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Union Calendar No. 334 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4401 

[Report No. 114–437] 

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 

FEBRUARY 29, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HIGGINS and Ms. SINEMA

FEBRUARY 29, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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 ‘‘Amplifying Local Ef5 forts to Root out Terror Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘ALERT 

6 Act of 2016’’. 

7 SEC. 2. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM TRAINING. 

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security is authorized to provide training for 

10 personnel, including Department of Homeland Security 

11 personnel, State, local, tribal, and territorial representa12 tives at State and major urban area fusion centers for the 

13 purpose of administering community awareness briefings 

14 and related activities in furtherance of the Department’s 

15 efforts to counter violent extremism, identify and report 

16 suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and more 

17 quickly identify terrorism threats, including the travel or 

18 attempted travel of individuals from the United States to 

19 support a foreign terrorist organization (as such term is 

20 described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation21 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) abroad. 

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

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

24 shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies 

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1 lent extremism and shall also coordinate with such agen2 cies in the administration of related activities, including 

3 community awareness briefings. 

4 SEC. 3. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ASSESSMENT. 

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

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with appro8 priate State, local, tribal, and territorial representatives, 

9 shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland 

10 Security to support countering violent extremism at the 

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

12 shall include each of the following: 

13 (1) A cataloging of departmental efforts to as14 sist State, local, tribal, and territorial governments 

15 in countering violent extremism. 

16 (2) A review of cooperative agreements between 

17 the Department and such governments relating to 

18 countering violent extremism. 

19 (3) An evaluation of departmental plans and 

20 any potential opportunities to better support such 

21 governments that are in furtherance of the Depart22 ment’s countering violent extremism objectives and 

23 are consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, 

24 and privacy protections. 


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

2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and con3 sistent with the protection of classified information, the 

4 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro5 priate congressional committees the findings of the assess6 ment required under subsection (a) together with any re7 lated information regarding best practices for countering 

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

9 levels. 

10 SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES. 

11 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

13 notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 

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

15 governments with security clearances sponsored by the 

16 Department of Homeland Security. Such notification shall 

17 include a detailed list of the agencies that employ such 

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

19 and whether such employees are assigned as representa20 tives to State and major urban area fusion centers. 

21 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 

22 No additional funds are authorized to be appro23 priated to carry out this Act. This Act shall be carried 

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1 priated or made available to the Department of Homeland 

2 Security. 

3 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 of the House of Representatives; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

11 (2) The term ‘‘violent extremism’’ means ideo12 logically motivated international terrorism or domes13 tic terrorism, as such terms are defined in section 

14 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 


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Union Calendar No. 334 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4401 

[Report No. 114–437] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

other purposes. tives at State and local fusion centers, and for Department of Homeland Security representaprovide countering violent extremism training to 

FEBRUARY 29, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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