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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 44 (Monday, March 21, 2016)][Pages H1495-H1496]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FLEISCHMANN:H.R. 4820.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United[[Page H1496]]States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to incorporate the public statements of former or estranged extremists into its efforts to combat terrorist recruitment, including efforts to counter-message foreign terrorist organization communications and related community engagement and public education efforts.&nbsp; </p> <p>Additionally, DHS must coordinate with federal agencies and engage nongovernmental and international partners in the identification and use of such public statements.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to incorporate the public statements of former violent extremists or their associates into its efforts to combat terrorist recruitment, including efforts to counter-message foreign terrorist organization communications and related community engagement and public education efforts.</p> <p>Additionally, DHS must coordinate with federal agencies and, as appropriate, engage nongovernmental and international partners in the identification and use of such public statements.</p> <p>It declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to require DHS to collect statements directly from former violent extremists or their associates.</p>]]></text>
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