[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8497]
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  SA 4809. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 576. COUNTERING EXTREMISM IN THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) promulgate policy that prohibits and defines 
     participation in extremist activities;
       (2) develop and implement programs, resources, and 
     activities to counter extremism within the Armed Forces, 
     including screening of publicly available information and 
     Insider Threat Programs;
       (3) collect and report data on incidents, allegations, 
     investigations, disciplinary actions, and separations related 
     to extremism, as well as publication of reports on these data 
     in a regular, public, and transparent manner; and
       (4) designate a senior official, to be known as the 
     ``Senior Official for Countering Extremism'', within the 
     Department of Defense as responsible for facilitation and 
     coordination of the activities described in this subsection 
     with personnel and readiness officials, law enforcement 
     organizations, security organizations, insider threat 
     programs, and watch lists related to extremism in the Armed 
     Forces.
       (b) Training and Education.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of each military department, 
     in coordination with the Senior Official for Countering 
     Extremism, shall develop and implement training and education 
     programs and related materials to assist members of the Armed 
     Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in 
     identifying, preventing, responding to, reporting, and 
     mitigating the risk of extremist activities.
       (2) Content.--The training and education described in 
     paragraph (1) shall include specific material for activities 
     determined by the Senior Official for Countering Extremism as 
     high risk for extremist activities, including recruitment 
     activities and separating members of the Armed Forces.
       (3) Requirements.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 
     provide the training and education described paragraph (1)--
       (A) to a member of the Armed Forces, civilian employee of 
     the Department of Defense, or an individual in a pre-
     commissioning program no less than once a year;
       (B) to a member of the Armed Forces whose discharge 
     (regardless of character of discharge) or release from active 
     duty is anticipated as of a specific date within the time 
     period specified under section 1142(a)(3) of title, United 
     States Code;
       (C) to a member of the Armed Forces performing recruitment 
     activities within the 30 days prior to commencing such 
     activities; and
       (D) additionally as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
       (c) Progress Report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and House of Representatives a report on the status of 
     the implementation of this section.
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