of membership on the Commission shall not be subject 
to the provisions of such section with respect to mem-
bership on the Commission. 
‘‘(5) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission 
shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the 
manner in which the original appointment was 
made. The appointment of the replacement member 
shall be made not later than 60 days after the date 
on which the vacancy occurs. 
‘‘(p) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The heads of appro-
priate departments and agencies of the executive branch 
shall cooperate with the Commission to expeditiously pro-
vide Commission members and staff with appropriate secu-
rity clearances to the extent possible under applicable proce-
dures and requirements. 
‘‘(q) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date on which the Commission first meets, 
the Commission shall submit to the President and 
Congress a final report of its findings and conclu-
sions, legislative recommendations for immediate and 
long-term countermeasures to violent radicalization, 
homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based vio-
lence, and measures that can be taken to prevent vio-
lent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideo-
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logically based violence from developing and spread-
ing within the United States, and any final rec-
ommendations for any additional grant programs to 
support these purposes. The report may also be ac-
companied by a classified annex. 
‘‘(2) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Commission shall 
submit to the President and Congress— 
‘‘(A) by not later than 6 months after the 
date on which the Commission first meets, a first 
interim report on— 
‘‘(i) its findings and conclusions and 
legislative recommendations for the purposes 
described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) its recommendations on the feasi-
bility of a grant program established and 
administered by the Secretary for the pur-
pose of preventing, disrupting, and miti-
gating the effects of violent radicalization, 
homegrown terrorism, and ideologically 
based violence and, if such a program is 
feasible, recommendations on how grant 
funds should be used and administered; and 
‘‘(B) by not later than 6 months after the 
date on which the Commission submits the in-
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terim report under subparagraph (A), a second 
interim report on such matters. 
‘‘(3) INDIVIDUAL OR DISSENTING VIEWS.—Each 
member of the Commission may include in each re-
port under this subsection the individual additional 
or dissenting views of the member. 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Commission 
shall release a public version of each report required 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(r) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDING.—Amounts made 
available to the Commission to carry out this section shall 
remain available until the earlier of the expenditure of the 
amounts or the termination of the Commission. 
‘‘(s) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 
shall terminate 30 days after the date on which the Com-
mission submits its final report. 
‘‘SEC. 899D. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE STUDY OF 
VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND HOMEGROWN 
TERRORISM IN THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish or designate a university-based Cen-
ter of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization 
and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States (herein-
after referred to as ‘Center’) following the merit-review 
processes and procedures and other limitations that have 
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