114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5471 

AN ACT 

To combat terrorist recruitment in the United States, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—AMPLIFYING LOCAL EFFORTS TO ROOT OUT TERROR 

Sec. 101. Countering violent extremism training. 

Sec. 102. Countering violent extremism assessment. 

Sec. 103. Department-sponsored clearances. 

Sec. 104. Definitions. 

TITLE II—COUNTERMESSAGING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS 

Sec. 201. Directive. 

TITLE III—COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISORY BOARD 

Sec. 301. Department of Homeland Security Counterterrorism Advisory Board. 

TITLE IV—PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING 

Sec. 401. Prohibition on new funding. 

6 TITLE I—AMPLIFYING LOCAL 

7 EFFORTS TO ROOT OUT TERROR 

8 SEC. 101. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM TRAINING. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary 

10 of Homeland Security is authorized to provide training for 

11 personnel, including Department of Homeland Security 

12 personnel, State, local, tribal, and territorial representa13 tives at State and major urban area fusion centers for the 

14 purpose of administering community awareness briefings 

15 and related activities in furtherance of the Department’s 

16 efforts to counter violent extremism, identify and report 

17 suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and more 
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1 quickly identify terrorism threats, including the travel or 

2 attempted travel of individuals from the United States to 

3 support a foreign terrorist organization (as such term is 

4 described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation5 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) abroad. 

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

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

8 shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies 

9 engaged in community outreach related to countering vio10 lent extremism and shall also coordinate with such agen11 cies in the administration of related activities, including 

12 community awareness briefings. 

13 SEC. 102. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ASSESSMENT. 

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

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with appro17 priate State, local, tribal, and territorial representatives, 

18 shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland 

19 Security to support countering violent extremism at the 

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

21 shall include each of the following: 

22 (1) A cataloging of departmental efforts to as23 sist State, local, tribal, and territorial governments 

24 in countering violent extremism. 
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1 (2) A review of cooperative agreements between 

2 the Department and such governments relating to 

3 countering violent extremism. 

4 (3) An evaluation of departmental plans and 

5 any potential opportunities to better support such 

6 governments that are in furtherance of the Depart7 ment’s countering violent extremism objectives and 

8 are consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, 

9 and privacy protections. 

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

11 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and con12 sistent with the protection of classified information, the 

13 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro14 priate congressional committees the findings of the assess15 ment required under subsection (a) together with any re16 lated information regarding best practices for countering 

17 violent extremism at the State, local, tribal, and territorial 

18 levels. 

19 SEC. 103. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES. 

20 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

22 notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 

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

24 governments with security clearances sponsored by the 

25 Department of Homeland Security. Such notification shall 
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1 include a detailed list of the agencies that employ such 

2 employees, the level of clearance held by such employees, 

3 and whether such employees are assigned as representa4 tives to State and major urban area fusion centers. 

5 SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this title: 

7 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 

9 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel11 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 

12 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

13 and Governmental Affairs and the Select Com14 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘violent extremism’’ means ideo16 logically motivated international terrorism or domes17 tic terrorism, as such terms are defined in section 

18 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 

19 TITLE II—COUNTERMESSAGING 

20 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS 

21 SEC. 201. DIRECTIVE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu23 rity shall incorporate, to the extent practicable, into De24 partment of Homeland Security efforts to combat terrorist 

25 recruitment and communications the public testimonials 
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1 of former violent extremists or their associates, including 

2 friends and family. Such efforts may include the following: 

3 (1) Countermessaging of foreign terrorist orga4 nization communications and narratives. 

5 (2) Related community engagement and public 

6 education efforts. 

7 (b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Se8 curity shall, where appropriate, coordinate the efforts de9 scribed in subsection (a) with the heads of other Federal 

10 departments and agencies, as appropriate, and, to the ex11 tent practicable, engage nongovernmental and inter12 national partners in the identification and use of 

13 testimonials described in such subsection. 

14 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec15 tion may be construed to require the Secretary of Home16 land Security to collect testimonials directly from former 

17 violent extremists or their associates, including friends and 

18 family. 

19 TITLE III—COUNTERTERRORISM 

20 ADVISORY BOARD 

21 SEC. 301. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

22 COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISORY BOARD. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the end of subtitle A of title 

24 II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 

25 et seq.) insert the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 210G. DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER2 TERRORISM. 

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department 

4 a board to be composed of senior representatives of de5 partmental operational components and headquarters ele6 ments. The purpose of the board shall be to coordinate 

7 and integrate departmental intelligence, activities, and 

8 policy related to the counterterrorism mission and func9 tions of the Department. 

10 ‘‘(b) CHARTER.—There shall be a charter to govern 

11 the structure and mission of the board. Such charter shall 

12 direct the board to focus on the current threat environ13 ment and the importance of aligning departmental 

14 counterterrorism activities under the Secretary’s guidance. 

15 The charter shall be reviewed and updated every 4 years, 

16 as appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall appoint a 

19 Coordinator for Counterterrorism within the Depart20 ment who will serve as the chair of the board. 

21 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—The Secretary 

22 shall appoint additional members of the board from 

23 among the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin25 istration. 
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1 ‘‘(B) United States Customs and Border 

2 Protection. 

3 ‘‘(C) United States Immigration and Cus4 toms Enforcement. 

5 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

6 Agency. 

7 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

8 ‘‘(F) United States Citizenship and Immi9 gration Services. 

10 ‘‘(G) The United States Secret Service. 

11 ‘‘(H) The National Protection and Pro12 grams Directorate. 

13 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina14 tion. 

15 ‘‘(J) The Office of the General Counsel. 

16 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal17 ysis. 

18 ‘‘(L) The Office of Policy. 

19 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc20 torate. 

21 ‘‘(N) Other Departmental offices and pro22 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec23 retary. 

24 ‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The board shall meet on a regular 

25 basis to discuss intelligence and coordinate ongoing threat 
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1 mitigation efforts and departmental activities, including 

2 coordination with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri3 torial, and private sector partners, and shall make rec4 ommendations to the Secretary. 

5 ‘‘(e) TERRORISM ALERTS.—The board shall advise 

6 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts pursuant 

7 to section 203 of this Act. 

8 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No ad9 ditional funds are authorized to carry out this section.’’. 

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

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

12 the item relating to section 210F the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 210G. Departmental coordination on counterterrorism.’’. 

13 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through 

15 the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, shall submit to the 

16 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

18 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 

19 status and activities of the board established under section 

20 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 

21 by subsection (a). 
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1 TITLE IV—PROHIBITION ON NEW 

2 FUNDING 

3 SEC. 401. PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING. 

4 No additional funds are authorized to be appro5 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

6 by this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 2016. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5471 

AN ACT 

To combat terrorist recruitment in the United 

States, and for other purposes.