117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 350 

AN ACT 

To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the 

Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 

Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require 

the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. 
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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 Prevention Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 

9 the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

10 (2) the term ‘‘domestic terrorism’’ has the 

11 meaning given the term in section 2331 of title 18, 

12 United States Code; 

13 (3) the term ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Executive 

14 Committee’’ means the committee within the De15 partment of Justice tasked with assessing and shar16 ing information about ongoing domestic terrorism 

17 threats; 

18 (4) the term ‘‘hate crime incident’’ means an 

19 act described in section 241, 245, 247, or 249 of 

20 title 18, United States Code, or in section 901 of the 

21 Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631); 

22 (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

23 of Homeland Security; and 
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1 (6) the term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the 

2 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 10, 

3 United States Code. 

4 SEC. 3. OFFICES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF OFFICES TO MONITOR, ANA6 LYZE, INVESTIGATE, AND PROSECUTE DOMESTIC TER7 RORISM.— 

8 (1) DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT.—There is au9 thorized a Domestic Terrorism Unit in the Office of 

10 Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of 

11 Homeland Security, which shall be responsible for 

12 monitoring and analyzing domestic terrorism activ13 ity. 

14 (2) DOMESTIC TERRORISM OFFICE.—There is 

15 authorized a Domestic Terrorism Office in the 

16 Counterterrorism Section of the National Security 

17 Division of the Department of Justice— 

18 (A) which shall be responsible for inves19 tigating and prosecuting incidents of domestic 

20 terrorism; 

21 (B) which shall be headed by the Domestic 

22 Terrorism Counsel; and 

23 (C) which shall coordinate with the Civil 

24 Rights Division on domestic terrorism matters 

25 that may also be hate crime incidents. 
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1 (3) DOMESTIC TERRORISM SECTION OF THE

2 FBI.—There is authorized a Domestic Terrorism 

3 Section within the Counterterrorism Division of the 

4 Federal Bureau of Investigation, which shall be re5 sponsible for investigating domestic terrorism activ6 ity. 

7 (4) STAFFING.—The Secretary, the Attorney 

8 General, and the Director shall each ensure that 

9 each office authorized under this section in their re10 spective agencies shall— 

11 (A) have an adequate number of employees 

12 to perform the required duties; 

13 (B) have not less than one employee dedi14 cated to ensuring compliance with civil rights 

15 and civil liberties laws and regulations; and 

16 (C) require that all employees undergo an17 nual anti-bias training. 

18 (5) SUNSET.—The offices authorized under this 

19 subsection shall terminate on the date that is 10 

20 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 (b) JOINT REPORT ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM.— 

22 (1) BIANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later 

23 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

24 Act, and each 6 months thereafter for the 10-year 

25 period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
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1 Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attor2 ney General, and the Director of the Federal Bureau 

3 of Investigation shall submit a joint report authored 

4 by the domestic terrorism offices authorized under 

5 paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) to— 

6 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

7 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern8 mental Affairs, and the Select Committee on 

9 Intelligence of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security, and the Per12 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 

15 paragraph (1) shall include— 

16 (A) an assessment of the domestic ter17 rorism threat posed by White supremacists and 

18 neo-Nazis, including White supremacist and 

19 neo-Nazi infiltration of Federal, State, and 

20 local law enforcement agencies and the uni21 formed services; and 

22 (B)(i) in the first report, an analysis of in23 cidents or attempted incidents of domestic ter24 rorism that have occurred in the United States 

25 since April 19, 1995, including any White-su-
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1 premacist-related incidents or attempted inci2 dents; and 

3 (ii) in each subsequent report, an analysis 

4 of incidents or attempted incidents of domestic 

5 terrorism that occurred in the United States 

6 during the preceding 6 months, including any 

7 White-supremacist-related incidents or at8 tempted incidents; 

9 (C) a quantitative analysis of domestic ter10 rorism for the preceding 6 months, including— 

11 (i) the number of— 

12 (I) domestic terrorism related as13 sessments initiated by the Federal 

14 Bureau of Investigation, including the 

15 number of assessments from each 

16 classification and subcategory, with a 

17 specific classification or subcategory 

18 for those related to White 

19 supremacism; 

20 (II) domestic terrorism-related 

21 preliminary investigations initiated by 

22 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

23 including the number of preliminary 

24 investigations from each classification 

25 and subcategory, with a specific clas-
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1 sification or subcategory for those re2 lated to White supremacism, and how 

