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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1695 

To establish a National Commission on the Prevention of Radicalization, 

to enhance information sharing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2007 

Mr. REICHERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland 

Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a National Commission on the Prevention of 

Radicalization, to enhance information sharing, 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 ‘‘Preventing Radicalism 

5 by Exploring and Vetting its Emergence as a National 

6 Threat (PREVENT) Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF 

2 RADICALIZATION. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

4 legislative branch the National Commission on 

5 Radicalization and Terrorism (in this title referred to as 

6 the ‘‘Commission’’. 

7 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Commission are 

8 the following: 

9 (1) Examine and report upon the facts and 

10 causes relating to radicalization in the United 

11 States, including United States connections to non12 United States persons and networks, radicalization 

13 in prison, individual or ‘‘lone wolf’’ radicalization, 

14 radicalization in connection with gang activity, 

15 radicalization and the use of the internet and other 

16 facets of the phenomenon of radicalization that the 

17 Commission considers important. 

18 (2) Build upon and bring together the work of 

19 other entities and avoid unnecessary duplication, by 

20 reviewing the findings, conclusions, and rec21 ommendations of— 

22 (A) the ongoing work of the National Con23 sortium for the Study of Terrorism and Re24 sponses to Terror, the Homeland Security Pol25 icy Institute at the George Washington Univer26 sity, and other academic work, as appropriate; 

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1 (B) Federal, State, local or tribal studies 

2 on, reviews of, and experiences with 

3 radicalization; and 

4 (C) foreign governments and overseas ex5 periences. 

6 (3) Report to the President and the Congress 

7 on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations 

8 for immediate and long-term countermeasures to 

9 radicalization in the United States and measures 

10 that can be taken to prevent radicalization from de11 veloping and spreading within the United States. 

12 (c) COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.— 

13 (1) MEMBERS.—The Commission shall be com14 posed of 20 members, of whom— 

15 (A) 4 members shall be appointed by the 

16 President, one of whom shall be designated by 

17 the President to serve as chairman of the Com18 mission; 

19 (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

20 Senate majority leader; 

21 (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

22 Senate minority leader; 

23 (D) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

24 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

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1 (E) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

2 minority leader of the House of Representa3 tives; 

4 (F) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

5 Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee 

6 of the House of Representatives; 

7 (G) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

8 ranking minority member of the Homeland Se9 curity Committee of the House of Representa10 tives; 

11 (H) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

12 Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee 

13 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

14 (I) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

15 ranking minority member of the Permanent Se16 lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

17 Representatives; 

18 (J) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

19 Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the 

20 House of Representatives; 

21 (K) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

22 ranking minority member of the Judiciary Com23 mittee of the House of Representatives; 

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1 (L) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

2 Chairman of the Homeland Security and Gov3 ernmental Affairs Committee of the Senate; 

4 (M) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

5 ranking minority member of the Homeland Se6 curity and Governmental Affairs Committee of 

7 the Senate; 

8 (N) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

9 Chairman of the Select Committee on Intel10 ligence of the Senate; 

11 (O) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

12 ranking minority member of the Select Com13 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

14 (P) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

15 Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the 

16 Senate; and 

17 (Q) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

18 ranking minority member of the Judiciary Com19 mittee of the Senate. 

20 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—It is the sense of Con21 gress that individuals appointed to the Commission 

22 should be prominent United States citizens, with na23 tional recognition and significant depth of experience 

24 in such professions as law enforcement, the armed 

25 services, sociology, psychology, technology and social 

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1 networking, law, public administration, intelligence, 

2 corrections, and foreign affairs. 

3 (3) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—All mem4 bers of the Commission shall be appointed on or be5 fore 6 months after the date of the enactment of 

6 this Act. 

7 (d) MEETINGS.— 

8 (1) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 

9 meet and begin the operations of the Commission as 

10 soon as practicable. 

11 (2) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—After its initial 

12 meeting, the Commission shall meet upon the call of 

13 the Chairman or a majority of its members. 

14 (3) QUORUM.—Eleven members of the Commis15 sion shall constitute a quorum. 

16 (e) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commission 

17 shall not affect its powers, and shall be filled in the same 

18 manner in which the original appointment was made. 

19 (f) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

21 (A) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The 

22 Commission or, on the authority of the Com23 mission, any subcommittee or member thereof, 

24 may, for the purpose of carrying out this sec25 tion hold hearings and sit and act at such times 

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1 and places, take such testimony, receive such 

2 evidence, and administer such oaths as may be 

3 authorized by the Commission. 

4 (B) CONTRACTING.—The Commission 

5 may, to such extent and in such amounts as are 

6 provided in appropriation Acts, enter into con7 tracts to enable the Commission to discharge its 

8 duties under this section. 

9 (2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 

11 secure directly from any executive department, 

12 bureau, agency, board, commission, office, inde13 pendent establishment, or instrumentality of the 

14 Government, information, suggestions, esti15 mates, and statistics for the purposes of this 

16 section. The head of each department, bureau, 

17 agency, board, commission, office, independent 

18 establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the 

19 extent authorized by law, furnish such informa20 tion, suggestions, estimates, and statistics di21 rectly to the Commission, upon request made by 

22 the chairman, the chairman of any sub23 committee created by a majority of the Com24 mission, or any member designated by a major25 ity of the Commission. 

