114-hr-3654114th Congress

Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015

Sponsored By: Representative Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]

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Summary

Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015 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: (1) an evaluation of the role social media plays in radicalization in the United States and elsewhere, (2) an analysis of how terrorists and terrorist organizations are using social media, (3) recommendations to improve the federal government's efforts to disrupt and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations, (4) a classified assessment of the intelligence value of terrorists' social media posts, and (5) a classified 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. The President must also transmit to Congress: (1) a policy that enhances the exchange of information and dialogue between the federal government and social media companies as it relates to the use of social media platforms by terrorists; and (2) 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.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2015

  • ELIOT ENGEL

    NY • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2015

  • ED ROYCE

    CA • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2015

  • Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 10/20/2015

  • Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 10/20/2015

  • Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/20/2015

  • Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2015

  • Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 10/23/2015

  • Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2015

  • Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 10/23/2015

  • DANA ROHRABACHER

    CA • R

    Sponsored 10/23/2015

  • Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 12/8/2015

  • Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 12/8/2015

  • Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 12/8/2015

  • Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 12/8/2015

  • Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/8/2015

  • Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 12/15/2015

  • Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 12/15/2015

  • Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 12/15/2015

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