[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1453 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1453

 To reaffirm the commitment of the Department of Homeland Security to 
       countering all forms of extremism, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2017

   Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Judy Chu of 
  California, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Soto, Mr. 
   Takano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Grijalva, and Mrs. 
 Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, 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 reaffirm the commitment of the Department of Homeland Security to 
       countering all forms of extremism, 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 ``Reaffirming DHS Commitment to 
Countering All Forms of Extremism''.

SEC. 2. COUNTERING EXTREMISM.

    (a) Prohibition on Name Change.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may not change the name of the Countering Violent Extremism Task Force 
of the Department of Homeland Security.
    (b) Grants To Counter Extremism.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security--
            (1) may not make grants to counter Islamist extremism in an 
        aggregate amount of more than $4,000,000 in any fiscal year; 
        and
            (2) shall ensure that any grants made by the Secretary to 
        counter Islamist extremism pursuant to paragraph (1) for a 
        fiscal year are closely matched in aggregate dollar amounts in 
        grants made by the Secretary to counter other forms of 
        extremism for such fiscal year.
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