H.R. 5736 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5736 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2020Mr. Rose of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transnational White Supremacist Extremism Review Act. 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 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) Definition In this section, the term foreign violent white supremacist extremist organization means an organization, such as a neo-Nazi or racist skinhead group or militia, based outside the United States, that is engaged in the planning or execution of racially or ethnically motivated acts of terrorism or other targeted violence motivated by white supremacist extremism, particularly against immigrants or individuals perceived to be immigrants, African Americans or other people of African descent, Jews, Muslims, or other people perceived to be ethnic minorities or otherwise not perceived to be white.