing of informa18 tion by and at the request of a content provider and 

19 the dissemination of such content to third parties. 

20 (f) LIMITATION.—The Under Secretary for Intel21 ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Se22 curity shall ensure that the threat assessment and ref23 erence aid does not contain the name or other identifiable 

24 information of any individual or organization engaged in 


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1 lawful political or public discourse in the United States 

2 protected under the United States Constitution. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 30, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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