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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5602 

To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department 

of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity 

and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic 

terrorism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2020 

Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BASS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 

Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 

PANETTA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. CASE, Ms. 

MENG, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. MALINOWSKI, and Miss 

RICE of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 

Homeland Security, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the 

Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 

Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require 

the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Terrorism 

3 Prevention Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Recent reports have demonstrated that 

7 White supremacists and other far-right-wing extrem8 ists are the most significant domestic terrorism 

9 threat facing the United States, including— 

10 (A) a February 22, 2019, New York Times 

11 op-ed, by a Trump Administration United 

12 States Department of Justice official, who 

13 wrote that ‘‘white supremacy and far-right ex14 tremism are among the greatest domestic-secu15 rity threats facing the United States. Regret16 tably, over the past 25 years, law enforcement, 

17 at both the Federal and State levels, has been 

18 slow to respond. . . . Killings committed by in19 dividuals and groups associated with far-right 

20 extremist groups have risen significantly.’’; 

21 (B) an April 2017 Government Account22 ability Office report on the significant, lethal 

23 threat posed by domestic violent extremists, 

24 which— 

25 (i) explained that ‘‘[s]ince September 

26 12, 2001, the number of fatalities caused 


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1 by domestic violent extremists has ranged 

2 from 1 to 49 in a given year.’’; and 

3 (ii) noted that ‘‘[F]atalities resulting 

4 from attacks by far right wing violent ex5 tremists have exceeded those caused by 

6 radical Islamist violent extremists in 10 of 

7 the 15 years, and were the same in 3 of 

8 the years since September 12, 2001. Of 

9 the 85 violent extremist incidents that re10 sulted in death since September 12, 2001, 

11 far right wing violent extremist groups 

12 were responsible for 62 (73 percent) while 

13 radical Islamist violent extremists were re14 sponsible for 23 (27 percent).’’; and 

15 (C) an unclassified May 2017 joint intel16 ligence bulletin from the Federal Bureau of In17 vestigation and the Department of Homeland 

18 Security, which found that ‘‘white supremacist 

19 extremism poses [a] persistent threat of lethal 

20 violence,’’ and that White supremacists ‘‘were 

21 responsible for 49 homicides in 26 attacks from 

22 2000 to 2016 . . . more than any other domes23 tic extremist movement’’. 

24 (2) Recent domestic terrorist attacks include— 


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1 (A) the August 5, 2012, mass shooting at 

2 a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 

3 which a White supremacist shot and killed 6 

4 members of the gurdwara; 

5 (B) the April 13, 2014, mass shooting at 

6 a Jewish community center and a Jewish as7 sisted living facility in Overland Park, Kansas, 

8 in which a neo-Nazi shot and killed 3 civilians, 

9 including a 14-year-old teenager; 

10 (C) the June 8, 2014, ambush in Las 

11 Vegas, Nevada, in which 2 supporters of the 

12 far-right-wing ‘‘patriot’’ movement shot and 

13 killed 2 police officers and a civilian; 

14 (D) the June 17, 2015, mass shooting at 

15 the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South 

16 Carolina, in which a White supremacist shot 

17 and killed 9 members of the church; 

18 (E) the November 27, 2015, mass shooting 

19 at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado 

20 Springs, Colorado, in which an anti-abortion ex21 tremist shot and killed a police officer and 2 ci22 vilians; 

23 (F) the March 20, 2017, murder of an Af24 rican-American man in New York City, alleg25 edly committed by a White supremacist who reVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:39 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5602.IH H5602

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1 portedly traveled to New York ‘‘for the purpose 

2 of killing black men’’; 

3 (G) the May 26, 2017, attack in Portland, 

4 Oregon, in which a White supremacist allegedly 

5 murdered 2 men and injured a third after the 

6 men defended 2 young women whom the indi7 vidual had targeted with anti-Muslim hate 

8 speech; 

9 (H) the August 12, 2017, attacks in Char10 lottesville, Virginia, in which— 

11 (i) a White supremacist killed one and 

12 injured nineteen after driving his car 

13 through a crowd of individuals protesting a 

14 neo-Nazi rally, and of which former Attor15 ney General Jeff Sessions said, ‘‘It does 

