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Union Calendar No. 426 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5602 

[Report No. 116–526, Part I] 

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 


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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. WILD, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HUFFMAN, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. KILMER, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 

THOMPSON of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New 

Mexico, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. TRONE, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 

MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. DEAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

HECK, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. CROW, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. 

LURIA, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. LAMB, Mr. STANTON, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. SOTO, Mr. PETERS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. JUDY

CHU of California, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 

Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. MURPHY

of Florida, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 

PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GALLEGO, 

Mr. VELA, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. CASTRO of 

Texas, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 

SUOZZI, Ms. HAALAND, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Mr. GOLDEN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 

WEXTON, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. KIM, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. COX of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mrs. 

CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CRIST, 

Mrs. AXNE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. 

BARRAGA ́N, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MICHAEL F. 

DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. KIND, Mr. RYAN, 

Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. TAKANO, 

Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. BERA, Mr. WELCH, Mr. DAVID

SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. 

GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MCADAMS, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. 

LIPINSKI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 

NORCROSS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 

LANGEVIN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. KEATING, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. 

TRAHAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 

SIRES, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LEVIN

of California, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Ms. ESHOO


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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Committees on Homeland Security and Armed Services discharged; committed 

to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 14, 2020] 


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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. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Pre5 vention Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Recent reports have demonstrated that White 

9 supremacists and other far-right-wing extremists are 

10 the most significant domestic terrorism threat facing 

11 the United States, including— 

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

13 op-ed, by a Trump Administration United 

14 States Department of Justice official, who wrote 

15 that ‘‘white supremacy and far-right extremism 

16 are among the greatest domestic-security threats 

17 facing the United States. Regrettably, over the 

18 past 25 years, law enforcement, at both the Fed19 eral and State levels, has been slow to respond. 

20 . . . Killings committed by individuals and 

21 groups associated with far-right extremist groups 

22 have risen significantly.’’; 

23 (B) an April 2017 Government Account24 ability Office report on the significant, lethal 


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1 threat posed by domestic violent extremists, 

2 which— 

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

4 12, 2001, the number of fatalities caused by 

5 domestic violent extremists has ranged from 

6 1 to 49 in a given year.’’; and 

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

8 from attacks by far right wing violent ex9 tremists have exceeded those caused by rad10 ical Islamist violent extremists in 10 of the 

11 15 years, and were the same in 3 of the 

12 years since September 12, 2001. Of the 85 

13 violent extremist incidents that resulted in 

14 death since September 12, 2001, far right 

15 wing violent extremist groups were respon16 sible for 62 (73 percent) while radical 

17 Islamist violent extremists were responsible 

18 for 23 (27 percent).’’; and 

19 (C) an unclassified May 2017 joint intel20 ligence bulletin from the Federal Bureau of In21 vestigation and the Department of Homeland Se22 curity, which found that ‘‘white supremacist ex23 tremism poses [a] persistent threat of lethal vio24 lence,’’ and that White supremacists ‘‘were re25 sponsible for 49 homicides in 26 attacks from 


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1 2000 to 2016 . . . more than any other domestic 

2 extremist movement’’. 

3 (2) Recent domestic terrorist attacks include— 

4 (A) the August 5, 2012, mass shooting at a 

5 Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 

6 which a White supremacist shot and killed 6 

7 members of the gurdwara; 

8 (B) the April 13, 2014, mass shooting at a 

9 Jewish community center and a Jewish assisted 

10 living facility in Overland Park, Kansas, in 

11 which a neo-Nazi shot and killed 3 civilians, in12 cluding a 14-year-old teenager; 

13 (C) the June 8, 2014, ambush in Las Vegas, 

14 Nevada, in which 2 supporters of the far-right15 wing ‘‘patriot’’ movement shot and killed 2 po16 lice officers and a civilian; 

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

18 Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South 

19 Carolina, in which a White supremacist shot 

20 and killed 9 members of the church; 

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

22 at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado 

23 Springs, Colorado, in which an anti-abortion ex24 tremist shot and killed a police officer and 2 ci25 vilians; 


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1 (F) the March 20, 2017, murder of an Afri2 can-American man in New York City, allegedly 

3 committed by a White supremacist who report4 edly traveled to New York ‘‘for the purpose of 

5 killing black men’’; 

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

7 Oregon, in which a White supremacist allegedly 

8 murdered 2 men and injured a third after the 

9 men defended 2 young women whom the indi10 vidual had targeted with anti-Muslim hate 

11 speech; 

12 (H) the August 12, 2017, attacks in Char13 lottesville, Virginia, in which— 

14 (i) a White supremacist killed one and 

15 injured nineteen after driving his car 

16 through a crowd of individuals protesting a 

17 neo-Nazi rally, and of which former Attor18 ney General Jeff Sessions said, ‘‘It does 

19 meet the definition of domestic terrorism in 

20 our statute.’’; and 

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

22 or White supremacist groups assaulted an 

23 African-American man who had been pro24 testing the neo-Nazi rally in a downtown 

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1 (I) the July 2018 murder of an African2 American woman from Kansas City, Missouri, 

3 allegedly committed by a White supremacist who 

4 reportedly bragged about being a member of the 

5 Ku Klux Klan; 

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

7 Jeffersontown, Kentucky, in which a White man 

8 allegedly murdered 2 African Americans at a 

9 grocery store after first attempting to enter a 

10 church with a predominantly African-American 

11 congregation during a service; 

12 (K) the October 27, 2018, mass shooting at 

13 the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn14 sylvania, in which a White nationalist allegedly 

15 shot and killed 11 members of the congregation; 

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

17 Chabad of Poway synagogue in California, in 

18 which a man yelling anti-Semitic slurs allegedly 

19 killed a member of the congregation and wound20 ed 3 others; 

21 (M) the August 3, 2019, mass shooting at a 

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

23 supremacist with anti-immigrant views killed 22 

24 people and injured 26 others; 


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

2 Kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, 

3 in which 2 men with anti-Semitic views killed 3 

4 people in the store and a law enforcement officer 

5 in an earlier encounter; and 

6 (O) the December 28, 2019, machete attack 

7 at a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, New 

8 York, in which a man who had expressed anti9 Semitic views stabbed 5 individuals. 

10 (3) In November 2019, the Federal Bureau of In11 vestigation released its annual hate crime incident re12 port, which found that in 2018, violent hate crimes 

13 reached a 16-year high. Though the overall number of 

14 hate crimes decreased slightly after three consecutive 

15 years of increases, the report found a 4-percent in16 crease in aggravated assaults, a 15-percent increase 

17 in simple assaults, and a 13-percent increase in in18 timidation. There was also a nearly 6-percent in19 crease in hate crimes directed at LGBTQ individuals 

20 and a 14-percent increase in hate crimes directed at 

21 Hispanic and Latino individuals. Nearly 60 percent 

22 of the religion-based hate crimes reported targeted 

23 American Jews and Jewish institutions. The previous 

24 year’s report found that in 2017, hate crimes in25 creased by approximately 17 percent, including a 23- 


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1 percent increase in religion-based hate crimes, an 18- 

2 percent increase in race-based crimes, and a 5-percent 

3 increase in crimes directed against LGBTQ individ4 uals. The report analyzing 2016 data found that hate 

5 crimes increased by almost 5 percent that year, in6 cluding a 19-percent rise in hate crimes against 

7 American Muslims. Similarly, the report analyzing 

8 2015 data found that hate crimes increased by 6 per9 cent that year. Much of the 2015 increase came from 

10 a 66-percent rise in attacks on American Muslims 

11 and a 9-percent rise in attacks on American Jews. In 

12 all 4 reports, race-based crimes were most numerous, 

13 and those crimes most often targeted African Ameri14 cans. 

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

16 arrested and charged with murder after allegedly kill17 ing 50 Muslim worshippers and injuring more than 

18 40 in a massacre at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood 

19 Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The alleged 

20 shooter posted a hate-filled, xenophobic manifesto that 

21 detailed his White nationalist ideology before the mas22 sacre. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled the 

23 massacre a terrorist attack. 

