,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjah,mr4 
,keating 7for himself and ,ms4          
,stefanik7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be   
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland      
,security ,act of #bjjb to authorize    
international cooperative activities to 
strengthen efforts relating to          
countering violent extremism1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,allies        
,countering ,extremism ,act or the ,,ace
 ,act4  #b4 ,international cooperative  
activities to strengthen efforts        
relating to countering violent extremism
 ,section #cag of the ,homeland         

,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#aie;c7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection
 7c77#b71 by inserting ,france1         
,germany1 after ,united ,kingdom12  7#b7
 by redesignating subsections 7h7 and   
7i7 as subsections 7i7 and 7j71         
respectively2 and  7#c7 by inserting    
after subsection 7g7 the following new  
subsection3  7h7 ,countering violent    
extremism ,as part of the international 
cooperative activities authorized in    
this section1 the ,under ,secretary1 in 
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,state and appropriate ,federal         
officials1 may enter into cooperative   
activities with partners specified in   
subsection 7c77#b7 to strengthen efforts
 relating to countering violent         
extremism4 ,such activities may         
include--  7#a7 efforts aimed at        
improving counter-radicalization and    
counter-messaging methods2 and  7#b7    
recommendations for incorporating any   
new findings into national policies for 
countering violent extremism4  4