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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4401 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2016 

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

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide 

countering violent extremism training to Department of 

Homeland Security representatives at State and local 

fusion centers, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Amplifying Local Ef3 forts to Root out Terror Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘ALERT 

4 Act of 2016’’. 

5 SEC. 2. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM TRAINING. 

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary 

7 of Homeland Security is authorized to provide training for 

8 personnel, including Department of Homeland Security 

9 personnel, State, local, tribal, and territorial representa10 tives at State and major urban area fusion centers for the 

11 purpose of administering community awareness briefings 

12 and related activities in furtherance of the Department’s 

13 efforts to counter violent extremism, identify and report 

14 suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and more 

15 quickly identify terrorism threats, including the travel or 

16 attempted travel of individuals from the United States to 

17 support a foreign terrorist organization (as such term is 

18 described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation19 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) abroad. 

20 (b) COORDINATION.—To the extent practicable, in 

21 providing the training under subsection (a), the Secretary 

22 shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies 

23 engaged in community outreach related to countering vio24 lent extremism and shall also coordinate with such agen25 cies in the administration of related activities, including 

26 community awareness briefings. 


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1 SEC. 3. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ASSESSMENT. 

2 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 

3 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec4 retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with appro5 priate State, local, tribal, and territorial representatives, 

6 shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland 

7 Security to support countering violent extremism at the 

8 State, local, tribal, and territorial levels. Such assessment 

9 shall include each of the following: 

10 (1) A cataloging of departmental efforts to as11 sist State, local, tribal, and territorial governments 

12 in countering violent extremism. 

13 (2) A review of cooperative agreements between 

14 the Department and such governments relating to 

15 countering violent extremism. 

16 (3) An evaluation of departmental plans and 

17 any potential opportunities to better support such 

18 governments that are in furtherance of the Depart19 ment’s countering violent extremism objectives and 

20 are consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, 

21 and privacy protections. 

22 (b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 150 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and con24 sistent with the protection of classified information, the 

25 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro26 priate congressional committees the findings of the assessVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:19 Mar 01, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4401.RFS H4401

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1 ment required under subsection (a) together with any re2 lated information regarding best practices for countering 

3 violent extremism at the State, local, tribal, and territorial 

4 levels. 

5 SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES. 

6 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

8 notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 

9 number of employees of State, local, tribal, and territorial 

10 governments with security clearances sponsored by the 

11 Department of Homeland Security. Such notification shall 

12 include a detailed list of the agencies that employ such 

13 employees, the level of clearance held by such employees, 

14 and whether such employees are assigned as representa15 tives to State and major urban area fusion centers. 

16 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 

17 No additional funds are authorized to be appro18 priated to carry out this Act. 

19 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

21 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com22 mittees’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

24 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel25 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

2 and Governmental Affairs and the Select Com3 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘violent extremism’’ means ideo5 logically motivated international terrorism or domes6 tic terrorism, as such terms are defined in section 

7 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 29, 

2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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