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

25 who had expressed anti-Muslim views was charged 


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1 with murder for allegedly killing 6 people and injur2 ing 19 in a shooting rampage at a mosque in Quebec 

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

4 a mosque in North America, and Prime Minister 

5 Trudeau labeled it a terrorist attack. 

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

7 arrested U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Christopher 

8 Paul Hasson, who was allegedly planning to kill a 

9 number of prominent journalists, professors, judges, 

10 and ‘‘leftists in general’’. In court filings, prosecutors 

11 described Lieutenant Hasson as a ‘‘domestic terrorist’’ 

12 who in an email ‘‘identified himself as a White Na13 tionalist for over 30 years and advocated for ‘focused 

14 violence’ in order to establish a white homeland.’’. 

15 (7) On November 3rd, 2019 a 24 year old man 

16 who authorities say was among masked Antifa sup17 porters attacking conservatives at a June Demonstra18 tion in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced Friday to 

19 nearly six years in prison in connection with brutal 

20 assault. Gage Halupowski pleaded guilty to second21 degree assault after authorities accused him of using 

22 a weapon against a conservative demonstrator who 

23 suffered blows to the head that the victim claims left 

24 him with a concussion and cuts that required 25 sta25 ples to close. 


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1 (8) On December 12, 2019, an assailant involved 

2 in the prolonged firefight in Jersey City, NJ, that left 

3 six people dead, including one police officer, was 

4 linked on Wednesday to the Black Hebrew Israelite 

5 movement, and had public anti-Semitic posts online, 

6 a law enforcement official said. 

7 (9) On February 8, 2020, A gunman stormed a 

8 NYPD precinct after firing at police van, wounding 

9 2. The police commissioner called the Bronx rampage 

10 an ‘‘assassination attempt,’’ on law enforcement. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this Act— 

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

14 Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

15 (2) the term ‘‘domestic terrorism’’ has the mean16 ing given the term in section 2331 of title 18, United 

17 States Code, except that it does not include acts per18 petrated by individuals associated with or inspired 

19 by— 

20 (A) a foreign person or organization des21 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization under 

22 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

23 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 


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1 (B) an individual or organization des2 ignated under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 

3 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 Export 

8 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or section 620A of 

9 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2371); 

11 (3) the term ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Executive 

12 Committee’’ means the committee within the Depart13 ment of Justice tasked with assessing and sharing in14 formation about ongoing domestic terrorism threats; 

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

16 described in section 241, 245, 247, or 249 of title 18, 

17 United States Code, or in section 901 of the Civil 

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

19 (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

20 Homeland Security; and 

21 (6) the term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the mean22 ing given the term in section 101(a) of title 10, 

23 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 Home8 land Security, which shall be responsible for moni9 toring and analyzing domestic terrorism activity. 

10 (2) DOMESTIC TERRORISM OFFICE.—There is 

11 authorized a Domestic Terrorism Office in the 

12 Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Di13 vision of the Department of Justice— 

14 (A) which shall be responsible for inves15 tigating and prosecuting incidents of domestic 

16 terrorism; and 

17 (B) which shall be headed by the Domestic 

18 Terrorism Counsel. 

19 (3) DOMESTIC TERRORISM SECTION OF THE

20 FBI.—There is authorized a Domestic Terrorism Sec21 tion within the Counterterrorism Division of the Fed22 eral Bureau of Investigation, which shall be respon23 sible for investigating domestic terrorism activity. 

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

25 General, and the Director shall each ensure that each 


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1 office authorized under this section in their respective 

2 agencies shall— 

3 (A) have adequate number of employees to 

4 perform the required duties; 

5 (B) have not less than 1 employee dedicated 

6 to ensuring compliance with civil rights and 

7 civil liberties laws and regulations; and 

8 (C) require that all employees undergo an9 nual anti-bias training. 

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

11 subsection shall terminate on the date that is 10 years 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 (b) JOINT REPORT ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM.— 

14 (1) BIANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later 

15 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

16 and each 6 months thereafter for the 10-year period 

17 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 

18 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney Gen19 eral, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves20 tigation shall submit a joint report authored by the 

21 domestic terrorism offices authorized under para22 graphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) to— 

23 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

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1 mental Affairs, and the Select Committee on In2 telligence of the Senate; and 

3 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

4 Committee on Homeland Security, and the Per5 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 

8 paragraph (1) shall include— 

9 (A) an assessment of the domestic terrorism 

10 threat posed by White supremacists and neo11 Nazis, including White supremacist and neo12 Nazi infiltration of Federal, State, and local law 