16 meet the definition of domestic terrorism 

17 in our statute.’’; and 

18 (ii) a group of 6 men linked to militia 

19 or White supremacist groups assaulted an 

20 African-American man who had been pro21 testing the neo-Nazi rally in a downtown 

22 parking garage; 

23 (I) the July 2018 murder of an African24 American woman from Kansas City, Missouri, 

25 allegedly committed by a White supremacist 


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1 who reportedly bragged about being a member 

2 of the Ku Klux Klan; 

3 (J) the October 24, 2018, shooting in 

4 Jeffersontown, Kentucky, in which a White 

5 man allegedly murdered 2 African Americans at 

6 a grocery store after first attempting to enter 

7 a church with a predominantly African-Amer8 ican congregation during a service; 

9 (K) the October 27, 2018, mass shooting 

10 at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, 

11 Pennsylvania, in which a White nationalist al12 legedly shot and killed 11 members of the con13 gregation; 

14 (L) the April 27, 2019, shooting at the 

15 Chabad of Poway synagogue in California, in 

16 which a man yelling anti-Semitic slurs allegedly 

17 killed a member of the congregation and 

18 wounded 3 others; 

19 (M) the August 3, 2019, mass shooting at 

20 a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in which a White 

21 supremacist with anti-immigrant views killed 22 

22 people and injured 26 others; 

23 (N) the December 10, 2019, shooting at a 

24 Kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jer25 sey, in which 2 men with anti-Semitic views 


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1 killed 3 people in the store and a law enforce2 ment officer in an earlier encounter; and 

3 (O) the December 28, 2019, machete at4 tack at a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, 

5 New York, in which a man who had expressed 

6 anti-Semitic views stabbed 5 individuals. 

7 (3) In November 2019, the Federal Bureau of 

8 Investigation released its annual hate crime incident 

9 report, which found that in 2018, violent hate crimes 

10 reached a 16-year high. Though the overall number 

11 of hate crimes decreased slightly after three consecu12 tive years of increases, the report found a 4-percent 

13 increase in aggravated assaults, a 15-percent in14 crease in simple assaults, and a 13-percent increase 

15 in intimidation. There was also a nearly 6-percent 

16 increase in hate crimes directed at LGBTQ individ17 uals and a 14-percent increase in hate crimes di18 rected at Hispanic and Latino individuals. Nearly 60 

19 percent of the religion-based hate crimes reported 

20 targeted American Jews and Jewish institutions. 

21 The previous year’s report found that in 2017, hate 

22 crimes increased by approximately 17 percent, in23 cluding a 23-percent increase in religion-based hate 

24 crimes, an 18-percent increase in race-based crimes, 

25 and a 5-percent increase in crimes directed against 


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1 LGBTQ individuals. The report analyzing 2016 data 

2 found that hate crimes increased by almost 5 per3 cent that year, including a 19-percent rise in hate 

4 crimes against American Muslims. Similarly, the re5 port analyzing 2015 data found that hate crimes in6 creased by 6 percent that year. Much of the 2015 

7 increase came from a 66-percent rise in attacks on 

8 American Muslims and a 9-percent rise in attacks 

9 on American Jews. In all 4 reports, race-based 

10 crimes were most numerous, and those crimes most 

11 often targeted African Americans. 

12 (4) On March 15, 2019, a White nationalist 

13 was arrested and charged with murder after alleg14 edly killing 50 Muslim worshippers and injuring 

15 more than 40 in a massacre at the Al Noor Mosque 

16 and Linwood Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. 

17 The alleged shooter posted a hate-filled, xenophobic 

18 manifesto that detailed his White nationalist ide19 ology before the massacre. Prime Minister Jacinda 

20 Ardern labeled the massacre a terrorist attack. 

21 (5) In January 2017, a right-wing extremist 

22 who had expressed anti-Muslim views was charged 

23 with murder for allegedly killing 6 people and injur24 ing 19 in a shooting rampage at a mosque in Quebec 

25 City, Canada. It was the first-ever mass shooting at 


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1 a mosque in North America, and Prime Minister 

2 Trudeau labeled it a terrorist attack. 

3 (6) On February 15, 2019, Federal authorities 

4 arrested U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Christopher 

5 Paul Hasson, who was allegedly planning to kill a 

6 number of prominent journalists, professors, judges, 

7 and ‘‘leftists in general’’. In court filings, prosecu8 tors described Lieutenant Hasson as a ‘‘domestic 

