HR 1453
115th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Department of Homeland Security
Law enforcement administration and funding
Political movements and philosophies
Terrorism
Reaffirming DHS Commitment to Countering All Forms of Extremism
Introduced: March 9, 2017
Introduced by:
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Democratic
· Georgia
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Mar 22, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Mar 9, 2017
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.
Mar 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 9, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1957)
Mar 9, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Reaffirming DHS Commitment to Countering All Forms of Extremism
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from changing the name of its Countering Violent Extremism Task Force.
DHS may not make grants to counter Islamist extremism in an aggregate amount of more than $4 million in any fiscal year and shall ensure that any such grants made for a fiscal year are closely matched in aggregate dollar amounts in grants made to counter other forms of extremism for such fiscal year.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.