The proposed legislative agenda for Defeating Islamist Radicalization includes:
Texas Engel List: Creation of a state-level sanctions and transparency list targeting individuals and organizations tied to corruption, extremist activity, terrorist networks, or hostile foreign influence.
Preventing Misappropriation of Taxpayer Dollars: Enhanced auditing and oversight to ensure state funds do not support foreign terrorist organizations, transnational criminal organizations, or foreign-directed extremist networks.
Expanded Anti-Terrorism Designations: Strengthening state authority to identify and sever relationships with entities providing material support to terrorist or extremist organizations.
Supremacy of State Laws: Expanding protections against the enforcement of foreign legal judgments or religious tribunal decisions that violate constitutional rights or Texas public policy.
Foreign Funding Restrictions in Education: Prohibiting hostile foreign nations and affiliated entities from funding or contracting with Texas K-12 schools and public universities.
TRACE & REJECT Act: Restores parents’ right to review and reject foreign-funded curriculum and foreign compensation of school employees, prohibits instructional content tied to designated foreign terrorist organizations, and equips students to understand radical Islamism as a totalitarian political ideology that threatens the values of Western Civilization.
Securing Critical Infrastructure: Preventing hostile foreign actors from acquiring or controlling critical infrastructure including energy assets, ports, pipelines, telecommunications systems, and data centers.
Strengthening Laws Against Exploitative Marriage Practices: Increasing penalties related to plural marriage, underage marriage, and exploitative practices that isolate vulnerable individuals and facilitate abuse.
Regional Prosecutor and Court System: Establishing enhanced prosecutorial authority to pursue crimes and unlawful conduct when local jurisdictions refuse to act.