Title: PREVENT Act of 2021
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Preventing Radical Extremist's Violent Endeavors Now and Tomorrow Act of 2021 or the PREVENT Act of 2021
This bill expands the duties of the Office for State and Local Government Coordination in the Department of Homeland Security to include, for purposes of countering violent extremist threats (1) providing training from specially trained clinical social workers, psychologists, religious and community leaders, and law enforcement personnel to assist local efforts in securing the homeland; and (2) in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, providing to state and local governments specialists, analysts, and agents trained to counter terrorism and white nationalism to assist local efforts at responding to such threats.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1541 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1541

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide support to State 
  and local governments in their efforts to counter violent extremist 
                    threats, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2021

Mr. Aguilar (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Payne, Miss Rice 
 of New York, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Correa, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Fletcher, 
   Mr. Lieu, Mr. Panetta, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
  Moulton, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Carson, Mr. 
 Cooper, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Kahele, and Ms. Meng) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide support to State 
  and local governments in their efforts to counter violent extremist 
                    threats, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Radical Extremist's 
Violent Endeavors Now and Tomorrow Act of 2021'' or the ``PREVENT Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO 
              COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMIST THREATS.

    Subsection (b) of section 801 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 361) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) for the purposes of countering violent extremist 
        threats--
                    ``(A) provide training from specially trained 
                clinical social workers, psychologists, religious 
                leaders, community leaders, and law enforcement 
                personnel, to assist local efforts at securing the 
                homeland; and
                    ``(B) in coordination with the Federal Bureau of 
                Investigation, provide to State and local governments 
                specialists, analysts, and agents trained to counter 
                terrorism and White nationalism to assist, in the 
                manner and degree necessary, local efforts at 
                responding to such threats.''.
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