[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4820 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4820

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the testimonials 
of former or estranged violent extremists or their associates in order 
       to counter terrorist recruitment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2016

    Mr. Fleischmann (for himself, Mr. Katko, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mr. 
  Loudermilk, Ms. McSally, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Keating, and Mr. Vela) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the testimonials 
of former or estranged violent extremists or their associates in order 
       to counter terrorist recruitment, 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 ``Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DIRECTIVE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
incorporate, to the extent practicable, into Department of Homeland 
Security efforts to combat terrorist recruitment and communications the 
public testimonials of former or estranged violent extremists or their 
associates, including friends and family. Such efforts may include the 
following:
            (1) Counter-messaging of foreign terrorist organization 
        communications and narratives.
            (2) Related community engagement and public education 
        efforts.
    (b) Coordination.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, where 
appropriate, coordinate the actions described in subsection (a) with 
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies and, to 
the extent practicable, engage nongovernmental and international 
partners in the identification and use of testimonials described in 
such subsection.
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