I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1955 
To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2007 
Ms. HARMAN (for herself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homegrown Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF HOMEGROWN TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subtitle: 
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‘‘Subtitle J—Prevention of 
Homegrown Terrorism 
‘‘SEC. 899A. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) 
HOMEGROWN
TERRORISM.—The 
term 
‘homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, 
or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or 
individual born, raised, or based and operating pri-
marily within the United States or any possession of 
the United States to intimidate or coerce the United 
States government, the civilian population of the 
United States, or any segment thereof, in further-
ance of political or social objectives. 
‘‘(2) 
RADICALIZATION.—The 
term 
‘radicalization’ means the process of adopting or 
promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose 
of facilitating ideologically-based violence to advance 
political, religious, or social change. 
‘‘(3) IDEOLOGICALLY-BASED
VIOLENCE.—The 
term ‘ideologically-based violence’ means the use, 
planned use, or threatened use of force or violence 
by a group or individual to promote the group or in-
dividual’s political, religious, or social beliefs. 
‘‘SEC. 899B. FINDINGS. 
‘‘The Congress finds the following: 
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‘‘(1) The development and implementation of 
methods and processes that can be utilized to pre-
vent homegrown terrorism in the United States is 
critical to combating domestic terrorism. 
‘‘(2) The promotion of ideologically-based vio-
lence and homegrown terrorism exists in the United 
States and poses a threat to homeland security. 
‘‘(3) The Internet has aided in facilitating ideo-
logically-based violence and the homegrown ter-
rorism process in the United States by providing ac-
cess to broad and constant streams of terrorist-re-
lated propaganda to United States citizens. 
‘‘(4) While the United States must continue its 
vigilant efforts to combat international terrorism, it 
must also strengthen efforts to combat the threat 
posed by homegrown terrorists based and operating 
within the United States. 
‘‘(5) Understanding the motivational factors 
that lead to homegrown terrorism is a vital step to-
ward eradicating these threats in the United States. 
‘‘(6) The potential rise of self radicalized, unaf-
filiated terrorists domestically cannot be easily pre-
vented through traditional Federal intelligence or 
law enforcement efforts, and requires the incorpora-
tion of State and local solutions. 
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