H.R. 4820Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016

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Sponsor: Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann [R-TN-03]
Cosponsors: 17 · 14 Republicans · 3 Democrats
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees: Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Latest action: Apr 27, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

IntroducedMar 21, 2016
Passed the HouseApr 26, 2016
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to incorporate the public statements of former violent extremists or their associates into its efforts to combat terrorist recruitment, including efforts to counter-message foreign terrorist organization communications and related community engagement and public education efforts.

Additionally, DHS must coordinate with federal agencies and, as appropriate, engage nongovernmental and international partners in the identification and use of such public statements.

It declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to require DHS to collect statements directly from former violent extremists or their associates.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4820 as passed House amended on Apr 26, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 164

House Apr 26, 2016

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016

Passed · Two-thirds required

322 Yea 79 Nay 32 not voting

Crossed both parties 79 of 401 voting members broke with their own party: 79 Democrats.

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All members433 members

Democratic188 members

Republican245 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors17 · 14 Republicans · 3 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4820 and vote against it. 7 signed when it was filed.

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