Sec. 1094. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM

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## SEC. 1094 NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM ###

(a)Strategy Required ####

(1)In general Not later than June 1, 2018, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on a comprehensive, interagency national strategy for countering violent extremism. ####

(2)Elements The comprehensive, interagency national strategy required by paragraph

(1)shall include the following elements: #####

(A)Identification of the interagency tools for combating and countering violent extremism, including— ######

(i)countering violent extremist messaging and ideological support; ######

(ii)combating violent extremist financing, intelligence gathering, and cooperation; ######

(iii)law enforcement activities, sanctions, counterterrorism, and counterintelligence activities; ######

(iv)support to civil-society groups, commercial entities, allies, and counter radicalization activities; and ######

(v)support by the Armed Forces of the United States to combat violent extremism. #####

(B)Use of, coordination with, or liaison to international partners, non-governmental organizations, or commercial entities that support United States policy goals in countering violent extremist ideologies and organizations. #####

(C)Synchronization processes for the use of interagency tools to combat violent extremism, including the roles and responsibilities of the Global Engagement Center, as well as the National Security Council in coordinating the interagency tools. #####

(D)Recommendations for improving coordination between Federal Government agencies, as well as with State, local, international, and non-governmental entities. #####

(E)Other matters as the President considers appropriate. ###

(b)Assessment Not later than one year after the date of the submission of the strategy required by subsection (a), the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an assessment of the strategy, including— ####

(1)the status of implementation of the strategy; ####

(2)progress toward the achievement of benchmarks or implementation of any recommendations; and ####

(3)any changes to the strategy since such submission. ###

(c)Form The report and assessment required by this section shall each be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(d)Appropriate Committees of Congress In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####

(1)the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, Appropriations, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Judiciary and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and ####

(2)the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Appropriations, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.