Bill calls for interagency task force to help prevent political violence

As concerns of political violence come to the fore on a contentious election day, new legislation from Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., aims to create an interagency response that will help defuse future conflicts.

The Political Violence Prevention Act would create a presidentially appointed task force consisting of at least 24 officials from the National Security Council, Domestic Policy Council, various cabinet-level departments, and a number of other federal agencies to provide policies and recommendations to help prevent and prevent violence. Respond to acts of political violence over the next two years.

The bill was introduced on November 1would stand up the task force no later than 180 days after the law’s enactment and authorize it to assist in the creation of specific program and policy issues based on its recommendations to promote “national unity, civil bridge-building, and matters related to the prevention of political and hate-motivated violence.” .”

These recommendations will come from a series of reports written by the working group to the president and Congress every six months, outlining the group’s activities and recommendations and including updates in subsequent reports.

Two years after its establishment, the task force will issue a final report to the president and Congress detailing its conclusions, progress on recommendations, descriptions of specific agency programs associated with task force operations, and activities it has undertaken.

Agencies on the proposed task force would include the departments of Agriculture, Labor, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Interior, State and Commerce.

Also provide representatives from the Office of Management and Budget, the National and Community Service Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Surgeon General, the Small Business Administration, the Election Assistance Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the FBI.

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The bill was referred to the Parliamentary Justice Committee.