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Calendar No. 342 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1540 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 6, 2022 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

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, 

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 2021’’ 

6 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever an act of terrorism oc9 curs in the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Se10 curity, the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal 


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

2 the National Counterterrorism Center, shall submit to the 

3 appropriate congressional committees, by not later than 

4 one year after the completion of the investigation con5 cerning such act by the primary Government agency con6 ducting such investigation, an unclassified report (which 

7 may be accompanied by a classified annex) concerning 

8 such act. 

9 (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—A report under this sec10 tion shall— 

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

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

13 at the time of the report; 

14 (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national 

15 security that could be addressed to prevent future 

16 acts of terrorism; and 

17 (3) include any recommendations for additional 

18 measures that could be taken to improve homeland 

19 or national security, including recommendations re20 lating to potential changes in law enforcement prac21 tices or changes in law, with particular attention to 

22 changes that could help prevent future acts of ter23 rorism. 

24 (c) EXCEPTION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Home2 land Security, the Attorney General, the Director of 

3 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or, as appro4 priate, the head of the National Counterterrorism 

5 Center determines any information described in sub6 section (b) required to be reported in accordance 

7 with subsection (a) could jeopardize an ongoing in8 vestigation or prosecution, the Secretary, Attorney 

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

10 (A) may withhold from reporting such in11 formation; and 

12 (B) shall notify the appropriate congres13 sional committees of such determination. 

14 (2) SAVING PROVISION.—Withholding of infor15 mation pursuant to a determination under para16 graph (1) shall not affect in any manner the respon17 sibility to submit a report required under subsection 

18 (a) containing other information described in sub19 section (b) not subject to such determination. 

20 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter22 rorism’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

23 3077 of title 18, United States Code. 


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) in the House of Representatives— 

5 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu6 rity; 

7 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

8 and 

9 (iii) the Permanent Select Committee 

10 on Intelligence; and 

11 (B) in the Senate— 

12 (i) the Committee on Homeland Secu13 rity and Governmental Affairs; 

14 (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 

15 and 

16 (iii) the Select Committee on Intel17 ligence. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 5, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 342 

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 terAPRIL 6, 2022 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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