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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1347 

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide counterradicalization training to Department of Homeland Security representatives at State and local fusion centers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2017 

Mr. LOUDERMILK (for himself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. KEATING, Mr. HURD, Ms. 

SINEMA, Mr. RATCLIFFE, and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide 

counter-radicalization training to Department of Homeland Security representatives at State and local fusion 

centers, 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 ‘‘Amplifying Local Ef5 forts to Root out Terror Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘ALERT 

6 Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COUNTER-RADICALIZATION TRAINING. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security is authorized to provide training for 

4 personnel, including Department of Homeland Security 

5 personnel and State, local, tribal, and territorial represent6 atives at State and major urban area fusion centers for 

7 the purpose of administering community awareness brief8 ings and related activities in furtherance of the Depart9 ment’s efforts to counter radicalization, identify and re10 port suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and 

11 more quickly identify terrorism threats, including the trav12 el or attempted travel of individuals from the United 

13 States to support a foreign terrorist organization (des14 ignated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 

15 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) abroad. 

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

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

18 of Homeland Security shall coordinate with the heads of 

19 other Federal agencies engaged in community outreach re20 lated to countering radicalization, and shall also coordi21 nate with such agencies in the administration of related 

22 activities, including community awareness briefings. 

23 SEC. 3. COUNTER-RADICALIZATION ASSESSMENT. 

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

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1 priate State, local, tribal, and territorial representatives, 

2 shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland 

3 Security to support efforts to counter radicalization at the 

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

5 shall include each of the following: 

6 (1) A cataloging of Department efforts to assist 

7 State, local, tribal, and territorial governments to 

8 counter radicalization. 

9 (2) A review of cooperative agreements between 

10 the Department and such governments relating to 

11 countering radicalization. 

12 (3) An evaluation of Department plans and any 

13 potential opportunities to better support such gov14 ernments that are in furtherance of the Depart15 ment’s countering radicalization objectives and are 

16 consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, and 

17 privacy protections. 

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

19 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and con20 sistent with the protection of classified information, the 

21 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro22 priate congressional committees the findings of the assess23 ment required under subsection (a), together with any re24 lated information regarding best practices for countering 


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1 radicalization at the State, local, tribal, and territorial lev2 els. 

3 SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES. 

4 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

6 notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 

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

8 governments with security clearances sponsored by the 

9 Department of Homeland Security. Such notification shall 

10 include a detailed list of the agencies that employ such 

11 employees, the levels of clearance held by such employees, 

12 and whether such employees are assigned as representa13 tives to State and major urban area fusion centers. 

14 SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

15 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

16 requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be car17 ried out using amounts otherwise authorized. 

18 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this Act: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com21 mittees’’ means— 

22 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

23 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel24 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

2 and Governmental Affairs and the Select Com3 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘radicalization’’ means ideologi5 cally motivated international terrorism or domestic 

6 terrorism, as such terms are defined in section 2331 

7 of title 18, United States Code. 

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