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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3654 
To require a report on United States strategy to combat terrorist use of 
social media, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. ROYCE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and 
Select Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 require a report on United States strategy to combat 
terrorist use of social media, 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 ‘‘Combat Terrorist Use 
of Social Media Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORIST USE 
OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on United States strategy to combat terrorists’ and 
terrorist organizations’ use of social media. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An evaluation of what role social media 
plays in radicalization in the United States and else-
where. 
(2) An analysis of how terrorists and terrorist 
organizations are using social media, including 
trends. 
(3) A summary of the Federal Government’s ef-
forts to disrupt and counter the use of social media 
by terrorists and terrorist organizations, an evalua-
tion of the success of such efforts, and recommenda-
tions for improvement. 
(4) A classified assessment of the intelligence 
value of social media posts by terrorists and terrorist 
organizations. 
(5) A classified overview of social media train-
ing available to law enforcement and intelligence 
personnel that enables such personnel to understand 
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and combat the use of social media by terrorists and 
terrorist organizations, as well as recommendations 
for improving or expanding existing training oppor-
tunities. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
should be submitted in sensitive but unclassified form, and 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 3. POLICY AND COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO 
COUNTER TERRORISTS’ AND TERRORIST OR-
GANIZATIONS’ USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port that contains the following: 
(1) A policy that enhances the exchange of in-
formation and dialogue between the Federal Govern-
ment and social media companies as it relates to the 
use of social media platforms by terrorists. 
(2) A comprehensive strategy to counter terror-
ists’ and terrorist organizations’ use of social media, 
as committed to in the President’s 2011 ‘‘Strategic 
Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Part-
ners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United 
States’’. 
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(b) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
should be submitted in sensitive but unclassified form, and 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on the Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate. 
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