[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3654 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3654

 To require a report on United States strategy to combat terrorist use 
                of social media, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2015

 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Royce) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary and 
Select Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a report on United States strategy to combat terrorist use 
                of social media, 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 ``Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORIST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on United States strategy to combat 
terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media.
    (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An evaluation of what role social media plays in 
        radicalization in the United States and elsewhere.
            (2) An analysis of how terrorists and terrorist 
        organizations are using social media, including trends.
            (3) A summary of the Federal Government's efforts to 
        disrupt and counter the use of social media by terrorists and 
        terrorist organizations, an evaluation of the success of such 
        efforts, and recommendations for improvement.
            (4) A classified assessment of the intelligence value of 
        social media posts by terrorists and terrorist organizations.
            (5) A classified overview of social media training 
        available to law enforcement and intelligence personnel that 
        enables such personnel to understand and combat the use of 
        social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations, as well 
        as recommendations for improving or expanding existing training 
        opportunities.
    (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) should be 
submitted in sensitive but unclassified form, and may include a 
classified annex.

SEC. 3. POLICY AND COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO COUNTER TERRORISTS' AND 
              TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS' USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that contains the following:
            (1) A policy that enhances the exchange of information and 
        dialogue between the Federal Government and social media 
        companies as it relates to the use of social media platforms by 
        terrorists.
            (2) 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''.
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) should be 
submitted in sensitive but unclassified form, and may include a 
classified annex.

SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Armed 
Services, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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