cally based violence and homegrown terrorism in the 
United States should not violate the constitutional 
rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of United States 
citizens or lawful permanent residents. 
‘‘(9) Certain governments, including the United 
Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have significant ex-
perience with homegrown terrorism and the United 
States can benefit from lessons learned by those na-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 899C. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION 
OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND IDEO-
LOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the legislative branch of the Government the National 
Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization 
and Homegrown Terrorism. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the Commission are 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Examine and report upon the facts and 
causes of violent radicalization, homegrown ter-
rorism, and ideologically based violence in the 
United States, including United States connections 
to non-United States persons and networks, violent 
radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologi-
cally based violence in prison, individual or ‘lone
wolf’ violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, 
and ideologically based violence, and other faces of 
the phenomena of violent radicalization, homegrown 
terrorism, and ideologically based violence that the 
Commission considers important. 
‘‘(2) Build upon and bring together the work of 
other entities and avoid unnecessary duplication, by 
reviewing 
the 
findings, 
conclusions, 
and 
rec-
ommendations of— 
‘‘(A) the Center of Excellence established 
or designated under section 899D, and other 
academic work, as appropriate; 
‘‘(B) Federal, State, local, or tribal studies 
of, reviews of, and experiences with violent 
radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideo-
logically based violence; and 
‘‘(C) foreign government studies of, re-
views 
of, 
and 
experiences 
with 
violent 
radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideo-
logically based violence. 
‘‘(c) COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.—The Commis-
sion shall be composed of 10 members appointed for the 
life of the Commission, of whom— 
‘‘(1) one member shall be appointed by the 
President from among officers or employees of the
executive branch and private citizens of the United 
States; 
‘‘(2) one member shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(3) one member shall be appointed by the ma-
jority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(4) one member shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(5) one member shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(6) one member shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(7) one member shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(8) one member shall be appointed by the 
ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(9) one member shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(10) one member shall be appointed by the 
ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate.