3.0.0 2517 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z Senate S 2016-02-09 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-07-11T22:27:51Z Markup by 2016-02-10T15:08:34Z Referred to 2016-02-09T17:30:28Z S. Rept. 114-295 Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015 114 3654 HR 2016-02-01 Star Print ordered on the bill. Related bill House Related bill CRS 2016-07-11 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 551. Calendars 2016-07-11 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 114-295. Committee 2016-07-11 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 114-295. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2016-02-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2016-02-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI N E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2016-02-09 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-02-11 False 2016-03-18T21:41:19Z S. 2517, Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2016 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51394 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 10, 2016 Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Political movements and philosophies Terrorism Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2016-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-16T18:36:39Z Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2016

This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress a report on U.S. strategy to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media.

The report must include:

  • an evaluation of the role social media plays in radicalization domestically and abroad;
  • an analysis of how terrorists and terrorist organizations are using social media;
  • recommendations to improve the federal government's efforts to monitor, review, disrupt, and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations;
  • an analysis of how the federal government is using social media to counter terrorist propaganda and radicalization;
  • an assessment of the value to law enforcement and the intelligence community of reviewing terrorists' social media posts; and
  • an overview of local, state, and federal training available to combat terrorists' use of social media, the required qualifications of trainers, the intended students of each program, and recommendations for improving or expanding existing training participation.

The President must also transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media, as committed to in the President's 2011 Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.

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(Sec. 3) This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress a report, an evaluation, and a strategy on U.S. efforts to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media.

The report, to be submitted within 90 days after enactment of this bill, must include:

  • an evaluation of the role social media plays in the radicalization of individuals to facilitate or commit international or domestic terrorism;
  • an analysis of how terrorists and terrorist organizations are using social media;
  • the federal government's efforts to monitor, review, disrupt, and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations;
  • an assessment of the value to law enforcement and the intelligence community of reviewing terrorists' social media posts;
  • an overview of local, state, and federal training available to combat terrorists' use of social media, the required qualifications of trainers, the intended participants of each program, and recommendations for improving or expanding existing training participation and incorporating training on civil rights and liberties;
  • an assessment of the value to the federal government of collaborating with civil society to counter terrorist propaganda and radicalization; and
  • an assessment of any impact the efforts of the federal government to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media may have upon the civil rights and liberties of U.S. persons who are not engaged in terrorist activities.

The evaluation, to be submitted within 180 days after enactment of this bill, must:

  • recommend improvements to the federal government's efforts to monitor, review, disrupt, and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations;
  • analyze how the federal government is using social media to counter terrorist propaganda and radicalization, and how such tactics fit within the broader efforts of the federal government to combat domestic terrorism and international terrorism; and
  • assess again any impact the efforts of the federal government to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media may have upon the civil rights and liberties of U.S. persons who are not engaged in terrorist activities.

(Sec. 4) The President, within 180 days after enactment of this bill, must also transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media, as committed to in the President's 2011 Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.

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