I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1541 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide support to State and local governments in their efforts to counter violent extremist threats, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 3, 2021 Mr. AGUILAR (for himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Miss RICE of New York, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. LIEU, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. RYAN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. KAHELE, and Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide support to State and local governments in their efforts to counter violent extremist threats, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Radical Ex- 4 tremist’s Violent Endeavors Now and Tomorrow Act of 5 2021’’ or the ‘‘PREVENT Act of 2021’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1541.IH H1541 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1541 IH SEC. 2. SUPPORT TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN 1 THEIR EFFORTS TO COUNTER VIOLENT EX- 2 TREMIST THREATS. 3 Subsection (b) of section 801 of the Homeland Secu- 4 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361) is amended— 5 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 6 the semicolon at the end; 7 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 8 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9 (3) by adding at the end the following new 10 paragraph: 11 ‘‘(5) for the purposes of countering violent ex- 12 tremist threats— 13 ‘‘(A) provide training from specially 14 trained clinical social workers, psychologists, re- 15 ligious leaders, community leaders, and law en- 16 forcement personnel, to assist local efforts at 17 securing the homeland; and 18 ‘‘(B) in coordination with the Federal Bu- 19 reau of Investigation, provide to State and local 20 governments specialists, analysts, and agents 21 trained to counter terrorism and White nation- 22 alism to assist, in the manner and degree nec- 23 essary, local efforts at responding to such 24 threats.’’. 25 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:19 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1541.IH H1541 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS