119-hr4066

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4066 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4066

 To direct the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the 
 Department of Homeland Security to develop and disseminate a threat 
 assessment regarding threats to the United States associated with 
 foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 20, 2025

 Ms. Williams of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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 A BILL

 To direct the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the 
 Department of Homeland Security to develop and disseminate a threat 
 assessment regarding threats to the United States associated with 
 foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations, 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 ``Countering White Supremacist 
Extremism Act''.

SEC. 2. THREAT ASSESSMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall, in coordination with 
appropriate Federal partners, develop a terrorism threat assessment and 
reference aid regarding threats to the United States associated with 
foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations. Consistent 
with the protection of classified and confidential unclassified 
information, the Under Secretary shall share the threat assessment 
developed under this section with State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement officials, including officials who operate within State, 
local, and regional fusion centers through the Department of Homeland 
Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative 
established in accordance with 

section 210A of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h).

    (b) Foundation, Incorporation, and Coordination.--The threat 
assessment and reference aid developed pursuant to subsection

    (a) --

    (1) shall be--
        (A) based on and incorporate appropriate elements 
 of the Department of State Strategy for Countering 
 White Identity Terrorism Globally required under 
 

section 1299F of the William M.

    (Mac) Thornberry 
 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
 (Public Law 116-283; 22 U.S.C. 2656j); and
        (B) developed in coordination with the Office of 
 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of 
 Homeland Security and other appropriate Federal 
 agencies; and

    (2) may be informed by existing products developed by such 
 Office and agencies, as appropriate.
            (c) Overview.--The threat assessment and reference aid shall 
include an overview of symbols, flags, or other references utilized by 
adherents of foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations.
            (d) Distribution.--Consistent with the protection of classified and 
confidential unclassified information, the Under Secretary for 
Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
share the threat assessment and reference aid with the following:

    (1) State, local, and Tribal law enforcement officials, 
 including officials who operate within State, local, and 
 regional fusion centers through the Department of Homeland 
 Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative 
 established in accordance with 

section 210A of the Homeland 
 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h).

    (2) Appropriate owners and operators of online platforms to 
 assist in identifying content that may be associated with a 
 foreign violent white supremacist extremist organization that 
 may violate the terms of service of such online platforms, upon 
 request from such online platforms and in consultation with the 
 Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department.

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Foreign violent white supremacist extremist 
 organization.--The term ``foreign violent white supremacist 
 extremist organization'' means an organization based outside 
 the United States that seeks, wholly or in part, through 
 unlawful acts of force or violence, to support a belief in the 
 intellectual and moral superiority of the white race over other 
 races.

    (2) Online platform.--The term ``online platform'' means 
 internet-based information services consisting of the storage 
 and processing of information by and at the request of a 
 content provider and the dissemination of such content to third 
 parties.

    (f) Limitation.--The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall ensure that the threat 
assessment and reference aid does not contain the name or other 
identifiable information of any individual or organization engaged in 
lawful political or public discourse in the United States protected 
under the United States Constitution.
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