Reaffirming DHS Commitment to Countering All Forms of Extremism
H.R. 1453115th Congress

Reaffirming DHS Commitment to Countering All Forms of Extremism

Introduced in the HouseRep. Henry Johnson (D-GA-4)5 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in House · Mar 9, 2017

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reaffirming DHS Commitment to Countering All Forms of 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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