9 terrorist’’ who in an email ‘‘identified himself as a 

10 White Nationalist for over 30 years and advocated 

11 for ‘focused violence’ in order to establish a white 

12 homeland.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act— 

15 (1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

16 the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

17 (2) the term ‘‘domestic terrorism’’ has the 

18 meaning given the term in section 2331 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, except that it does not include 

20 acts perpetrated by individuals associated with or in21 spired by— 

22 (A) a foreign person or organization des23 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization 

24 under section 219 of the Immigration and Na25 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 


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1 (B) an individual or organization des2 ignated under Executive Order 13224 (50 

3 U.S.C. 1701 note); or 

4 (C) a state sponsor of terrorism as deter5 mined by the Secretary of State under section 

6 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 

7 (50 U.S.C. 4605), section 40 of the Arms Ex8 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or section 

9 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

10 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

11 (3) the term ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Executive 

12 Committee’’ means the committee within the De13 partment of Justice tasked with assessing and shar14 ing information about ongoing domestic terrorism 

15 threats; 

16 (4) the term ‘‘hate crime incident’’ means an 

17 act described in section 241, 245, 247, or 249 of 

18 title 18, United States Code, or in section 901 of the 

19 Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631); 

20 (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

21 of Homeland Security; and 

22 (6) the term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the 

23 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 10, 

24 United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 4. OFFICES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF OFFICES TO MONITOR, ANA3 LYZE, INVESTIGATE, AND PROSECUTE DOMESTIC TER4 RORISM.— 

5 (1) DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT.—There is au6 thorized a Domestic Terrorism Unit in the Office of 

7 Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of 

8 Homeland Security, which shall be responsible for 

9 monitoring and analyzing domestic terrorism activ10 ity. 

11 (2) DOMESTIC TERRORISM OFFICE.—There is 

12 authorized a Domestic Terrorism Office in the 

13 Counterterrorism Section of the National Security 

14 Division of the Department of Justice— 

15 (A) which shall be responsible for inves16 tigating and prosecuting incidents of domestic 

17 terrorism; and 

18 (B) which shall be headed by the Domestic 

19 Terrorism Counsel. 

20 (3) DOMESTIC TERRORISM SECTION OF THE

21 FBI.—There is authorized a Domestic Terrorism 

22 Section within the Counterterrorism Division of the 

23 Federal Bureau of Investigation, which shall be re24 sponsible for investigating domestic terrorism activ25 ity. 


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1 (4) STAFFING.—The Secretary, the Attorney 

2 General, and the Director shall each ensure that 

3 each office authorized under this section in their re4 spective agencies shall— 

5 (A) have adequate number of employees to 

6 perform the required duties; 

7 (B) have not less than 1 employee dedi8 cated to ensuring compliance with civil rights 

9 and civil liberties laws and regulations; and 

10 (C) require that all employees undergo an11 nual anti-bias training. 

12 (5) SUNSET.—The offices authorized under this 

13 subsection shall terminate on the date that is 10 

14 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 (b) JOINT REPORT ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM.— 

16 (1) BIANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later 

17 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

18 Act, and each 6 months thereafter for the 10-year 

19 period beginning on the date of enactment of this 

20 Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attor21 ney General, and the Director of the Federal Bureau 

22 of Investigation shall submit a joint report authored 

23 by the domestic terrorism offices authorized under 

24 paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) to— 


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1 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern3 mental Affairs, and the Select Committee on 

4 Intelligence of the Senate; and 

5 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

6 Committee on Homeland Security, and the Per7 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

8 House of Representatives. 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 

10 paragraph (1) shall include— 

11 (A) an assessment of the domestic ter12 rorism threat posed by White supremacists and 

13 neo-Nazis, including White supremacist and 

14 neo-Nazi infiltration of Federal, State, and 

15 local law enforcement agencies and the uni16 formed services; and 

17 (B)(i) in the first report, an analysis of in18 cidents or attempted incidents of domestic ter19 rorism that have occurred in the United States 

20 since April 19, 1995, including any White-su21 premacist-related incidents or attempted inci22 dents; and 

23 (ii) in each subsequent report, an analysis 

24 of incidents or attempted incidents of domestic 

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1 during the preceding 6 months, including any 