13 enforcement agencies and the uniformed services; 

14 and 

15 (B)(i) in the first report, an analysis of in16 cidents or attempted incidents of domestic ter17 rorism that have occurred in the United States 

18 since April 19, 1995, including any White-su19 premacist-related incidents or attempted inci20 dents; and 

21 (ii) in each subsequent report, an analysis 

22 of incidents or attempted incidents of domestic 

23 terrorism that occurred in the United States dur24 ing the preceding 6 months, including any 


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1 White-supremacist-related incidents or attempted 

2 incidents; and 

3 (C) a quantitative analysis of domestic ter4 rorism for the preceding 6 months, including— 

5 (i) the number of— 

6 (I) domestic terrorism related as7 sessments initiated by the Federal Bu8 reau of Investigation, including the 

9 number of assessments from each clas10 sification and subcategory, with a spe11 cific classification or subcategory for 

12 those related to White supremacism; 

13 (II) domestic terrorism-related 

14 preliminary investigations initiated by 

15 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

16 including the number of preliminary 

17 investigations from each classification 

18 and subcategory, with a specific classi19 fication or subcategory for those related 

20 to White supremacism, and how many 

21 preliminary investigations resulted 

22 from assessments; 

23 (III) domestic terrorism-related 

24 full investigations initiated by the Fed25 eral Bureau of Investigation, including 


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1 the number of full investigations from 

2 each classification and subcategory, 

3 with a specific classification or sub4 category for those related to White 

5 supremacism, and how many full in6 vestigations resulted from preliminary 

7 investigations and assessments; 

8 (IV) domestic terrorism-related 

9 incidents, including the number of in10 cidents from each classification and 

11 subcategory, with a specific classifica12 tion or subcategory for those related to 

13 White supremacism, the number of 

14 deaths and injuries resulting from each 

15 incident, and a detailed explanation of 

16 each incident; 

17 (V) Federal domestic terrorism-re18 lated arrests, including the number of 

19 arrests from each classification and 

20 subcategory, with a specific classifica21 tion or subcategory for those related to 

22 White supremacism, and a detailed ex23 planation of each arrest; 

24 (VI) Federal domestic terrorism25 related indictments, including the 


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1 number of indictments from each clas2 sification and subcategory, with a spe3 cific classification or subcategory for 

4 those related to White supremacism, 

5 and a detailed explanation of each in6 dictment; 

7 (VII) Federal domestic terrorism8 related prosecutions, including the 

9 number of incidents from each classi10 fication and subcategory, with a spe11 cific classification or subcategory for 

12 those related to White supremacism, 

13 and a detailed explanation of each 

14 prosecution; 

15 (VIII) Federal domestic terrorism16 related convictions, including the num17 ber of convictions from each classifica18 tion and subcategory, with a specific 

19 classification or subcategory for those 

20 related to White supremacism, and a 

21 detailed explanation of each conviction; 

22 and 

23 (IX) Federal domestic terrorism24 related weapons recoveries, including 

25 the number of each type of weapon and 


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1 the number of weapons from each clas2 sification and subcategory, with a spe3 cific classification or subcategory for 

4 those related to White supremacism; 

5 and 

6 (ii) an explanation of each individual 

7 case that progressed through more than 1 of 

8 the stages described under clause (i), includ9 ing the specific classification or subcategory 

10 for each case. 

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

12 under this subsection, the domestic terrorism offices 

13 authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sub14 section (a) shall, in consultation with the Civil Rights 

15 Division of the Department of Justice and the Civil 

16 Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

17 review each hate crime incident reported during the 

18 preceding 6 months to determine whether the incident 

19 also constitutes a domestic terrorism-related incident. 

20 (4) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 

21 Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

22 be— 

23 (A) unclassified, to the greatest extent pos24 sible, with a classified annex only if necessary; 

25 and 


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1 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion of 

2 the report, posted on the public websites of the 

3 Department of Homeland Security, the Depart4 ment of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of In5 vestigation. 

