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Union Calendar No. 239 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1955 

[Report No. 110–384, Part I] 

To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 19, 2007 

Ms. HARMAN (for herself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

OCTOBER 16, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. DENT, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. DICKS, 

Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. CARNEY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 

Ms. CLARKE, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. DANIEL E. 

LUNGREN of California, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Mr. POE

OCTOBER 16, 2007 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

OCTOBER 16, 2007 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 19, 2007] 

A BILL 

To prevent homegrown terrorism, 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 ‘‘Violent Radicalization 

5 and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND 

7 HOMEGROWN TERRORISM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the Homeland Secu9 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is amended by add10 ing at the end the following new subtitle: 

11 ‘‘Subtitle J—Prevention of Violent 

12 Radicalization and Homegrown 

13 Terrorism 

14 ‘‘SEC. 899A. DEFINITIONS. 

15 ‘‘For purposes of this subtitle: 

16 ‘‘(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 

17 means the National Commission on the Prevention of 

18 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism es19 tablished under section 899C. 

20 ‘‘(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION.—The term ‘vio21 lent radicalization’ means the process of adopting or 

22 promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose 

23 of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance 

24 political, religious, or social change. 

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1 ‘‘(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM.—The term 

2 ‘homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, or 

3 threatened use, of force or violence by a group or indi4 vidual born, raised, or based and operating primarily 

5 within the United States or any possession of the 

6 United States to intimidate or coerce the United 

7 States government, the civilian population of the 

8 United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance 

9 of political or social objectives. 

10 ‘‘(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE.—The 

11 term ‘ideologically based violence’ means the use, 

12 planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by 

13 a group or individual to promote the group or indi14 vidual’s political, religious, or social beliefs. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 899B. FINDINGS. 

16 ‘‘The Congress finds the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) The development and implementation of 

18 methods and processes that can be utilized to prevent 

19 violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and 

20 ideologically based violence in the United States is 

21 critical to combating domestic terrorism. 

22 ‘‘(2) The promotion of violent radicalization, 

23 homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence 

24 exists in the United States and poses a threat to 

25 homeland security. 

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1 ‘‘(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating vio2 lent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and 

3 the homegrown terrorism process in the United States 

4 by providing access to broad and constant streams of 

5 terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens. 

6 ‘‘(4) While the United States must continue its 

7 vigilant efforts to combat international terrorism, it 

8 must also strengthen efforts to combat the threat posed 

9 by homegrown terrorists based and operating within 

10 the United States. 

11 ‘‘(5) Understanding the motivational factors that 

12 lead to violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, 

13 and ideologically based violence is a vital step toward 

14 eradicating these threats in the United States. 

15 ‘‘(6) The potential rise of self radicalized, unaf16 filiated terrorists domestically cannot be easily pre17 vented through traditional Federal intelligence or law 

18 enforcement efforts, and requires the incorporation of 

19 State and local solutions. 

20 ‘‘(7) Individuals prone to violent radicalization, 

21 homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence 

22 span all races, ethnicities, and religious beliefs, and 

23 individuals should not be targeted based solely on 

24 race, ethnicity, or religion. 

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1 ‘‘(8) Any measure taken to prevent violent 

2 radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologi3 cally based violence and homegrown terrorism in the 

4 United States should not violate the constitutional 

5 rights, civil rights and civil liberties of United States 

6 citizens and lawful permanent residents. 

7 ‘‘(9) Certain governments, including the United 

8 Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have significant ex9 perience with homegrown terrorism and the United 

10 States can benefit from lessons learned by those na11 tions. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 899C. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION 

13 OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND IDEO14 LOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE. 

