II 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2513 

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 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 

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 TITLES. 

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

5 to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2019’’ 

6 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 

8 (a) DUTY IMPOSED.—Except as provided in sub9 section (c), whenever an act of terrorism occurs in the 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
2 

•S 2513 IS

1 United States, it shall be the duty of the primary Govern2 ment agency investigating such act to submit, in collabora3 tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attor4 ney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves5 tigation, and, as appropriate, the Director of the National 

6 Counterterrorism Center, an unclassified report (which 

7 may be accompanied by a classified annex) to Congress 

8 concerning such act not later than 1 year after the comple9 tion of the investigation. Reports required under this sub10 section may be combined into a quarterly report to Con11 gress. 

12 (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—Each report under this 

13 section shall include— 

14 (1) a statement of the facts of the act of ter15 rorism referred to in subsection (a), as known at the 

16 time of the report; 

17 (2) an explanation of any gaps in national secu18 rity that could be addressed to prevent future acts 

19 of terrorism; 

20 (3) any recommendations for additional meas21 ures that could be taken to improve homeland secu22 rity, including potential changes in law enforcement 

23 practices or changes in law, with particular attention 

24 to changes that could help prevent future acts of ter25 rorism; and 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
3 

•S 2513 IS

1 (4) a summary of the report for public distribu2 tion. 

3 (c) EXCEPTION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The duty established under 

5 subsection (a) shall not apply in instances in which 

6 the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney 

7 General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of In8 vestigation, or the head of the National Counterter9 rorism Center determines that the information re10 quired to be reported could jeopardize an ongoing in11 vestigation or prosecution. 

12 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—In each in13 stance described in paragraph (1), the principal 

14 making a determination under such paragraph shall 

15 notify Congress of such determination not later than 

16 1 year after the completion of the related investiga17 tion described in subsection (a). 

18 (d) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘act 

19 of terrorism’’ means an act of domestic terrorism or inter20 national terrorism (as such terms are defined in section 

21 2331 of title 18, United States Code). 

Æ 


pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS