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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 517 

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 introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 

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

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

6 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 

8 (a) DUTY IMPOSED.—Except as provided in sub9 section (c), whenever an act of terrorism occurs in the 

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1 ment agency investigating such act to submit, in collabora2 tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attor3 ney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves4 tigation, and, as appropriate, the Director of the National 

5 Counterterrorism Center, an unclassified report (which 

6 may be accompanied by a classified annex) to Congress 

7 concerning such act not later than 1 year after the comple8 tion of the investigation. Reports required under this sub9 section may be combined into a quarterly report to Con10 gress. 

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

12 section shall include— 

13 (1) a statement of the facts of the act of ter14 rorism referred to in subsection (a), as known at the 

15 time of the report; 

16 (2) an explanation of any gaps in national secu17 rity that could be addressed to prevent future acts 

18 of terrorism; 

19 (3) any recommendations for additional meas20 ures that could be taken to improve homeland secu21 rity, including potential changes in law enforcement 

22 practices or changes in law, with particular attention 

23 to changes that could help prevent future acts of ter24 rorism; and 


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1 (4) a summary of the report for public distribu2 tion. 

3 (c) EXCEPTION.— 

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

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

6 the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney 

7 General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In8 vestigation, or the head of the National Counterter9 rorism Center determines that the information re10 quired to be reported could jeopardize an ongoing in11 vestigation or prosecution. 

12 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—In each in13 stance described in paragraph (1), the principal 

14 making a determination under such paragraph shall 

15 notify Congress of such determination not later than 

16 1 year after the completion of the related investiga17 tion described in subsection (a). 

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

19 of terrorism’’ means an act of domestic terrorism or inter20 national terrorism (as such terms are defined in section 

21 2331 of title 18, United States Code). 

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

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

24 the enactment of this Act. 

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