US Congress House Bill 3654 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on December 17 2015 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Star Print ordered on the bill.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the President to transmit to Congress a report on U.S. strategy to combat terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media. The report must include: an evaluation of the role social media plays in radicalization in the United States and elsewhere; an analysis of how terrorists and terrorist organizations are using social media; recommendations to improve the federal government's efforts to disrupt and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations; an analysis of how social media is being used for counter-radicalization and counter-propaganda purposes, irrespective of whether such efforts are made by the federal government; an assessment of the value to law enforcement of terrorists' social media posts; and an overview of training available to law enforcement and intelligence personnel to combat terrorists' use of social media and recommendations for improving or expanding existing training opportunities. (Sec. 3) The President must also transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of social media, as committed to in the President's 2011 Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.

Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-01	Senate	Star Print ordered on the bill.
2015-12-17	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2015-12-16	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2015-12-16	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/15/2015 H9314)
2015-12-16	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9341)
2015-12-15	House	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Royce objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
2015-12-15	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3654.
2015-12-15	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9314-9318)
2015-12-15	House	Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2015-12-09	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2015-12-09	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-11-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-09-30	House	Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
2015-09-30	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-09-30	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2015-09-30	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-09-30	House	Introduced in House

SB2517 (Related) 2016-07-11 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 551.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3654/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3654/BILLS-114hr3654ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3654/BILLS-114hr3654eh.pdf