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1 (B) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND

2 DISSEMINATION.—Information shall only be re3 ceived, handled, stored, and disseminated by 

4 members of the Commission and its staff con5 sistent with all applicable statutes, regulations, 

6 and Executive orders. 

7 (g) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

8 (1) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.— 

9 The Administrator of General Services shall provide 

10 to the Commission on a reimbursable basis adminis11 trative support and other services for the perform12 ance of the Commission’s functions. 

13 (2) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—In 

14 addition to the assistance prescribed in paragraph 

15 (1), departments and agencies of the United States 

16 may provide to the Commission such services, funds, 

17 facilities, staff, and support services as they may de18 termine advisable and as may be authorized by law. 

19 (h) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, and 

20 dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 

21 (i) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 

22 the United States mails in the same manner and under 

23 the same conditions as departments and agencies of the 

24 United States. 

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1 (j) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM2 MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

3 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission. 

4 (k) PUBLIC MEETINGS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall hold 

6 public hearings and meetings to the extent appro7 priate. 

8 (2) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—Any pub9 lic hearings of the Commission shall be conducted in 

10 a manner consistent with the protection of informa11 tion provided to or developed for or by the Commis12 sion as required by any applicable statute, regula13 tion, or Executive order. 

14 (l) STAFF OF COMMISSION.— 

15 (1) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION.—The 

16 chairman of the Commission, in consultation with 

17 the vice chairman and in accordance with rules 

18 agreed upon by the Commission, may appoint and 

19 fix the compensation of a staff director and such 

20 other personnel as may be necessary to enable the 

21 Commission to carry out its functions, without re22 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 

23 governing appointments in the competitive service, 

24 and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 

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1 ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 

2 except that no rate of pay fixed under this sub3 section may exceed the equivalent of that payable for 

4 a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under 

5 section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 (2) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The executive director 

8 and any employees of the Commission shall be 

9 employees under section 2105 of title 5, United 

10 States Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 

11 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title. 

12 (B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara13 graph (A) shall not be construed to apply to 

14 members of the Commission. 

15 (3) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government em16 ployee may be detailed to the Commission without 

17 reimbursement from the Commission, and such 

18 detailee shall retain the rights, status, and privileges 

19 of his or her regular employment without interrup20 tion. 

21 (4) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The Commission 

22 may procure the services of experts and consultants 

23 in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United 

24 States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate 

25 paid a person occupying a position at level IV of the 

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1 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 

2 United States Code. 

3 (5) EMPHASIS ON SECURITY CLEARANCES.— 

4 Emphasis shall be made to hire employees and re5 tain contractors and detailees with active security 

6 clearances. 

7 (m) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 

8 (1) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the 

9 Commission may be compensated at not to exceed 

10 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 

11 in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive 

12 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

13 States Code, for each day during which that member 

14 is engaged in the actual performance of the duties 

15 of the Commission. 

16 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from 

17 their homes or regular places of business in the per18 formance of services for the Commission, members 

19 of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, 

20 including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the 

21 same manner as persons employed intermittently in 

22 the Government service are allowed expenses under 

23 section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

24 (n) SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEM25 BERS AND STAFF.—The appropriate Federal agencies or 

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1 departments shall cooperate with the Commission in expe2 ditiously providing to the Commission members and staff 

3 appropriate security clearances to the extent possible pur4 suant to existing procedures and requirements, except that 

5 no person shall be provided with access to classified infor6 mation under this section without the appropriate security 

7 clearances. 

8 (o) REPORTS OF COMMISSION.— 

9 (1) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Commission may 

10 submit to the President and Congress interim re11 ports containing such findings, conclusions, and rec12 ommendations for corrective measures as have been 

13 agreed to by a majority of Commission members. 

14 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 24 months 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

16 Commission shall submit to the President and Con17 gress a final report containing such findings, conclu18 sions, and recommendations for corrective measures 

19 as have been agreed to by a majority of Commission 

20 members. 

21 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Commission 

22 shall release public versions of the reports required 

23 under this subsection. 

24 (p) TERMINATION.—The Commission, and all the au25 thorities under this section, shall terminate 60 days after 

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1 the date on which the final report is submitted under sub2 section (o)(2). 

3 (q) FUNDING.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

5 appropriated to the Commission $9,000,000 for the 

6 activities of the Commission under this section. 

7 (2) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 

8 made available to the Commission under paragraph 

9 (1) shall remain available until the earlier of the ex10 penditure of the amounts or the termination of the 

11 Commission. 

12 (r) RADICALIZATION DEFINED.—In this section the 

13 term ‘‘radicalization’’ means the process of adopting an 

14 extremist belief system, including the willingness to use, 

15 support, or facilitate violence, as a method to effect soci16 etal change. 

17 SEC. 3. EVALUATION OF PROTECTED CRITICAL INFRA18 STRUCTURE INFORMATION INCENTIVES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu20 rity shall work with the Center for Risk and Economic 

21 Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), led by the Uni22 versity of Southern California, to evaluate the feasibility 

23 and practicality of creating further incentives for private 

24 sector critical infrastructure stakeholders to participate in 

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1 the sharing of Protected Critical Infrastructure Informa2 tion. 

3 (b) INCLUDED INCENTIVES.—Incentives evaluated 

4 under this section shall include, but not be limited to, tax 

5 incentives, grant eligibility incentives, and certificates of 

6 compliance and other non-monetary incentives. 

7 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The evaluation shall also 

8 include recommendations on the structure and thresholds 

9 of any incentive program. 

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