[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3654 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3654


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 17, 2015

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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) An analysis of how social media is being used for 
        counter-radicalization and counter-propaganda purposes, 
        irrespective of whether or not such efforts are made by the 
        Federal Government.
            (5) An assessment of the value of social media posts by 
        terrorists and terrorist organizations to law enforcement.
            (6) An 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 unclassified form, and may include a classified annex in 
accordance with the protection of intelligence sources and methods.

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

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that contains 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 unclassified form, and may include a classified annex in 
accordance with the protection of intelligence sources and methods.

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, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, 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, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.