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Calendar No. 106 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 517 

[Report No. 117–31] 

To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress 

regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2021 

Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

JULY 26, 2021 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, without amendment 

A BILL 

To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies 

to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and for 

other purposes. 

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 TITLES. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reporting Efficiently 

3 to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2021’’ 

4 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 

6 (a) DUTY IMPOSED.—Except as provided in sub7 section (c), whenever an act of terrorism occurs in the 

8 United States, it shall be the duty of the primary Govern9 ment agency investigating such act to submit, in collabora10 tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attor11 ney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves12 tigation, and, as appropriate, the Director of the National 

13 Counterterrorism Center, an unclassified report (which 

14 may be accompanied by a classified annex) to Congress 

15 concerning such act not later than 1 year after the comple16 tion of the investigation. Reports required under this sub17 section may be combined into a quarterly report to Con18 gress. 

19 (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—Each report under this 

20 section shall include— 

21 (1) a statement of the facts of the act of ter22 rorism referred to in subsection (a), as known at the 

23 time of the report; 

24 (2) an explanation of any gaps in national secu25 rity that could be addressed to prevent future acts 

26 of terrorism; 


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1 (3) any recommendations for additional meas2 ures that could be taken to improve homeland secu3 rity, including potential changes in law enforcement 

4 practices or changes in law, with particular attention 

5 to changes that could help prevent future acts of ter6 rorism; and 

7 (4) a summary of the report for public distribu8 tion. 

9 (c) EXCEPTION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The duty established under 

11 subsection (a) shall not apply in instances in which 

12 the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney 

13 General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In14 vestigation, or the head of the National Counterter15 rorism Center determines that the information re16 quired to be reported could jeopardize an ongoing in17 vestigation or prosecution. 

18 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—In each in19 stance described in paragraph (1), the principal 

20 making a determination under such paragraph shall 

21 notify Congress of such determination not later than 

22 1 year after the completion of the related investiga23 tion described in subsection (a). 

24 (d) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘act 

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1 national terrorism (as such terms are defined in section 

2 2331 of title 18, United States Code). 

3 (e) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 

4 beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of 

5 the enactment of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 106 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 517 

[Report No. 117–31] 

A BILL 

To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal 

rorism, and for other purposes. agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terJULY 26, 2021 

Reported without amendment 


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