3 many preliminary investigations re4 sulted from assessments; 

5 (III) domestic terrorism-related 

6 full investigations initiated by the 

7 Federal Bureau of Investigation, in8 cluding the number of full investiga9 tions from each classification and sub10 category, with a specific classification 

11 or subcategory for those related to 

12 White supremacism, and how many 

13 full investigations resulted from pre14 liminary investigations and assess15 ments; 

16 (IV) domestic terrorism-related 

17 incidents, including the number of in18 cidents from each classification and 

19 subcategory, with a specific classifica20 tion or subcategory for those related 

21 to White supremacism, the number of 

22 deaths and injuries resulting from 

23 each incident, and a detailed expla24 nation of each incident; 
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1 (V) Federal domestic terrorism2 related arrests, including the number 

3 of arrests from each classification and 

4 subcategory, with a specific classifica5 tion or subcategory for those related 

6 to White supremacism, and a detailed 

7 explanation of each arrest; 

8 (VI) Federal domestic terrorism9 related indictments, including the 

10 number of indictments from each clas11 sification and subcategory, with a spe12 cific classification or subcategory for 

13 those related to White supremacism, 

14 and a detailed explanation of each in15 dictment; 

16 (VII) Federal domestic terrorism17 related prosecutions, including the 

18 number of incidents from each classi19 fication and subcategory, with a spe20 cific classification or subcategory for 

21 those related to White supremacism, 

22 and a detailed explanation of each 

23 prosecution; 

24 (VIII) Federal domestic ter25 rorism-related convictions, including 
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1 the number of convictions from each 

2 classification and subcategory, with a 

3 specific classification or subcategory 

4 for those related to White 

5 supremacism, and a detailed expla6 nation of each conviction; and 

7 (IX) Federal domestic terrorism8 related weapons recoveries, including 

9 the number of each type of weapon 

10 and the number of weapons from each 

11 classification and subcategory, with a 

12 specific classification or subcategory 

13 for those related to White 

14 supremacism; and 

15 (ii) an explanation of each individual 

16 case that progressed through more than 1 

17 of the stages described under clause (i)— 

18 (I) including the specific classi19 fication or subcategory for each case; 

20 and 

21 (II) not including personally 

22 identifiable information not otherwise 

23 releasable to the public; and 

24 (D) certification that each of the assess25 ments and investigations described under sub-
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1 paragraph (C) are in compliance with all appli2 cable civil rights and civil liberties laws and reg3 ulations. 

4 (3) HATE CRIMES.—In compiling a joint report 

5 under this subsection, the domestic terrorism offices 

6 authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 

7 subsection (a) shall, in consultation with the Civil 

8 Rights Division of the Department of Justice and 

9 the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of In10 vestigation, review each Federal hate crime charge 

11 and conviction during the preceding 6 months to de12 termine whether the incident also constitutes a do13 mestic terrorism-related incident. 

14 (4) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 

15 Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

16 be— 

17 (A) unclassified, to the greatest extent pos18 sible, with a classified annex only if necessary; 

19 and 

20 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion 

21 of the report, posted on the public websites of 

22 the Department of Homeland Security, the De23 partment of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of 

24 Investigation. 
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1 (5) NONDUPLICATION.—If two or more provi2 sions of this subsection or any other law impose re3 quirements on an agency to report or analyze infor4 mation on domestic terrorism that are substantially 

5 similar, the agency may produce one report that 

6 complies with each such requirement as fully as pos7 sible. 

8 (c) DOMESTIC TERRORISM EXECUTIVE COM9 MITTEE.—There is authorized a Domestic Terrorism Ex10 ecutive Committee, which shall meet on a regular basis, 

11 and not less regularly than 4 times each year, to coordi12 nate with United States Attorneys and other key public 

13 safety officials across the country to promote information 

14 sharing and ensure an effective, responsive, and organized 

15 joint effort to combat domestic terrorism. 

