S.Amdt. 4809

SA 4809. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 576. COUNTERING EXTREMISM IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) promulgate policy that prohibits and defines
participation in extremist activities;
(2) develop and implement programs, resources, and
activities to counter extremism within the Armed Forces,
including screening of publicly available information and
Insider Threat Programs;
(3) collect and report data on incidents, allegations,
investigations, disciplinary actions, and separations related
to extremism, as well as publication of reports on these data
in a regular, public, and transparent manner; and
(4) designate a senior official, to be known as the
``Senior Official for Countering Extremism'', within the
Department of Defense as responsible for facilitation and
coordination of the activities described in this subsection
with personnel and readiness officials, law enforcement
organizations, security organizations, insider threat
programs, and watch lists related to extremism in the Armed
Forces.
(b) Training and Education.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of each military department,
in coordination with the Senior Official for Countering
Extremism, shall develop and implement training and education
programs and related materials to assist members of the Armed
Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in
identifying, preventing, responding to, reporting, and
mitigating the risk of extremist activities.
(2) Content.--The training and education described in
paragraph (1) shall include specific material for activities
determined by the Senior Official for Countering Extremism as
high risk for extremist activities, including recruitment
activities and separating members of the Armed Forces.
(3) Requirements.--The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall
provide the training and education described paragraph (1)--
(A) to a member of the Armed Forces, civilian employee of
the Department of Defense, or an individual in a pre-
commissioning program no less than once a year;
(B) to a member of the Armed Forces whose discharge
(regardless of character of discharge) or release from active
duty is anticipated as of a specific date within the time
period specified under section 1142(a)(3) of title, United
States Code;
(C) to a member of the Armed Forces performing recruitment
activities within the 30 days prior to commencing such
activities; and
(D) additionally as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(c) Progress Report.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and House of Representatives a report on the status of
the implementation of this section.
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