Title: To counter White identity terrorism globally, and for other purposes.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of State to develop a strategy titled the Department of State Strategy for Countering White Identity Terrorism Globally, and it establishes related reporting requirements.
Such strategy shall include (1) an assessment of the global threat from white identity terrorism abroad, (2) detailed plans for using public diplomacy to degrade and delegitimize white identity terrorist ideologues and ideology globally, and (3) an outline of how the State Department plans to use designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist or foreign terrorist organization to support the strategy.
Annual country reports on terrorism must include all credible information about white identity terrorism, and the President must determine whether the foreign persons, organizations, and networks identified in such reports satisfy the criteria to be designated as (1) foreign terrorist organizations, or (2) Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
The State Department must also contract with a federally funded research and development center to facilitate a study that provides for a comprehensive social network analysis of the global white identity terrorism movement.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7345 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7345

 To counter White identity terrorism globally, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2020

  Mr. Deutch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To counter White identity terrorism globally, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) ``White Identity Terrorism'' is the term used by the 
        Department of State to encompass White nationalist and White 
        supremacist terrorists. Individuals who adhere to White 
        nationalist and White supremacist ideologies share a common 
        belief that White people and ``White identity'' in western 
        countries are under siege and pursue the destruction of 
        pluralistic values intrinsic to the American way of life.
            (2) The Global Terrorism Database and corresponding Global 
        Terrorism Index has recorded a rise in the number and lethality 
        of White identity terrorist incidents over the past decade 
        domestically and internationally.
            (3) Various individuals, networks, and organizations fall 
        under the umbrella of the global White identity terrorist 
        movement, whose adherents are becoming increasingly 
        internationalized, with fighters and terrorist ideology moving 
        across borders.
            (4) Irresponsible social media site are enabling the 
        internationalization of the White identity terrorist movement 
        in terms of organization and recruitment. State and nonstate 
        actors have helped to build a global, online White identity 
        terrorist echo chamber, including by translating terrorist 
        manifestos and promoting other violent extremist content. This 
        includes countries using troll farms to exacerbate fears of 
        immigrants, Muslims, Jews, and other minorities in western 
        countries among potentially sympathetic audiences.
            (5) There is evidence that adherents of the White identity 
        movement in the United States are increasingly traveling 
        overseas for training, further contributing to the 
        internationalization of White identity terrorism. Jihadist 
        experiences in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria highlight the 
        dangers that such individuals can pose because of the 
        connections and capabilities they bring with them when they 
        return home.
            (6) The global White identity terrorist movement has 
        manifested a decentralized organizational approach that 
        encourages individuals to operate independently from one 
        another and execute terrorist attacks on their own. This 
        approach poses challenges to law enforcement efforts to track, 
        monitor, and disrupt planned violence. In the same way that 
        Islamist terrorists have looked to figures in al-Qaeda and the 
        Islamic State, White identity terrorists draw on one another 
        for inspiration.
            (7) The growing global interconnectivity of the White 
        identity terrorist movement means that the United States must 
        confront this threat as part of an integrated, whole-of-
        government approach.

SEC. 2. COUNTERING WHITE IDENTITY TERRORISM GLOBALLY.

