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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4401 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide countering violent 
extremism training to Department of Homeland Security representatives 
at State and local fusion centers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 
Mr. LOUDERMILK (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. HURD of 
Texas, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. REICHERT, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. KEATING, Mr. VELA, and Mr. PAYNE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide 
countering violent extremism training to Department of 
Homeland Security representatives at State and local 
fusion centers, 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 ‘‘Amplifying Local Ef-
forts to Root out Terror Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘ALERT 
Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM TRAINING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security is authorized to provide training for 
personnel, including Department of Homeland Security 
personnel, State, local, tribal, and territorial representa-
tives at State and major urban area fusion centers for the 
purpose of administering community awareness briefings 
and related activities in furtherance of the Department’s 
efforts to counter violent extremism, identify and report 
suspicious activities, and increase awareness of and more 
quickly identify terrorism threats, including the travel or 
attempted travel of individuals from the United States to 
support a foreign terrorist organization (as such term is 
described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) abroad. 
(b) COORDINATION.—To the extent practicable, in 
providing the training under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies 
engaged in community outreach related to countering vio-
lent extremism and shall also coordinate with such agen-
cies in the administration of related activities, including 
community awareness briefings. 
SEC. 3. COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ASSESSMENT. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with appro-
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priate State, local, tribal, and territorial representatives, 
shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland 
Security to support countering violent extremism at the 
State, local, tribal, and territorial levels. Such assessment 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) A cataloging of departmental efforts to as-
sist State, local, tribal, and territorial governments 
in countering violent extremism. 
(2) A review of cooperative agreements between 
the Department and such governments relating to 
countering violent extremism. 
(3) An evaluation of departmental plans and 
any potential opportunities to better support such 
governments that are in furtherance of the Depart-
ment’s countering violent extremism objectives and 
are consistent with all relevant constitutional, legal, 
and privacy protections. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 150 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and con-
sistent with the protection of classified information, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees the findings of the assess-
ment required under subsection (a) together with any re-
lated information regarding best practices for countering 
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violent extremism at the State, local, tribal, and territorial 
levels. 
SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees of the 
number of employees of State, local, tribal, and territorial 
governments with security clearances sponsored by the 
Department of Homeland Security. Such notification shall 
include a detailed list of the agencies that employ such 
employees, the level of clearance held by such employees, 
and whether such employees are assigned as representa-
tives to State and major urban area fusion centers. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act. This Act shall be carried 
out using amounts otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated or made available to the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘violent extremism’’ means ideo-
logically motivated international terrorism or domes-
tic terrorism, as such terms are defined in section 
2331 of title 18, United States Code. 
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