Countering White Supremacist Extremism Act

The Countering White Supremacist Extremism Act would require the Department of Homeland Security’s Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (DHS-IA) to develop and disseminate a terrorism threat assessment and a reference aid focused on threats to the United States linked to foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations. The assessment must be coordinated with federal partners and shared with state, local, and Tribal law enforcement, including personnel at fusion centers, while protecting classified and confidential information. The bill directs alignment with the State Department’s strategy for countering white identity terrorism (as required by prior law) and requires coordination with DHS’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and other federal agencies, with the possibility of using existing products. It also calls for an overview of symbols and identifiers used by these groups and allows sharing with online platforms to help identify content that may violate terms of service, subject to platform requests and CRCL consultation. Importantly, the threat assessment must exclude any names or identifiable information of individuals or organizations engaged in lawful U.S. political or public discourse protected by the Constitution.