2 White-supremacist-related incidents or at3 tempted incidents; and 

4 (C) a quantitative analysis of domestic ter5 rorism for the preceding 6 months, including— 

6 (i) the number of— 

7 (I) domestic terrorism related as8 sessments initiated by the Federal 

9 Bureau of Investigation, including the 

10 number of assessments from each 

11 classification and subcategory, with a 

12 specific classification or subcategory 

13 for those related to White 

14 supremacism; 

15 (II) domestic terrorism-related 

16 preliminary investigations initiated by 

17 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

18 including the number of preliminary 

19 investigations from each classification 

20 and subcategory, with a specific clas21 sification or subcategory for those re22 lated to White supremacism, and how 

23 many preliminary investigations re24 sulted from assessments; 


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1 (III) domestic terrorism-related 

2 full investigations initiated by the 

3 Federal Bureau of Investigation, in4 cluding the number of full investiga5 tions from each classification and sub6 category, with a specific classification 

7 or subcategory for those related to 

8 White supremacism, and how many 

9 full investigations resulted from pre10 liminary investigations and assess11 ments; 

12 (IV) domestic terrorism-related 

13 incidents, including the number of in14 cidents from each classification and 

15 subcategory, with a specific classifica16 tion or subcategory for those related 

17 to White supremacism, the number of 

18 deaths and injuries resulting from 

19 each incident, and a detailed expla20 nation of each incident; 

21 (V) Federal domestic terrorism22 related arrests, including the number 

23 of arrests from each classification and 

24 subcategory, with a specific classifica25 tion or subcategory for those related 


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1 to White supremacism, and a detailed 

2 explanation of each arrest; 

3 (VI) Federal domestic terrorism4 related indictments, including the 

5 number of indictments from each clas6 sification and subcategory, with a spe7 cific classification or subcategory for 

8 those related to White supremacism, 

9 and a detailed explanation of each in10 dictment; 

11 (VII) Federal domestic terrorism12 related prosecutions, including the 

13 number of incidents from each classi14 fication and subcategory, with a spe15 cific classification or subcategory for 

16 those related to White supremacism, 

17 and a detailed explanation of each 

18 prosecution; 

19 (VIII) Federal domestic ter20 rorism-related convictions, including 

21 the number of convictions from each 

22 classification and subcategory, with a 

23 specific classification or subcategory 

24 for those related to White 


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1 supremacism, and a detailed expla2 nation of each conviction; and 

3 (IX) Federal domestic terrorism4 related weapons recoveries, including 

5 the number of each type of weapon 

6 and the number of weapons from each 

7 classification and subcategory, with a 

8 specific classification or subcategory 

9 for those related to White 

10 supremacism; and 

11 (ii) an explanation of each individual 

12 case that progressed through more than 1 

13 of the stages described under clause (i), in14 cluding the specific classification or sub15 category for each case. 

16 (3) HATE CRIMES.—In compiling a joint report 

17 under this subsection, the domestic terrorism offices 

18 authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 

19 subsection (a) shall, in consultation with the Civil 

20 Rights Division of the Department of Justice and 

21 the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of In22 vestigation, review each hate crime incident reported 

23 during the preceding 6 months to determine whether 

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1 (4) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 

2 Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

3 be— 

4 (A) unclassified, to the greatest extent pos5 sible, with a classified annex only if necessary; 

6 and 

7 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion 

8 of the report, posted on the public websites of 

9 the Department of Homeland Security, the De10 partment of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of 

11 Investigation. 

12 (c) DOMESTIC TERRORISM EXECUTIVE COM13 MITTEE.—There is authorized a Domestic Terrorism Ex14 ecutive Committee, which shall— 

15 (1) meet on a regular basis, and not less regu16 larly than 4 times each year, to coordinate with 

17 United States Attorneys and other key public safety 

18 officials across the country to promote information 

19 sharing and ensure an effective, responsive, and or20 ganized joint effort to combat domestic terrorism; 

21 and 

22 (2) be co-chaired by— 

23 (A) the Domestic Terrorism Counsel au24 thorized under subsection (a)(2)(B); 


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1 (B) a United States Attorney or Assistant 

2 United States Attorney; 

3 (C) a member of the National Security Di4 vision of the Department of Justice; and 

5 (D) a member of the Federal Bureau of 

6 Investigation. 

7 (d) FOCUS ON GREATEST THREATS.—The domestic 

8 terrorism offices authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), 

9 and (3) of subsection (a) shall focus their limited resources 

10 on the most significant domestic terrorism threats, as de11 termined by the number of domestic terrorism-related inci12 dents from each category and subclassification in the joint 

13 report for the preceding 6 months required under sub14 section (b). 