15 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

16 the legislative branch of the Government the National Com17 mission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and 

18 Homegrown Terrorism. 

19 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the Commission are 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) Examine and report upon the facts and 

22 causes of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, 

23 and ideologically based violence in the United States, 

24 including United States connections to non-United 

25 States persons and networks, violent radicalization, 

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1 homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence 

2 in prison, individual or ‘lone wolf’ violent 

3 radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologi4 cally based violence, and other faces of the phenomena 

5 of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and 

6 ideologically based violence that the Commission con7 siders important. 

8 ‘‘(2) Build upon and bring together the work of 

9 other entities and avoid unnecessary duplication, by 

10 reviewing the findings, conclusions, and recommenda11 tions of— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Center of Excellence established or 

13 designated under section 899D, and other aca14 demic work, as appropriate; 

15 ‘‘(B) Federal, State, local, or tribal studies 

16 of, reviews of, and experiences with violent 

17 radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideo18 logically based violence; and 

19 ‘‘(C) foreign government studies of, reviews 

20 of, and experiences with violent radicalization, 

21 homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based vi22 olence. 

23 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 

24 shall be composed of 10 members appointed for the life of 

25 the Commission, of whom— 

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1 ‘‘(1) one member shall be appointed by the Presi2 dent from among officers or employees of the executive 

3 branch and private citizens of the United States; 

4 ‘‘(2) one member shall be appointed by the Sec5 retary; 

6 ‘‘(3) one member shall be appointed by the ma7 jority leader of the Senate; 

8 ‘‘(4) one member shall be appointed by the mi9 nority leader of the Senate; 

10 ‘‘(5) one member shall be appointed by the 

11 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

12 ‘‘(6) one member shall be appointed by the mi13 nority leader of the House of Representatives; 

14 ‘‘(7) one member shall be appointed by the 

15 Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security of 

16 the House of Representatives; 

17 ‘‘(8) one member shall be appointed by the rank18 ing minority member of the Committee on Homeland 

19 Security of the House of Representatives; 

20 ‘‘(9) one member shall be appointed by the 

21 Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

23 ‘‘(10) one member shall be appointed by the 

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1 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen2 ate. 

3 ‘‘(d) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The Commission shall 

4 elect a Chair and a Vice Chair from among its members. 

5 ‘‘(e) QUALIFICATIONS.—Individuals shall be selected 

6 for appointment to the Commission solely on the basis of 

7 their professional qualifications, achievements, public stat8 ure, experience, and expertise in relevant fields, including, 

9 but not limited to, behavioral science, constitutional law, 

10 corrections, counterterrorism, cultural anthropology, edu11 cation, information technology, intelligence, juvenile justice, 

12 local law enforcement, organized crime, Islam and other 

13 world religions, sociology, or terrorism. 

14 ‘‘(f) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—All members of 

15 the Commission shall be appointed no later than 60 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this subtitle. 

17 ‘‘(g) QUORUM AND MEETINGS.—The Commission shall 

18 meet and begin the operations of the Commission not later 

19 than 30 days after the date on which all members have been 

20 appointed or, if such meeting cannot be mutually agreed 

21 upon, on a date designated by the Speaker of the House 

22 of Representatives. Each subsequent meeting shall occur 

23 upon the call of the Chair or a majority of its members. 

24 A majority of the members of the Commission shall con25 stitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold meetings. 

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1 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO ACT FOR COM2 MISSION.—Any member of the Commission may, if author3 ized by the Commission, take any action that the Commis4 sion is authorized to take under this Act. 

5 ‘‘(i) POWERS OF COMMISSION.—The powers of the 

6 Commission shall be as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

8 ‘‘(A) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Com9 mission or, on the authority of the Commission, 

10 any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for 

11 the purpose of carrying out this section, hold 

12 hearings and sit and act at such times and 

13 places, take such testimony, receive such evi14 dence, and administer such oaths as the Commis15 sion considers advisable to carry out its duties. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONTRACTING.—The Commission 

17 may, to such extent and in such amounts as are 

18 provided in appropriation Acts, enter into con19 tracts to enable the Commission to discharge its 

20 duties under this section. 

