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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5471 

To combat terrorist recruitment in the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2016 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, and Mr. 

KATKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act’’. 

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

7 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. 

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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. 

1 TITLE I—AMPLIFYING LOCAL 

2 EFFORTS TO ROOT OUT TERROR 

3 SEC. 101. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM TRAINING. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security is authorized to provide training for 

6 personnel, including Department of Homeland Security 

7 personnel, State, local, tribal, and territorial representa8 tives at State and major urban area fusion centers for the 

9 purpose of administering community awareness briefings 

10 and related activities in furtherance of the Department’s 

11 efforts to counter violent extremism, identify and report 

12 suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and more 

13 quickly identify terrorism threats, including the travel or 

14 attempted travel of individuals from the United States to 

15 support a foreign terrorist organization (as such term is 

16 described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation17 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) abroad. 

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

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

20 shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies 

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1 engaged in community outreach related to countering vio2 lent extremism and shall also coordinate with such agen3 cies in the administration of related activities, including 

4 community awareness briefings. 

5 SEC. 102. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ASSESSMENT. 

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

7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with appro9 priate State, local, tribal, and territorial representatives, 

10 shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland 

11 Security to support countering violent extremism at the 

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

13 shall include each of the following: 

14 (1) A cataloging of departmental efforts to as15 sist State, local, tribal, and territorial governments 

16 in countering violent extremism. 

17 (2) A review of cooperative agreements between 

18 the Department and such governments relating to 

19 countering violent extremism. 

20 (3) An evaluation of departmental plans and 

21 any potential opportunities to better support such 

22 governments that are in furtherance of the Depart23 ment’s countering violent extremism objectives and 

24 are consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, 

25 and privacy protections. 

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

2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and con3 sistent with the protection of classified information, the 

4 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro5 priate congressional committees the findings of the assess6 ment required under subsection (a) together with any re7 lated information regarding best practices for countering 

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

9 levels. 

10 SEC. 103. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES. 

11 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact12 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

13 notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 

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

15 governments with security clearances sponsored by the 

16 Department of Homeland Security. Such notification shall 

17 include a detailed list of the agencies that employ such 

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

19 and whether such employees are assigned as representa20 tives to State and major urban area fusion centers. 

21 SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this title: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’’ means— 

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1 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

2 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel3 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 

4 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

5 and Governmental Affairs and the Select Com6 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

7 (2) The term ‘‘violent extremism’’ means ideo8 logically motivated international terrorism or domes9 tic terrorism, as such terms are defined in section 

10 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 

11 TITLE II—COUNTERMESSAGING 

12 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS 

13 SEC. 201. DIRECTIVE. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu15 rity shall incorporate, to the extent practicable, into De16 partment of Homeland Security efforts to combat terrorist 

17 recruitment and communications the public testimonials 

18 of former violent extremists or their associates, including 

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

20 (1) Countermessaging of foreign terrorist orga21 nization communications and narratives. 

22 (2) Related community engagement and public 

23 education efforts. 

24 (b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Se25 curity shall, where appropriate, coordinate the efforts demstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS

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1 scribed in subsection (a) with the heads of other Federal 

2 departments and agencies, as appropriate, and, to the ex3 tent practicable, engage nongovernmental and inter4 national partners in the identification and use of 

5 testimonials described in such subsection. 

6 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec7 tion may be construed to require the Secretary of Home8 land Security to collect testimonials directly from former 

9 violent extremists or their associates, including friends and 

10 family. 

11 TITLE III—COUNTERTERRORISM 

12 ADVISORY BOARD 

13 SEC. 301. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

14 COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISORY BOARD. 

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

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

17 et seq.) insert the following new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 210G. DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ON COUNTER19 TERRORISM. 

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

21 a board to be composed of senior representatives of de22 partmental operational components and headquarters ele23 ments. The purpose of the board shall be to coordinate 

24 and integrate departmental intelligence, activities, and 

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1 policy related to the counterterrorism mission and func2 tions of the Department. 

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

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

5 direct the board to focus on the current threat environ6 ment and the importance of aligning departmental 

7 counterterrorism activities under the Secretary’s guidance. 

8 The charter shall be reviewed and updated every four 

9 years, as appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 

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

12 Coordinator for Counterterrorism within the Depart13 ment who will serve as the chair of the board. 

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

15 shall appoint additional members of the board from 

16 among the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) The Transportation Security Admin18 istration. 

19 ‘‘(B) United States Customs and Border 

20 Protection. 

21 ‘‘(C) United States Immigration and Cus22 toms Enforcement. 

23 ‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 

24 Agency. 

25 ‘‘(E) The Coast Guard. 

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1 ‘‘(F) United States Citizenship and Immi2 gration Services. 

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

4 ‘‘(H) The National Protection and Pro5 grams Directorate. 

6 ‘‘(I) The Office of Operations Coordina7 tion. 

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

9 ‘‘(K) The Office of Intelligence and Anal10 ysis. 

11 ‘‘(L) The Office of Policy. 

12 ‘‘(M) The Science and Technology Direc13 torate. 

14 ‘‘(N) Other Departmental offices and pro15 grams as determined appropriate by the Sec16 retary. 

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

18 basis to discuss intelligence and coordinate ongoing threat 

19 mitigation efforts and departmental activities, including 

20 coordination with other Federal, State, local, tribal, terri21 torial, and private sector partners, and shall make rec22 ommendations to the Secretary. 

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

24 the Secretary on the issuance of terrorism alerts pursuant 

25 to section 203 of this Act. 

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1 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No ad2 ditional funds are authorized to carry out this section.’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, shall submit to the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

11 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 

12 status and activities of the board established under section 

13 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added 

14 by subsection (a). 

15 TITLE IV—PROHIBITION ON NEW 

16 FUNDING 

17 SEC. 401. PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING. 

18 No additional funds are authorized to be appro19 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

20 by this Act. 

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