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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3075 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a grant program 

to establish counter-messaging campaigns targeting terrorist propaganda. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2015 

Mr. KATKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a grant program to establish counter-messaging campaigns targeting terrorist propaganda. 

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 ‘‘Countering Violent Ex5 tremism Grant Program Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EX7 TREMISM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 

9 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 104. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT 

2 EXTREMISM. 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in co5 ordination with the Administrator of the Federal 

6 Emergency Management Agency and the Officer for 

7 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department, 

8 shall establish a grant program for eligible commu9 nity groups and organizations to assist such groups 

10 and organizations in establishing counter-messaging 

11 campaigns targeting violent extremism. 

12 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 

13 90 days after the date of the enactment of this sec14 tion, the Secretary, in coordination with the Admin15 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

16 Agency and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 

17 Liberties of the Department, shall provide to the 

18 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

19 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

20 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an 

21 implementation plan for the grant program under 

22 this subsection, including eligibility criteria, applica23 tion criteria, methodology for awarding grants, and 

24 a plan for monitoring and evaluating grant applica25 tions and awards. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—A community group or or2 ganization is not eligible for a grant under this sub3 section if such group or organization has knowingly 

4 funded activities related to violent extremism or or5 ganizations known to engage in such activities, as 

6 determined by the Secretary, in coordination with 

7 the heads of other relevant Federal departments and 

8 agencies. 

9 ‘‘(b) VIOLENT EXTREMISM DEFINED.—In this sec10 tion, the term ‘violent extremism’ means ideologically mo11 tivated terrorist activities. 

12 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 is authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 for each of 

14 fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out this section.’’. 

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

16 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 

17 the item relating to section 103 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 104. Grant program for countering violent extremism.’’. 

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