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Calendar No. 112 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 945 

[Report No. 118–46] 

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 22, 2023 

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 

JUNE 22, 2023 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with amendments 

[Insert the part printed in italic] 

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 TITLE. 

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

3 to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2023’’ 

4 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 

6 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever an act of ter8 rorism occurs in the United States, the Secretary of 

9 Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Direc10 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and, as 

11 appropriate, the head of the National Counterter12 rorism Center shall— 

13 (A) submit to the appropriate congres14 sional committees, by not later than 1 year 

15 after the completion of the investigation con16 cerning such act by the primary Government 

17 agency conducting such investigation, an un18 classified report (which may be accompanied by 

19 a classified annex) concerning such act; and 

20 (B) make the report required under sub21 paragraph (A) available on a publicly accessible 

22 website. 

23 (2) OTHER REPORTS.—Reports required under 

24 this subsection may be combined into a quarterly re25 port submitted to Congress. 


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1 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Each unclassified report and 

2 classified annex described in paragraph (1)(A) shall 

3 be made available upon request by any Member of 

4 Congress. 

5 (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—A report under this sec6 tion shall— 

7 (1) include a statement of the facts of the act 

8 of terrorism referred to in subsection (a), as known 

9 at the time of the report; 

10 (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national 

11 security that could be addressed to prevent future 

12 acts of terrorism; and 

13 (3) include any recommendations for additional 

14 measures that could be taken to improve homeland 

15 or national security, including recommendations re16 lating to potential changes in law enforcement prac17 tices or changes in law, with particular attention to 

18 changes that could help prevent future acts of ter19 rorism. 

20 (c) EXCEPTION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Home22 land Security, the Attorney General, or the Director 

23 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation determines 

24 any information described in subsection (b) required 

25 to be reported in accordance with subsection (a) 


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1 could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecu2 tion, the Secretary, Attorney General, or Director, 

3 as the case may be— 

4 (A) may withhold from reporting such in5 formation; and 

6 (B) shall notify the appropriate congres7 sional committees of such determination. 

8 (2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Withholding of infor9 mation pursuant to a determination under para10 graph (1) shall not affect in any manner the respon11 sibility to submit a report required under subsection 

12 (a) containing other information described in sub13 section (b) not subject to such determination. 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter16 rorism’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

17 3077 of title 18, United States Code. 

18 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) in the House of Representatives— 

22 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu23 rity; 

24 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

25 and 


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1 (iii) the Permanent Select Committee 

2 on Intelligence; and 

3 (B) in the Senate— 

4 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu5 rity and Governmental Affairs; 

6 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

7 and 

8 (iii) the Select Committee on Intel9 ligence. 

10 (e) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 

11 date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of 

12 this Act. 

13 (f) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act shall be 

14 construed to provide the National Counterterrorism Center 

15 with prosecutorial or investigatory authority. 


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Calendar No. 112 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 945 

[Report No. 118–46] 

A BILL 

To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal 

rorism, and for other purposes. agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terJUNE 22, 2023 

Reported with amendments 


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