[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1022 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1022

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of 
   Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant 
             Program funding to counter violent extremism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2015

Mr. Walker (for himself and Mr. McCaul) 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 authorize the use of 
   Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant 
             Program funding to counter violent extremism.

    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 ``Countering Violent Extremism Grants 
Act'' or the ``CVE Grants Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Sydney, New York 
        City, Ottawa, and London demonstrate that violent Islamist 
        extremism is on the rise and that the threat from homegrown 
        terrorism is growing.
            (2) The United States and the West are the leading targets 
        of Islamist extremist propaganda and terrorist recruitment.
            (3) Terrorist groups are seeking to enlist a new generation 
        of extremists and are using sophisticated tools, including 
        social media, to radicalize across borders.
            (4) State and local authorities are on the frontlines of 
        combating domestic radicalization and need the appropriate 
        tools to deter, detect, and disrupt extremist efforts to 
        influence and recruit Americans.
            (5) Too few initiatives exist to help communities 
        understand the threat, prevent domestic radicalization, counter 
        the narrative of extremists, and provide pathways to 
        deradicalization for individuals who have become radicalized so 
        they do not resort to violence.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to authorize the use of 
Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant 
Program funds for countering violent Islamist extremism and to ensure 
that State and local officials are aware that Federal resources are 
available for this urgent homeland security priority.

SEC. 3. USE OF CERTAIN HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS TO COUNTER VIOLENT 
              EXTREMISM.

    Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by redesignating paragraphs (6) 
        through (13) as paragraphs (7) through (14), respectively, and 
        by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) countering violent extremism, including--
                    ``(A) training programs;
                    ``(B) the development, implementation, or expansion 
                of programs to engage communities that may be targeted 
                by violent extremist radicalization; and
                    ``(C) the development and implementation of 
                projects to partner with local communities to prevent 
                radicalization to violence;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(3)(B), by striking ``(a)(10)'' and 
        inserting ``(a)(11)''.

SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY.

    The Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Directorate of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall report annually to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
on the use of funding under sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604, 605) to counter violent extremism, 
including a list of recipients of funds, the types of projects funded, 
and the amount of grant funding used for each project.
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