[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3075 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3075

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a grant program 
     to establish counter-messaging campaigns targeting terrorist 
                              propaganda.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 2015

  Mr. Katko 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 establish a grant program 
     to establish counter-messaging campaigns targeting terrorist 
                              propaganda.

    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 Grant 
Program Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 104. GRANT PROGRAM FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM.

    ``(a) Grant Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary, in coordination with 
        the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
        and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the 
        Department, shall establish a grant program for eligible 
        community groups and organizations to assist such groups and 
        organizations in establishing counter-messaging campaigns 
        targeting violent extremism.
            ``(2) Implementation plan.--Not later than 90 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in 
        coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 
        Liberties of the Department, shall provide to the Committee on 
        Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate an implementation plan for the grant program under this 
        subsection, including eligibility criteria, application 
        criteria, methodology for awarding grants, and a plan for 
        monitoring and evaluating grant applications and awards.
            ``(3) Prohibition.--A community group or organization is 
        not eligible for a grant under this subsection if such group or 
        organization has knowingly funded activities related to violent 
        extremism or organizations known to engage in such activities, 
        as determined by the Secretary, in coordination with the heads 
        of other relevant Federal departments and agencies.
    ``(b) Violent Extremism Defined.--In this section, the term 
`violent extremism' means ideologically motivated terrorist activities.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to 
carry out this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 103 
the following new item:

``Sec. 104. Grant program for countering violent extremism.''.
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