16 (d) FOCUS ON GREATEST THREATS.—The domestic 

17 terrorism offices authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), 

18 and (3) of subsection (a) shall focus their limited resources 

19 on the most significant domestic terrorism threats, as de20 termined by the number of domestic terrorism-related inci21 dents from each category and subclassification in the joint 

22 report for the preceding 6 months required under sub23 section (b). 
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1 SEC. 4. TRAINING TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 

2 (a) REQUIRED TRAINING AND RESOURCES.—The 

3 Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Director shall 

4 review the anti-terrorism training and resource programs 

5 of their respective agencies that are provided to Federal, 

6 State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies, includ7 ing the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Program that is 

8 funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Depart9 ment of Justice, and ensure that such programs include 

10 training and resources to assist State, local, and Tribal 

11 law enforcement agencies in understanding, detecting, de12 terring, and investigating acts of domestic terrorism and 

13 White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of law en14 forcement and corrections agencies. The Attorney General 

15 shall make training available to Department prosecutors 

16 and to Assistant United States Attorneys on countering 

17 and prosecuting domestic terrorism. The domestic-ter18 rorism training shall focus on the most significant domes19 tic terrorism threats, as determined by the quantitative 

20 analysis in the joint report required under section 3(b). 

21 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Any individual who provides do22 mestic terrorism training required under this section shall 

23 have— 

24 (1) expertise in domestic terrorism; and 
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1 (2) relevant academic, law enforcement, or 

2 other community-based experience in matters related 

3 to domestic terrorism. 

4 (c) REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act and twice 

7 each year thereafter, the Secretary, the Attorney 

8 General, and the Director shall each submit a bian9 nual report to the committees of Congress described 

10 in section 3(b)(1) on the domestic terrorism training 

11 implemented by their respective agencies under this 

12 section, which shall include copies of all training ma13 terials used and the names and qualifications of the 

14 individuals who provide the training. 

15 (2) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 

16 Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall— 

17 (A) be unclassified, to the greatest extent 

18 possible, with a classified annex only if nec19 essary; 

20 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion 

21 of each report, be posted on the public website 

22 of the Department of Homeland Security, the 

23 Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau 

24 of Investigation; and 
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1 (C) include the number of Federal inci2 dents, investigations, arrests, indictments, pros3 ecutions, and convictions with respect to a false 

4 report of domestic terrorism or hate crime inci5 dent. 

6 SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the 

9 Director, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Defense shall 

10 establish an interagency task force to analyze and combat 

11 White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uni12 formed services and Federal law enforcement agencies. 

13 (b) REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 the interagency task force is established under sub16 section (a), the Attorney General, the Secretary, and 

17 the Secretary of Defense shall submit a joint report 

18 on the findings of the task force and the response 

19 of the Attorney General, the Secretary, and the Sec20 retary of Defense to such findings, to— 

21 (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

22 Senate; 

23 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

24 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
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1 (C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

2 the Senate; 

3 (D) the Committee on Armed Services of 

4 the Senate; 

5 (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

6 House of Representatives; 

7 (F) the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 of the House of Representatives; 

9 (G) the Permanent Select Committee on 

10 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

11 and 

12 (H) the Committee on Armed Services of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.— 

15 The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

16 be— 

17 (A) submitted in unclassified form, to the 

18 greatest extent possible, with a classified annex 

19 only if necessary; and 

20 (B) in the case of the unclassified portion 

21 of the report, posted on the public website of 

22 the Department of Defense, the Department of 

23 Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, 

24 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
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1 SEC. 6. FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR ADDRESSING HATE CRIME 

2 INCIDENTS WITH A NEXUS TO DOMESTIC 

3 TERRORISM. 

4 (a) COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE.—The Com5 munity Relations Service of the Department of Justice, 

6 authorized under section 1001(a) of the Civil Rights Act 

7 of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000g), may offer the support of the 

8 Service to communities where the Department of Justice 

9 has brought charges in a hate crime incident that has a 

10 nexus to domestic terrorism. 

11 (b) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—Section 

12 249 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 

13 at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—The 

15 Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Fed16 eral Bureau of Investigation, shall assign a special agent 

17 or hate crimes liaison to each field office of the Federal 

18 Bureau of Investigation to investigate hate crimes inci19 dents with a nexus to domestic terrorism (as such term 

20 is defined in section 2 of the Domestic Terrorism Preven21 tion Act of 2022).’’. 

22 SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

23 Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this 

24 Act, may be construed to authorize the infringement or 

25 violation of any right protected under the First Amend-
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1 ment to the Constitution of the United States or an appli2 cable provision of Federal law. 

3 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated to the De5 partment of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

6 the Department of Homeland Security, and the Depart7 ment of Defense such sums as may be necessary to carry 

8 out this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2022. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 350 

AN ACT 

To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices 

terrorism. Government to take steps to prevent domestic mestic terrorist activity and require the Federal reau of Investigation to analyze and monitor dothe Department of Justice, and the Federal Buwithin the Department of Homeland Security,