fies the characteristics, qualities, and standards 
that groups or organizations should meet in 
order to serve as partners with the United 
States Government in fulfilling the purpose of 
the grant program; and 
‘‘(C) information contained within State 
applications for grants, including sub-grantees 
identified in such applications. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT
FOR
SUB-GRANTEES
TO 
MEET CRITERIA.—The Secretary may deny a grant 
under this section to any State that submits a grant 
application that identifies a sub-grantee that does 
not meet the criteria referred to in paragraph 
(2)(B). 
‘‘(4) PENALTIES FOR USING NON-APPROVED OR 
NON-DISCLOSED
SUB-GRANTEES.—Any State that 
allows grant funds to be used by a subgrantee that 
has not been disclosed to and previously approved by 
the Secretary, shall be ineligible for any further 
grant funds under this section for two fiscal years. 
‘‘(i) CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF 
GRANT FUNDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—Any State 
that receives a grant shall certify to the Secretary, that 
the State has made grant funds available for expenditure 
by local governments and other local groups. 
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‘‘(j) REPORT ON SPENDING.—Each recipient of a 
grant under this section shall annually submit a report 
to the Secretary not later than 60 days after the end of 
each Federal fiscal year that contains— 
‘‘(1) an accounting of the amount of State and 
local government funds spent on activities aimed at 
preventing radicalization and homegrown terrorism; 
‘‘(2) an accounting of the administrative costs 
incurred by sub-grantees; 
‘‘(3) information regarding the use of grant 
funds by the sub-grantees as required by the Sec-
retary; and 
‘‘(4) progress of the recipient and sub-grantees 
in achieving the purpose of the grant program. 
‘‘(k) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE AC-
CESS TO INFORMATION.—Each recipient of grant funds 
under this section and the Department shall provide the 
Government Accountability Office with full access to infor-
mation regarding the activities carried out under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(l) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit an annual report to Congress that provides— 
‘‘(1) an evaluation of how states and local gov-
ernments are making progress in achieving the pur-
pose of the grant program; 
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‘‘(2) the total amount of funds provided to the 
States as grants under this section during the pre-
ceding year; and 
‘‘(3) an accounting of how such amounts were 
expended. 
‘‘SEC. 899D. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE STUDY OF 
RADICALIZATION 
AND 
HOMEGROWN 
TER-
RORISM IN THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish or designate a university-based 
Center of Excellence for the Study of Radicalization and 
Homegrown Terrorism in the United States (hereinafter 
referred to as ‘Center’) following the merit-review proc-
esses and procedures and other limitations that have been 
previously established for selecting and supporting Univer-
sity Programs Centers of Excellence. The Center shall as-
sist Federal, State, local and tribal homeland security offi-
cials through training, education, and research in pre-
venting radicalization and homegrown terrorism in the 
United States. In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
may choose to either create a new Center designed exclu-
sively for the purpose stated herein or identify and expand 
an existing Department of Homeland Security Center of 
Excellence so that a working group is exclusively des-
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ignated within the existing Center of Excellence to achieve 
the purpose set forth in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It shall be the purpose of the Center 
to study the social, criminal, political, psychological, and 
economic roots of radicalization and homegrown terrorism 
in the United States and methods that can be utilized by 
Federal, State, local, and tribal homeland security officials 
to mitigate radicalization and homegrown terrorism. 
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 
Center shall— 
‘‘(1) contribute to the establishment of training, 
written materials, information, analytical assistance 
and professional resources to aid in combating 
radicalization and homegrown terrorism; 
‘‘(2) utilize theories, methods and data from the 
social and behavioral sciences to better understand 
the origins, dynamics, and social and psychological 
aspects of radicalization and homegrown terrorism; 
‘‘(3) conduct research on the motivational fac-
tors that lead to radicalization and homegrown ter-
rorism; and 
‘‘(4) coordinate with other academic institutions 
studying the effects of radicalization and homegrown 
terrorism where appropriate. 
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‘‘SEC. 899E. PREVENTING RADICALIZATION AND HOME-
GROWN 
TERRORISM 
THROUGH 
INTER-
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE EFFORTS. 
‘‘(a) INTERNATIONAL EFFORT.—The Secretary shall, 
in cooperation with the Department of State and other 
Federal Government entities, as appropriate, conduct a 
survey of methodologies implemented by foreign nations 
to prevent radicalization and homegrown terrorism in 
their respective nations. 
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—To the extent that meth-
odologies are not impermissible under the Constitution, 
the Secretary shall use the results of the survey as an aid 
in developing a national policy in the United States on 
addressing radicalization and homegrown terrorism. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
submit a report to Congress that provides— 
‘‘(1) a brief description of the foreign partners 
participating in the survey; and 
‘‘(2) a description of lessons learned from the 
results of the survey and recommendations imple-
mented through this international outreach. 
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