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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1584 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prevent terrorism, including 

terrorism associated with homegrown violent extremism and domestic 

violent extremism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2013 

Ms. CLARKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prevent 

terrorism, including terrorism associated with homegrown 

violent extremism and domestic violent extremism, 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 ‘‘Empowering Local 

5 Partners to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Insert at the end of title VIII of 

3 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) 

4 the following new subtitle: 

5 ‘‘Subtitle K—Counterterrorism 

6 Training 

7 ‘‘SEC. 899K. DEFINITIONS. 

8 ‘‘In this subtitle: 

9 ‘‘(1) VIOLENT EXTREMISM.—The term ‘violent 

10 extremism’ means supporting or committing ideo11 logically motivated violence. 

12 ‘‘(2) HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PRO13 GRAMS.—The term ‘homeland security grant pro14 grams’ means grant programs under section 2002, 

15 and includes the State Homeland Security Grant 

16 Program, the Urban Area Security Initiative, and 

17 grants provided by the Secretary to the National 

18 Network of Fusion Centers. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 899L. GUIDANCE, OUTREACH, TRAINING, AND PRO20 GRAMS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 

22 Department officials responsible for counterterrorism and 

23 addressing the threat of violent extremism, shall develop 

24 guidance, outreach, training, and programs in furtherance 

25 of national counterterrorism policy. 


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1 ‘‘(b) TRAINING.—Not later than one year after the 

2 date of the enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary, act3 ing through Department officials described in subsection 

4 (a), shall develop and distribute to State, local, and tribal 

5 authorities courses and materials that comply with the 

6 ‘Grant Programs Directorate Information Bulletin No. 

7 373’ or successor bulletin for integration into the curricula 

8 for recruits and recurrent training for experienced law en9 forcement officers. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 899M. GRANT PREAPPROVAL. 

11 ‘‘Beginning with grants provided for fiscal year 2014, 

12 grant guidance for homeland security grant programs 

13 shall inform recipients that expenditures on any training, 

14 programs, presentations, and speakers regarding counter15 terrorism that includes information about violent extre16 mism, homegrown violent extremism, or domestic violent 

17 extremism that is acquired from an entity other than the 

18 Department, must be approved, in advance, by the Chief 

19 Privacy Officer and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil 

20 Liberties of the Department. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 899N. OVERSIGHT. 

22 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this subtitle, the Inspector General of the Depart24 ment shall regularly review expenditures of homeland se25 curity grant programs by State, local, and tribal authoriVerDate Mar 15 2010 04:21 Apr 19, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1584.IH H1584

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1 ties on training, programs, presentations, and speakers 

2 that are not acquired through the Secretary regarding 

3 counterterrorism, violent extremism, homegrown violent 

4 extremism, and domestic violent extremism. The Inspector 

5 General shall evaluate— 

6 ‘‘(1) whether the expenditure at issue is con7 sistent with national counterterrorism priorities; and 

8 ‘‘(2) whether such expenditure is consistent 

9 with constitutional civil rights and civil liberties, in10 cluding prohibiting racial, ethnic, and religious 

11 profiling.’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2002(a) of 

13 such Act (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 

14 in accordance with section 899M,’’ after ‘‘may’’. 

15 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

16 of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 

17 to section 899J the following new items: 

‘‘Subtitle K—Counterterrorism Training 

‘‘Sec. 899K. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 899L. Guidance, outreach, training, and programs. 

‘‘Sec. 899M. Grant preapproval. 

‘‘Sec. 899N. Oversight.’’. 

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