I 
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 Com-
mittee 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a National Commission on the Prevention of 
Radicalization, to enhance information sharing, 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 ‘‘Preventing Radicalism 
by Exploring and Vetting its Emergence as a National 
Threat (PREVENT) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF 
RADICALIZATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
legislative 
branch 
the 
National 
Commission 
on 
Radicalization and Terrorism (in this title referred to as 
the ‘‘Commission’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Commission are 
the following: 
(1) Examine and report upon the facts and 
causes relating to radicalization in the United 
States, including United States connections to non- 
United States persons and networks, radicalization 
in prison, individual or ‘‘lone wolf’’ radicalization, 
radicalization in connection with gang activity, 
radicalization and the use of the internet and other 
facets of the phenomenon of radicalization 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 ongoing work of the National Con-
sortium for the Study of Terrorism and Re-
sponses to Terror, the Homeland Security Pol-
icy Institute at the George Washington Univer-
sity, and other academic work, as appropriate; 
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(B) Federal, State, local or tribal studies 
on, 
reviews 
of, 
and 
experiences 
with 
radicalization; and 
(C) foreign governments and overseas ex-
periences. 
(3) Report to the President and the Congress 
on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
for immediate and long-term countermeasures to 
radicalization in the United States and measures 
that can be taken to prevent radicalization from de-
veloping and spreading within the United States. 
(c) COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.— 
(1) MEMBERS.—The Commission shall be com-
posed of 20 members, of whom— 
(A) 4 members shall be appointed by the 
President, one of whom shall be designated by 
the President to serve as chairman of the Com-
mission; 
(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Senate majority leader; 
(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Senate minority leader; 
(D) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
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