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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4187 

To penalize acts of domestic terrorism, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 13, 2019 

Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To penalize acts of domestic 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 ‘‘Domestic Terrorism 

5 Penalties Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 113B of title 18, United 

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2339E. Domestic terrorism 

2 ‘‘(a) OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.—Whoever, with re3 spect to a circumstance described in subsection (b), and 

4 with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population 

5 or influence, affect, or retaliate against the policy or con6 duct of a government— 

7 ‘‘(1) kills any person, shall be sentenced to 

8 death or imprisonment of not more than a term of 

9 life imprisonment, fined under this title, or both; 

10 ‘‘(2) kidnaps any person, shall be imprisoned 

11 not more than a term of life imprisonment, fined 

12 under this title, or both; 

13 ‘‘(3) assaults any person with a deadly weapon, 

14 shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years, fined 

15 under this title, or both; 

16 ‘‘(4) assaults any person, and serious bodily in17 jury results therefrom, shall be imprisoned not more 

18 than 30 years, fined under this title, or both; 

19 ‘‘(5) destroys or damages any structure, convey20 ance, or other real or personal property, shall be im21 prisoned not more than 25 years, fined under this 

22 title, or both; or 

23 ‘‘(6) attempts or conspires to commit an offense 

24 described under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) 

25 of this subsection, shall be punished in the same 

26 manner as a completed act of such offense. 


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1 ‘‘(b) CIRCUMSTANCE DESCRIBED.—A circumstance 

2 described in this subsection is, with respect to an offense 

3 under subsection (a), that the offense is committed— 

4 ‘‘(1) against any person or property within the 

5 United States, and— 

6 ‘‘(A) the mail or any facility of interstate 

7 or foreign commerce is used in furtherance of 

8 the offense; 

9 ‘‘(B) such property is used in interstate or 

10 foreign commerce or in an activity that affects 

11 interstate or foreign commerce; 

12 ‘‘(C) any perpetrator travels in or causes 

13 another to travel in interstate or foreign com14 merce in furtherance of the offense; or 

15 ‘‘(D) the offense, or the results of the of16 fense, affect interstate or foreign commerce, or, 

17 in the case of a threat, attempt, or conspiracy, 

18 would have affected interstate or foreign com19 merce; 

20 ‘‘(2) against any property that is owned, leased, 

21 or used by the United States or by any department 

22 or agency of the United States, whether the property 

23 is within or outside of the United States; or 


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1 ‘‘(3) against any property within the United 

2 States that is owned, leased, or used by a foreign 

3 government.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 for such chapter is amended by adding after the item re6 lating to section 2339D the following: 

‘‘2339E. Domestic terrorism.’’. 

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