21 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 

23 secure directly from any executive department, 

24 bureau, agency, board, commission, office, inde25 pendent establishment, or instrumentality of the 

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1 Government, information, suggestions, estimates, 

2 and statistics for the purposes of this section. 

3 The head of each such department, bureau, agen4 cy, board, commission, office, independent estab5 lishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent 

6 authorized by law, furnish such information, 

7 suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to 

8 the Commission, upon request made by the Chair 

9 of the Commission, by the chair of any sub10 committee created by a majority of the Commis11 sion, or by any member designated by a major12 ity of the Commission. 

13 ‘‘(B) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND

14 DISSEMINATION.—Information shall only be re15 ceived, handled, stored, and disseminated by 

16 members of the Commission and its staff con17 sistent with all applicable statutes, regulations, 

18 and Executive orders. 

19 ‘‘(j) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.—The 

21 Administrator of General Services shall provide to the 

22 Commission on a reimbursable basis administrative 

23 support and other services for the performance of the 

24 Commission’s functions. 

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1 ‘‘(2) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—In 

2 addition to the assistance required under paragraph 

3 (1), departments and agencies of the United States 

4 may provide to the Commission such services, funds, 

5 facilities, and staff as they may determine advisable 

6 and as may be authorized by law. 

7 ‘‘(k) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 

8 the United States mails in the same manner and under the 

9 same conditions as departments and agencies of the United 

10 States. 

11 ‘‘(l) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM12 MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

13 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission. 

14 ‘‘(m) PUBLIC MEETINGS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall hold 

16 public hearings and meetings to the extent appro17 priate. 

18 ‘‘(2) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—Any public 

19 hearings of the Commission shall be conducted in a 

20 manner consistent with the protection of information 

21 provided to or developed for or by the Commission as 

22 required by any applicable statute, regulation, or Ex23 ecutive order. 

24 ‘‘(n) STAFF OF COMMISSION.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION.—The 

2 Chair of the Commission, in consultation with the 

3 Vice Chair and in accordance with rules adopted by 

4 the Commission, may appoint and fix the compensa5 tion of a staff director and such other personnel as 

6 may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry 

7 out its functions, without regard to the provisions of 

8 title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 

9 in the competitive service, and without regard to the 

10 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap11 ter 53 of such title relating to classification and Gen12 eral Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay 

13 fixed under this subsection may exceed the maximum 

14 rate of pay for GS–15 under the General Schedule. 

15 ‘‘(2) STAFF EXPERTISE.—Individuals shall be se16 lected for appointment as staff of the Commission on 

17 the basis of their expertise in one or more of the fields 

18 referred to in subsection (e). 

19 ‘‘(3) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The executive director 

21 and any employees of the Commission shall be 

22 employees under section 2105 of title 5, United 

23 States Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 

24 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title. 

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1 ‘‘(B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara2 graph (A) shall not be construed to apply to 

3 members of the Commission. 

4 ‘‘(4) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government em5 ployee may be detailed to the Commission without re6 imbursement from the Commission, and during such 

7 detail shall retain the rights, status, and privileges of 

8 his or her regular employment without interruption. 

9 ‘‘(5) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The Commission 

10 may procure the services of experts and consultants in 

11 accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States 

12 Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate paid 

13 a person occupying a position at level IV of the Exec14 utive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

15 States Code. 

16 ‘‘(6) EMPHASIS ON SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The 

17 Commission shall make it a priority to hire as em18 ployees and retain as contractors and detailees indi19 viduals otherwise authorized by this section who have 

20 active security clearances. 

21 ‘‘(o) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each mem23 ber of the Commission who is not an employee of the 

24 government shall be compensated at a rate not to ex25 ceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

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1 pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Execu2 tive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, for each day during which that member 

4 is engaged in the actual performance of the duties of 

5 the Commission. 

