117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1540 

AN ACT 

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 2021’’ 

4 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever an act of terrorism oc7 curs in the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Se8 curity, the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal 

9 Bureau of Investigation, and, as appropriate, the head of 

10 the National Counterterrorism Center, shall submit to the 

11 appropriate congressional committees, by not later than 

12 one year after the completion of the investigation con13 cerning such act by the primary Government agency con14 ducting such investigation, an unclassified report (which 

15 may be accompanied by a classified annex) concerning 

16 such act. 

17 (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—A report under this sec18 tion shall— 

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

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

21 at the time of the report; 

22 (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national 

23 security that could be addressed to prevent future 

24 acts of terrorism; and 

25 (3) include any recommendations for additional 

26 measures that could be taken to improve homeland 
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1 or national security, including recommendations re2 lating to potential changes in law enforcement prac3 tices or changes in law, with particular attention to 

4 changes that could help prevent future acts of ter5 rorism. 

6 (c) EXCEPTION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Home8 land Security, the Attorney General, the Director of 

9 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or, as appro10 priate, the head of the National Counterterrorism 

11 Center determines any information described in sub12 section (b) required to be reported in accordance 

13 with subsection (a) could jeopardize an ongoing in14 vestigation or prosecution, the Secretary, Attorney 

15 General, Director, or head, as the case may be— 

16 (A) may withhold from reporting such in17 formation; and 

18 (B) shall notify the appropriate congres19 sional committees of such determination. 

20 (2) SAVING PROVISION.—Withholding of infor21 mation pursuant to a determination under para22 graph (1) shall not affect in any manner the respon23 sibility to submit a report required under subsection 

24 (a) containing other information described in sub25 section (b) not subject to such determination. 
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1 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter3 rorism’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

4 3077 of title 18, United States Code. 

5 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (A) in the House of Representatives— 

9 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu10 rity; 

11 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

12 and 

13 (iii) the Permanent Select Committee 

14 on Intelligence; and 

15 (B) in the Senate— 

16 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu17 rity and Governmental Affairs; 

18 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

19 and 
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1 (iii) the Select Committee on Intel2 ligence. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 5, 2022. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1540 

AN ACT 

To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal 

rorism, and for other purposes. agencies to Congress regarding incidents of ter-