6 (5) NONDUPLICATION.—If two or more provi7 sions of this subsection or any other law impose re8 quirements on an agency to report or analyze infor9 mation on domestic terrorism that are substantially 

10 similar, the agency shall construe such provisions as 

11 mutually supplemental, so as to provide for the most 

12 extensive reporting or analysis, and shall comply 

13 with each such requirement as fully as possible. 

14 (c) DOMESTIC TERRORISM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.— 

15 There is authorized a Domestic Terrorism Executive Com16 mittee, which shall— 

17 (1) meet on a regular basis, and not less regu18 larly than 4 times each year, to coordinate with 

19 United States Attorneys and other key public safety 

20 officials across the country to promote information 

21 sharing and ensure an effective, responsive, and orga22 nized joint effort to combat domestic terrorism; and 

23 (2) be co-chaired by— 

24 (A) the Domestic Terrorism Counsel author25 ized 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 In6 vestigation. 

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

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

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

10 the most significant domestic terrorism threats, as deter11 mined 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 subsection 

14 (b). 

15 SEC. 5. TRAINING TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 

16 (a) REQUIRED TRAINING AND RESOURCES.—The Sec17 retary, the Attorney General, and the Director shall review 

18 the anti-terrorism training and resource programs of their 

19 respective agencies that are provided to Federal, State, 

20 local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies, including the 

21 State and Local Anti-Terrorism Program that is funded by 

22 the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Jus23 tice, and ensure that such programs include training and 

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1 tigating acts of domestic terrorism and White supremacist 

2 and neo-Nazi infiltration of law enforcement and correc3 tions agencies. The domestic-terrorism training shall focus 

4 on the most significant domestic terrorism threats, as deter5 mined by the quantitative analysis in the joint report re6 quired 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 other 

12 community-based experience in matters related to do13 mestic terrorism. 

14 (c) REPORT.— 

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

16 the date of enactment of this Act and twice each year 

17 thereafter, the Secretary, the Attorney General, and 

18 the Director shall each submit a biannual report to 

19 the committees of Congress described in section 

20 4(b)(1) on the domestic terrorism training imple21 mented by their respective agencies under this section, 

22 which shall include copies of all training materials 

23 used and the names and qualifications of the individ24 uals 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 of 

8 each report, posted on the public website of the 

9 Department of Homeland Security, the Depart10 ment of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of In11 vestigation. 

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 Di15 rector, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Defense shall es16 tablish 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 the 

25 response of the Attorney General, the Director, the 


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1 Secretary, and the Secretary of Defense to such find2 ings, 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 the 

10 Senate; 

11 (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

12 House of Representatives; 

13 (F) the Committee on Homeland Security of 

14 the House of Representatives; 

15 (G) the Permanent Select Committee on In16 telligence of the House of Representatives; and 

17 (H) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 (2) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.—The 

20 report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be— 

21 (A) submitted in unclassified form, to the 

22 greatest extent possible, with a classified annex 

23 only if necessary; and 

24 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion of 

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1 partment of Defense, the Department of Home2 land Security, the Department of Justice, and 

3 the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

4 SEC. 7. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUPPORT FOR HATE 

5 CRIME INCIDENTS WITH A NEXUS TO DOMES6 TIC TERRORISM. 

7 (a) COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE.—The Commu8 nity Relations Service of the Department of Justice, author9 ized under section 1001(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 

10 (42 U.S.C. 2000g), may offer the support of the Service to 

11 communities where the Department of Justice has brought 

12 charges in a hate crime incident that has a nexus to domes13 tic terrorism. 

14 (b) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—Section 

15 249 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—The At18 torney General, acting through the Director of the Federal 

19 Bureau of Investigation, shall assign a special agent or hate 

20 crimes liaison to each field office of the Federal Bureau of 

21 Investigation to investigate hate crimes incidents with a 

22 nexus to domestic terrorism (as such term is defined in sec23 tion 3 of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020).’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 

4 Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of 

5 Defense such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

6 Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 426 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5602 

[Report No. 116–526, Part I] 

A BILL 

To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices 

terrorism. Government to take steps to prevent domestic mestic terrorist activity and require the Federal reau of Investigation to analyze and monitor dothe Department of Justice, and the Federal Buwithin the Department of Homeland Security, 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 

amendment 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Committees on Homeland Security and Armed Services 

printed House on the State of the Union and ordered to be discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 


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