6 ‘‘(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from 

7 their homes or regular places of business in the per8 formance of services for the Commission, members of 

9 the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, in10 cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au11 thorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I 

12 of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

13 away from their homes or regular places of business 

14 in the performance of services for the Commission. 

15 ‘‘(3) TRAVEL ON ARMED FORCES CONVEY16 ANCES.—Members and personnel of the Commission 

17 may travel on aircraft, vehicles, or other conveyances 

18 of the Armed Forces of the United States when such 

19 travel is necessary in the performance of a duty of the 

20 Commission, unless the cost of commercial transpor21 tation is less expensive. 

22 ‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF

23 RETIREMENT BENEFITS.—A member of the Commis24 sion who is an annuitant otherwise covered by section 

25 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States Code, by reason 

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1 of membership on the Commission shall not be subject 

2 to the provisions of such section with respect to mem3 bership on the Commission. 

4 ‘‘(5) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission 

5 shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the 

6 manner in which the original appointment was 

7 made. The appointment of the replacement member 

8 shall be made not later than 60 days after the date 

9 on which the vacancy occurs. 

10 ‘‘(p) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The heads of appro11 priate departments and agencies of the executive branch 

12 shall cooperate with the Commission to expeditiously pro13 vide Commission members and staff with appropriate secu14 rity clearances to the extent possible under applicable proce15 dures and requirements. 

16 ‘‘(q) REPORTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 months 

18 after the date on which the Commission first meets, 

19 the Commission shall submit to the President and 

20 Congress a final report of its findings and conclu21 sions, legislative recommendations for immediate and 

22 long-term countermeasures to violent radicalization, 

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1 logically based violence from developing and spread2 ing within the United States, and any final rec3 ommendations for any additional grant programs to 

4 support these purposes. The report may also be ac5 companied by a classified annex. 

6 ‘‘(2) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Commission shall 

7 submit to the President and Congress— 

8 ‘‘(A) by not later than 6 months after the 

9 date on which the Commission first meets, a first 

10 interim report on— 

11 ‘‘(i) its findings and conclusions and 

12 legislative recommendations for the purposes 

13 described in paragraph (1); and 

14 ‘‘(ii) its recommendations on the feasi15 bility of a grant program established and 

16 administered by the Secretary for the pur17 pose of preventing, disrupting, and miti18 gating the effects of violent radicalization, 

19 homegrown terrorism, and ideologically 

20 based violence and, if such a program is 

21 feasible, recommendations on how grant 

22 funds should be used and administered; and 

23 ‘‘(B) by not later than 6 months after the 

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1 terim report under subparagraph (A), a second 

2 interim report on such matters. 

3 ‘‘(3) INDIVIDUAL OR DISSENTING VIEWS.—Each 

4 member of the Commission may include in each re5 port under this subsection the individual additional 

6 or dissenting views of the member. 

7 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Commission 

8 shall release a public version of each report required 

9 under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(r) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.—Amounts made 

11 available to the Commission to carry out this section shall 

12 remain available until the earlier of the expenditure of the 

13 amounts or the termination of the Commission. 

14 ‘‘(s) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 

15 shall terminate 30 days after the date on which the Com16 mission submits its final report. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 899D. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE STUDY OF 

18 VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND HOMEGROWN 

19 TERRORISM IN THE UNITED STATES. 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 

21 Security shall establish or designate a university-based Cen22 ter of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization 

23 and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States (herein24 after referred to as ‘Center’) following the merit-review 

25 processes and procedures and other limitations that have 

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1 been previously established for selecting and supporting 

2 University Programs Centers of Excellence. The Center 

3 shall assist Federal, State, local and tribal homeland secu4 rity officials through training, education, and research in 

5 preventing violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism 

6 in the United States. In carrying out this section, the Sec7 retary may choose to either create a new Center designed 

8 exclusively for the purpose stated herein or identify and ex9 pand an existing Department of Homeland Security Center 

10 of Excellence so that a working group is exclusively des11 ignated within the existing Center of Excellence to achieve 

12 the purpose set forth in subsection (b). 

