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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 945 

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 

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 TITLE. 

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

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

6 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever an act of ter2 rorism occurs in the United States, the Secretary of 

3 Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Direc4 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and, as 

5 appropriate, the head of the National Counterter6 rorism Center shall— 

7 (A) submit to the appropriate congres8 sional committees, by not later than 1 year 

9 after the completion of the investigation con10 cerning such act by the primary Government 

11 agency conducting such investigation, an un12 classified report (which may be accompanied by 

13 a classified annex) concerning such act; and 

14 (B) make the report required under sub15 paragraph (A) available on a publicly accessible 

16 website. 

17 (2) OTHER REPORTS.—Reports required under 

18 this subsection may be combined into a quarterly re19 port submitted to Congress. 

20 (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—A report under this sec21 tion shall— 

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

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

24 at the time of the report; 


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1 (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national 

2 security that could be addressed to prevent future 

3 acts of terrorism; and 

4 (3) include any recommendations for additional 

5 measures that could be taken to improve homeland 

6 or national security, including recommendations re7 lating to potential changes in law enforcement prac8 tices or changes in law, with particular attention to 

9 changes that could help prevent future acts of ter10 rorism. 

11 (c) EXCEPTION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Home13 land Security, the Attorney General, or the Director 

14 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation determines 

15 any information described in subsection (b) required 

16 to be reported in accordance with subsection (a) 

17 could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecu18 tion, the Secretary, Attorney General, or Director, 

19 as the case may be— 

20 (A) may withhold from reporting such in21 formation; and 

22 (B) shall notify the appropriate congres23 sional committees of such determination. 

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1 graph (1) shall not affect in any manner the respon2 sibility to submit a report required under subsection 

3 (a) containing other information described in sub4 section (b) not subject to such determination. 

5 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter7 rorism’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

8 3077 of title 18, United States Code. 

9 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ means— 

12 (A) in the House of Representatives— 

13 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu14 rity; 

15 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

16 and 

17 (iii) the Permanent Select Committee 

18 on Intelligence; and 

19 (B) in the Senate— 

20 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu21 rity and Governmental Affairs; 

22 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

23 and 

24 (iii) the Select Committee on Intel25 ligence. 


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

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

3 this Act. 

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