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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4790 

To require the Director of National Intelligence and other officials to declassify information relating to the failed assassination attempt on Donald 

J. Trump, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mr. HAWLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To require the Director of National Intelligence and other 

officials to declassify information relating to the failed 

assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, 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 ‘‘Trump Assassination 

5 Attempt Transparency Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) the Department of Homeland Security and 

2 the United States Secret Service should be fully 

3 transparent with Congress and the people of the 

4 United States about the failed assassination attempt 

5 on Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler, 

6 Pennsylvania; 

7 (2) the former President and presumptive Re8 publican party nominee was shot in the head; 

9 (3) Congress has historically conducted inves10 tigations into presidential assassinations and assas11 sination attempts; 

12 (4) Congress has a role in investigating this 

13 historic security failure; and 

14 (5) investigation into the failure to protect Don15 ald J. Trump would benefit from declassifying all re16 lated information. 

17 SEC. 3. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION RELATING 

18 TO THE FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON 

19 DONALD J. TRUMP. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means— 

24 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

25 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 


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1 (B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac2 countability and the Committee on Homeland 

3 Security of the House of Representatives. 

4 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

5 the Director of National Intelligence. 

6 (3) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Inspec7 tor General’’ means the Inspector General of the In8 telligence Community. 

9 (b) DECLASSIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Director 

10 shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Se11 curity, the Attorney General, and such other officials as 

12 the Director considers appropriate, declassify any and all 

13 information relating to the failed assassination attempt on 

14 the life of Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 

15 July 13, 2024, including any and all information relating 

16 to— 

17 (1) the identity, motive, method, and actions of 

18 the shooter; 

19 (2) requests for additional resources or protec20 tive measures for Donald J. Trump, his campaign, 

21 his organization, or any entity involved in preparing 

22 for the event; 

23 (3) preparations for the event in Butler, Penn24 sylvania, by the United States Secret Service and 

25 other law enforcement entities; 


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1 (4) response by United States Secret Service to 

2 the shooter; and 

3 (5) information on the ensuing investigation by 

4 the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any other 

5 investigating agency. 

6 (c) REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL7 LIGENCE.—The Director shall submit to Congress an un8 classified report that contains— 

9 (1) all the information described under sub10 section (b); and 

11 (2) only such redactions as the Director deter12 mines are strictly necessary to protect sources and 

13 methods. 

14 (d) REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE IN15 TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Not later than 30 days after 

16 the date that the Director submits to Congress the report 

17 required by subsection (c), the Inspector General shall 

18 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re19 port assessing whether the Director complied with the re20 quirements of this section. 

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