ALERT Act of 2017

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1347 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1347

  To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide counter-
      radicalization training to Department of Homeland Security
   representatives at State and local fusion centers, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2017

  Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Keating, Mr. Hurd, Ms.
Sinema, Mr. Ratcliffe, and Ms. McSally) introduced the following bill;
        which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

  To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide counter-
      radicalization 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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Amplifying Local Efforts to Root out
Terror Act of 2017'' or the ``ALERT Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. COUNTER-RADICALIZATION TRAINING.

    (a) Authorization of Training.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
is authorized to provide training for personnel, including Department
of Homeland Security personnel and State, local, tribal, and
territorial representatives 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 radicalization, 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 (designated pursuant
to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189))
abroad.
    (b) Coordination.--To the extent practicable, in providing the
training under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies engaged in
community outreach related to countering radicalization, and shall also
coordinate with such agencies in the administration of related
activities, including community awareness briefings.

SEC. 3. COUNTER-RADICALIZATION ASSESSMENT.

    (a) Assessment Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with appropriate State, local, tribal, and territorial
representatives, shall assess the efforts of the Department of Homeland
Security to support efforts to counter radicalization at the State,
local, tribal, and territorial levels. Such assessment shall include
each of the following:
            (1) A cataloging of Department efforts to assist State,
        local, tribal, and territorial governments to counter
        radicalization.
            (2) A review of cooperative agreements between the
        Department and such governments relating to countering
        radicalization.
            (3) An evaluation of Department plans and any potential
        opportunities to better support such governments that are in
        furtherance of the Department's countering radicalization
        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 consistent with the protection of
classified information, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees the findings of the
assessment required under subsection (a), together with any related
information regarding best practices for countering radicalization at
the State, local, tribal, and territorial levels.

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED CLEARANCES.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 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 levels
of clearance held by such employees, and whether such employees are
assigned as representatives to State and major urban area fusion
centers.

SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts
otherwise authorized.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and the
                Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
                of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and
                Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on
                Intelligence of the Senate.
            (2) The term ``radicalization'' means ideologically
        motivated international terrorism or domestic terrorism, as
        such terms are defined in section 2331 of title 18, United
        States Code.
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