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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4401 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 

Mr. LOUDERMILK (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. HURD of 

Texas, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. REICHERT, Ms. LORETTA

SANCHEZ of California, Mr. KEATING, Mr. VELA, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Amplifying Local Ef5 forts to Root out Terror Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘ALERT 

6 Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM TRAINING. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security is authorized to provide training for 

4 personnel, including Department of Homeland Security 

5 personnel, State, local, tribal, and territorial representa6 tives at State and major urban area fusion centers for the 

7 purpose of administering community awareness briefings 

8 and related activities in furtherance of the Department’s 

9 efforts to counter violent extremism, identify and report 

10 suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and more 

11 quickly identify terrorism threats, including the travel or 

12 attempted travel of individuals from the United States to 

13 support a foreign terrorist organization (as such term is 

14 described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation15 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) abroad. 

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

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

18 shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies 

19 engaged in community outreach related to countering vio20 lent extremism and shall also coordinate with such agen21 cies in the administration of related activities, including 

22 community awareness briefings. 

23 SEC. 3. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ASSESSMENT. 

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

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1 priate State, local, tribal, and territorial representatives, 

2 shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland 

3 Security to support countering violent extremism at the 

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

5 shall include each of the following: 

6 (1) A cataloging of departmental efforts to as7 sist State, local, tribal, and territorial governments 

8 in countering violent extremism. 

9 (2) A review of cooperative agreements between 

10 the Department and such governments relating to 

11 countering violent extremism. 

12 (3) An evaluation of departmental plans and 

13 any potential opportunities to better support such 

14 governments that are in furtherance of the Depart15 ment’s countering violent extremism objectives and 

16 are consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, 

17 and privacy protections. 

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

19 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and con20 sistent with the protection of classified information, the 

21 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro22 priate congressional committees the findings of the assess23 ment required under subsection (a) together with any re24 lated information regarding best practices for countering 


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

2 levels. 

3 SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES. 

4 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

6 notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 

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

8 governments with security clearances sponsored by the 

9 Department of Homeland Security. Such notification shall 

10 include a detailed list of the agencies that employ such 

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

12 and whether such employees are assigned as representa13 tives to State and major urban area fusion centers. 

14 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 

15 No additional funds are authorized to be appro16 priated to carry out this Act. This Act shall be carried 

17 out using amounts otherwise authorized to be appro18 priated or made available to the Department of Homeland 

19 Security. 

20 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means— 

24 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

25 of the House of Representatives; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

2 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

3 (2) The term ‘‘violent extremism’’ means ideo4 logically motivated international terrorism or domes5 tic terrorism, as such terms are defined in section 

6 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 

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