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Article: VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND HOMEGROWN TERROR BILL PASSES HOUSE 404 TO 6
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 23, 2007
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The House Homeland Security Committee issued the following news release:
Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), Chair of the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment announced passage of H.R. 1955, the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007."
The bill creates a National Commission to examine the causes of violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism and propose recommendations and legislative strategies for mitigating these threats. It also establishes a Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Radicalization and Home Grown Terrorism that ...