13 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It shall be the purpose of the Center 

14 to study the social, criminal, political, psychological, and 

15 economic roots of violent radicalization and homegrown ter16 rorism in the United States and methods that can be uti17 lized by Federal, State, local, and tribal homeland security 

18 officials to mitigate violent radicalization and homegrown 

19 terrorism. 

20 ‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 

21 Center shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) contribute to the establishment of training, 

23 written materials, information, analytical assistance 

24 and professional resources to aid in combating violent 

25 radicalization and homegrown terrorism; 

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1 ‘‘(2) utilize theories, methods and data from the 

2 social and behavioral sciences to better understand the 

3 origins, dynamics, and social and psychological as4 pects of violent radicalization and homegrown ter5 rorism; 

6 ‘‘(3) conduct research on the motivational factors 

7 that lead to violent radicalization and homegrown 

8 terrorism; and 

9 ‘‘(4) coordinate with other academic institutions 

10 studying the effects of violent radicalization and 

11 homegrown terrorism where appropriate. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 899E. PREVENTING VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND 

13 HOMEGROWN TERRORISM THROUGH INTER14 NATIONAL COOPERATIVE EFFORTS. 

15 ‘‘(a) INTERNATIONAL EFFORT.—The Secretary shall, 

16 in cooperation with the Department of State and other Fed17 eral Government entities, as appropriate, conduct a survey 

18 of methodologies implemented by foreign nations to prevent 

19 violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism in their re20 spective nations. 

21 ‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—To the extent that methodolo22 gies are permissible under the Constitution, the Secretary 

23 shall use the results of the survey as an aid in developing 

24 a national policy in the United States on addressing 

25 radicalization and homegrown terrorism. 

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1 ‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 

2 submit a report to Congress that provides— 

3 ‘‘(1) a brief description of the foreign partners 

4 participating in the survey; and 

5 ‘‘(2) a description of lessons learned from the re6 sults of the survey and recommendations implemented 

7 through this international outreach. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 899F. PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIB9 ERTIES WHILE PREVENTING IDEOLOGICALLY 

10 BASED VIOLENCE AND HOMEGROWN TER11 RORISM. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Homeland Se13 curity’s efforts to prevent ideologically based violence and 

14 homegrown terrorism as described herein shall not violate 

15 the constitutional rights, civil rights, and civil liberties of 

16 United States citizens and lawful permanent residents. 

17 ‘‘(b) COMMITMENT TO RACIAL NEUTRALITY.—The Sec18 retary shall ensure that the activities and operations of the 

19 entities created by this subtitle are in compliance with the 

20 Department of Homeland Security’s commitment to racial 

21 neutrality. 

22 ‘‘(c) AUDITING MECHANISM.—The Civil Rights and 

23 Civil Liberties Officer of the Department of Homeland Se24 curity will develop and implement an auditing mechanism 

25 to ensure that compliance with this subtitle does not result 

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1 in a disproportionate impact, without a rational basis, on 

2 any particular race, ethnicity, or religion and include the 

3 results of its audit in its annual report to Congress required 

4 under section 705.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

6 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting at the end 

7 of the items relating to title VIII the following: 

‘‘Subtitle J—Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism 

‘‘Sec. 899A. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 899B. Findings. 

‘‘Sec. 899C. National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization 

and Ideologically Based Violence. 

‘‘Sec. 899D. Center of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization and 

Homegrown Terrorism in the United States. 

‘‘Sec. 899E. Preventing violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism through 

international cooperative efforts. 

‘‘Sec. 899F. Protecting civil rights and civil liberties while preventing ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 239 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1955 

[Report No. 110

–384, Part I] 

A BILL 

To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other 

purposes. 

OCTOBER 16, 2007 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

O

with an amendment 

CTOBER 16, 2007 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 

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