Countering Violent Extremism Grant Program Act of 2015
Current understanding
Legislative proposal to direct DHS to establish a formal grant program funding community-based counter-messaging campaigns against violent extremism. Grants would be barred to organizations that have knowingly funded extremist activities. Frames an existing DHS CVE mechanism into statute; fiscal implications depend on subsequent appropriations.
Evidence log
- 2017-03-22 — ALERT Act of 2017: cross-connection with alert-act-2017: Both measures expand DHS’s countering violent extremism (CVE) infrastructure supporting SLTT partners — CVE Grant Program funds local prevention efforts while ALERT Act adds training at fusion centers. (novelty: 2)
- 2015-07-21 — Countering Violent Extremism Grant Program Act of 2015: cross-connection with empowering-local-partners-prevent-terrorism-act-2013: Both propose federal support for local/community-level counter-violent-extremism efforts; the CVE Grant Program Act would formalize a DHS grant mechanism aligned with the Empowering Local Partners framework. (novelty: 2)