    (a) Strategy and Coordination.--Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall--
            (1) develop and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
        of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations of the Senate a Department of State-wide strategy 
        entitled the ``Department of State Strategy for Countering 
        White Identity Terrorism Globally'' (in this section referred 
        to as the ``strategy''); and
            (2) designate the Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the 
        Department to coordinate Department efforts to counter White 
        identity terrorism globally, including with United States 
        diplomatic and consular posts, the Director of the National 
        Counterterrorism Center, the Director of the Central 
        Intelligence Agency, the Attorney General, the Director of 
        National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
        Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary 
        of the Treasury, and the heads of any other relevant Federal 
        departments or agencies.
    (b) Elements.--The strategy shall at a minimum contain the 
following:
            (1) An assessment of the global threat from White identity 
        terrorism abroad, including geographic or country 
        prioritization based on the assessed threat to the United 
        States.
            (2) A description of the coordination mechanisms between 
        relevant bureaus and offices within the Department of State, as 
        well as with United States diplomatic and consular posts, for 
        developing and implementing efforts to counter White identity 
        terrorism.
            (3) A description of how the Department plans to build on 
        any existing strategy developed by the Bureau for 
        Counterterrorism to--
                    (A) adapt or expand existing Department programs, 
                projects, activities, or policy instruments based on 
                existing authorities for the specific purpose of 
                degrading and delegitimizing the White identity 
                terrorist movement globally; and
                    (B) identify the need for any new Department 
                programs, projects, activities, or policy instruments 
                for the specific purpose of degrading and 
                delegitimizing the White identity terrorist movement 
                globally, including a description of the steps and 
                resources necessary to establish any such programs, 
                projects, activities, or policy instruments, noting 
                whether such steps would require new authorities.
            (4) Detailed plans for using public diplomacy, including 
        the efforts of the Secretary of State and other senior 
        executive branch officials, including the President, to degrade 
        and delegitimize White identity terrorist ideologues and 
        ideology globally, including by--
                    (A) countering White identity terrorist messaging 
                and supporting efforts to redirect potential supporters 
                away from White identity terrorist content online;
                    (B) exposing foreign government support for White 
                identity terrorist ideologies, objectives, ideologues, 
                networks, organizations, and internet platforms;
                    (C) engaging with foreign governments and internet 
                service providers and other relevant technology 
                entities, to prevent or limit White identity terrorists 
                from exploiting internet platforms in furtherance of or 
                in preparation for acts of terrorism or other targeted 
                violence, as well as the recruitment, radicalization, 
                and indoctrination of new adherents to White identity 
                terrorism; and
                    (D) identifying the roles and responsibilities for 
                the Office of the Under Secretary for Public Affairs 
                and Public Diplomacy and the Global Engagement Center 
                in developing and implementing such plans.
            (5) An outline of steps the Department is taking or will 
        take in coordination, as appropriate, with the Director of the 
        National Counterterrorism Center, the Director of the Central 
        Intelligence Agency, the Attorney General, the Director of 
        National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
        Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary 
        of the Treasury, and the heads of any other relevant Federal 
        departments or agencies to improve information and intelligence 
        sharing with other countries on White identity terrorism based 
        on existing authorities by--
                    (A) describing plans for adapting or expanding 
                existing mechanisms for sharing information, 
                intelligence, or counterterrorism best practices, 
                including facilitating the sharing of information, 
                intelligence, or counterterrorism best practices 
                gathered by Federal, State, and local law enforcement; 
                and
                    (B) proposing new mechanisms or forums that might 
                enable expanded sharing of information, intelligence, 
                or counterterrorism best practices.
            (6) An outline of how the Department plans to use 
        designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (under 
        Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note)) and foreign 
        terrorist organization (pursuant to section 219 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)) to support the 
        strategy, including--
                    (A) an assessment and explanation of the utility of 
                applying or not applying such designations when 
                individuals or entities satisfy the criteria for such 
                designations; and
                    (B) a description of possible remedies if such 
                criteria are insufficient to enable designation of any 
                individuals or entities the Secretary of State 
                considers a potential terrorist threat to the United 
                States.
            (7) A description of the Department's plans, in 
        consultation with the Department of the Treasury, to work with 
        foreign governments, financial institutions, and other related 
        entities to counter the financing of White identity terrorists 
        within the parameters of current law, or if no such plans 
        exist, a description of why.
            (8) A description of how the Department plans to implement 
        the strategy in conjunction with ongoing efforts to counter the 
        Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and other terrorist threats to the 
        United States.
            (9) A description of how the Department will integrate into 
        the strategy lessons learned in the ongoing efforts to counter 
        the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and other terrorist threats to the 
        United States.
            (10) A identification of any additional resources or staff 
        needed to implement the strategy.
    (c) Interagency Coordination.--The Secretary of State shall develop 
the strategy in coordination with the Director of the National 
Counterterrorism Center and in consultation with the Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency, the Attorney General, the Director of 
National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
and the heads of any other relevant Federal departments or agencies.
    (d) Stakeholder Inclusion.--The strategy shall be developed in 
consultation with representatives of United States and international 
civil society and academic entities with experience researching or 
implementing programs to counter White identity terrorism.
    (e) Form.--The strategy shall be submitted in unclassified form 
that can be made available to the public, but may include a classified 
annex if the Secretary of State determines such is appropriate.
    (f) Implementation.--Not later than three months after the 
submission of the strategy, the Secretary of State shall begin 
implementing the strategy.
    (g) Consultation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and not less often than annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of State shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate regarding the development and implementation of the 
strategy.

SEC. 3. COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM.

    The Secretary of State shall incorporate all credible information 
about White identity terrorism, including regarding relevant attacks, 
the identification of perpetrators and victims of such attacks, the 
size and identification of organizations and networks, and the 
identification of notable ideologues, in the annual country reports on 
terrorism submitted pursuant to section 140 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f).

SEC. 4. REPORT ON SANCTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days and again 240 days after 
the submission of each annual country report on terrorism submitted 
pursuant to section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f), as modified in accordance 
with section 3 of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that determines whether the 
foreign persons, organizations, and networks identified in such annual 
country reports on terrorism as so modified, satisfy the criteria to be 
designated as--
            (1) foreign terrorist organizations under section 219 of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
            (2) Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive 
        Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
    (b) Form.--Each determination required under subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, 
if appropriate.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY TO MAP THE GLOBAL WHITE 
              IDENTITY TERRORISM MOVEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall enter into a 
contract with a federally funded research and development center with 
appropriate expertise and analytical capability to carry out the study 
described in subsection (b).
    (b) Study.--The study described in this subsection shall provide 
for a comprehensive social network analysis of the global White 
identity terrorism movement to--
            (1) identify key actors, organizations, and supporting 
        infrastructure; and
            (2) map the relationships and interactions between such 
        actors, organizations, and supporting infrastructure.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) To the secretary.--Not later than one year after the 
        date on which the Secretary of State enters into a contract 
        pursuant to subsection (a), the federally funded research and 
        development center referred to in such subsection that has 
        entered into such contract with the Secretary shall submit to 
        the Secretary a report containing the results of the study 
        required under this section.
            (2) To congress.--Not later than 30 days after receipt of 
        the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall 
        submit to the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate such report, together with any additional views or 
        recommendations of the Secretary.
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