S 2517 · 114th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2016
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 551.(2016-07-11)
Plain Language Summary
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Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2016 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 domestically and abroad; an analysis of how terrorists and terrorist organizations are using social media; recommendations to improve the federal government's efforts to monitor, review, disrupt, and counter the use of social media by terrorists and terrorist organizations; an analysis of how the federal government is using social media to counter terrorist propaganda and radicalization; an assessment of the value to law enforcement and the intelligence community of reviewing terrorists' social media posts; and an overview of local, state, and federal training available to combat terrorists' use of social media, the required qualifications of trainers, the intended students of each program, and recommendations for improving or expanding existing training participation. The President must also transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy to counter terrorists' and terrorist organizations' use of…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 2517, Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2016
Mar 18, 2016As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 10, 2016
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