15 SEC. 5. TRAINING TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 

16 (a) REQUIRED TRAINING AND RESOURCES.—The 

17 Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Director shall 

18 review the anti-terrorism training and resource programs 

19 of their respective agencies that are provided to Federal, 

20 State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies, includ21 ing the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Program that is 

22 funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Depart23 ment of Justice, and ensure that such programs include 

24 training and resources to assist State, local, and Tribal 

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1 terring, and investigating acts of domestic terrorism and 

2 White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of law en3 forcement and corrections agencies. The domestic-ter4 rorism training shall focus on the most significant domes5 tic terrorism threats, as determined by the quantitative 

6 analysis in the joint report required under section 4(b). 

7 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Any individual who provides do8 mestic terrorism training required under this section shall 

9 have— 

10 (1) expertise in domestic terrorism; and 

11 (2) relevant academic, law enforcement, or 

12 other community-based experience in matters related 

13 to domestic terrorism. 

14 (c) REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act and twice 

17 each year thereafter, the Secretary, the Attorney 

18 General, and the Director shall each submit a bian19 nual report to the committees of Congress described 

20 in section 4(b)(1) on the domestic terrorism training 

21 implemented by their respective agencies under this 

22 section, which shall include copies of all training ma23 terials used and the names and qualifications of the 

24 individuals who provide the training. 


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1 (2) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 

2 Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

3 be— 

4 (A) unclassified, to the greatest extent pos5 sible, with a classified annex only if necessary; 

6 and 

7 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion 

8 of each report, posted on the public website of 

9 the Department of Homeland Security, the De10 partment of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of 

11 Investigation. 

12 SEC. 6. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the 

15 Director, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Defense shall 

16 establish an interagency task force to analyze and combat 

17 White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uni18 formed services and Federal law enforcement agencies. 

19 (b) REPORT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

21 the interagency task force is established under sub22 section (a), the Attorney General, the Director, the 

23 Secretary, and the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

24 a joint report on the findings of the task force and 

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1 the Secretary, and the Secretary of Defense to such 

2 findings, to— 

3 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

4 Senate; 

5 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

7 (C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

8 the Senate; 

9 (D) the Committee on Armed Services of 

10 the Senate; 

11 (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

12 House of Representatives; 

13 (F) the Committee on Homeland Security 

14 of the House of Representatives; 

15 (G) the Permanent Select Committee on 

16 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

17 and 

18 (H) the Committee on Armed Services of 

19 the House of Representatives. 

20 (2) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 

21 The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

22 be— 

23 (A) submitted in unclassified form, to the 

24 greatest extent possible, with a classified annex 

25 only if necessary; and 


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1 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion 

2 of the report, posted on the public website of 

3 the Department of Defense, the Department of 

4 Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, 

5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

6 SEC. 7. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUPPORT FOR HATE 

7 CRIME INCIDENTS WITH A NEXUS TO DOMES8 TIC TERRORISM. 

9 (a) COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE.—The Com10 munity Relations Service of the Department of Justice, 

11 authorized under section 1001(a) of the Civil Rights Act 

12 of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000g), shall offer the support of the 

13 Service to communities where the Department of Justice 

14 has brought charges in a hate crime incident that has a 

15 nexus to domestic terrorism. 

16 (b) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—Section 

17 249 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 

18 at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—The 

20 Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Fed21 eral Bureau of Investigation, shall assign a special agent 

22 or hate crimes liaison to each field office of the Federal 

23 Bureau of Investigation to investigate hate crimes inci24 dents with a nexus to domestic terrorism (as such term 


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1 is defined in section 3 of the Domestic Terrorism Preven2 tion Act of 2020).’’. 

3 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to the De5 partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

6 the Department of Homeland Security, and the Depart7 ment of Defense such sums as may be necessary to carry 

8 out this Act. 

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