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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3654 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17, 2015 

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

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To require a report on United States strategy to combat 

terrorist use of social media, 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 ‘‘Combat Terrorist Use 

3 of Social Media Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT ON STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORIST USE 

5 OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

8 transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a re9 port on United States strategy to combat terrorists’ and 

10 terrorist organizations’ use of social media. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 

12 (a) shall include the following: 

13 (1) An evaluation of what role social media 

14 plays in radicalization in the United States and else15 where. 

16 (2) An analysis of how terrorists and terrorist 

17 organizations are using social media, including 

18 trends. 

19 (3) A summary of the Federal Government’s ef20 forts to disrupt and counter the use of social media 

21 by terrorists and terrorist organizations, an evalua22 tion of the success of such efforts, and recommenda23 tions for improvement. 

24 (4) An analysis of how social media is being 

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1 ganda purposes, irrespective of whether or not such 

2 efforts are made by the Federal Government. 

3 (5) An assessment of the value of social media 

4 posts by terrorists and terrorist organizations to law 

5 enforcement. 

6 (6) An overview of social media training avail7 able to law enforcement and intelligence personnel 

8 that enables such personnel to understand and com9 bat the use of social media by terrorists and ter10 rorist organizations, as well as recommendations for 

11 improving or expanding existing training opportuni12 ties. 

13 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

14 should be submitted in unclassified form, and may include 

15 a classified annex in accordance with the protection of in16 telligence sources and methods. 

17 SEC. 3. POLICY AND COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO 

18 COUNTER TERRORISTS’ AND TERRORIST OR19 GANIZATIONS’ USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

22 transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a re23 port that contains a comprehensive strategy to counter 

24 terrorists’ and terrorist organizations’ use of social media, 

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1 mentation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Pre2 vent Violent Extremism in the United States’’. 

3 (b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

4 should be submitted in unclassified form, and may include 

5 a classified annex in accordance with the protection of in6 telligence sources and methods. 

7 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE8 FINED. 

9 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

11 Committee on the Armed Services, the Committee on 

12 Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

13 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

15 Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Com16 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 

17 the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee 

18 on Intelligence of the Senate. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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