Deeming certain conduct of members of Antifa as domestic terrorism and designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Department of Justice, Terrorism

Summary:  <p>This resolution deems certain conduct of members of antifa as domestic terrorism and designates antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.</p> <p>The resolution calls on the Department of Justice to (1) prosecute crimes of domestic terrorism by antifa, and (2) use all available tools and resources to combat the spread of such terrorism by antifa.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 202 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 202

Deeming certain conduct of members of Antifa as domestic terrorism and 
        designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2023

Ms. Greene of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Hunt, Mrs. Miller of 
 Illinois, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. 
 Santos) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Deeming certain conduct of members of Antifa as domestic terrorism and 
        designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.

Whereas the extremist organization Antifa is motivated by communism, anarchism, 
        socialism, and violence, and has continuously demonstrated their 
        commitment to lawlessness and criminal behavior;
Whereas, in 2016, the Department of Homeland Security formally classified Antifa 
        activities as ``domestic terrorist violence'';
Whereas one chapter, Rose City Antifa, has rejected the civil treatment of 
        perceived enemies, stating, ``We can't just argue against them; we have 
        to prevent them from organizing by any means necessary.'', and this same 
        chapter publicly stated, ``We are unapologetic about the reality that 
        fighting fascism at points requires physical militancy.'';
Whereas the far-left militant organization held signs reading, ``We are 
        ungovernable'' and ``Abolish ICE, no cops, prisons, borders, 
        presidents'', illustrating their dedication to lawlessness;
Whereas, in response to the 2017 violent riots, an Antifa extremist stated, 
        ``Sometimes you have to use direct action to stop it because protesting, 
        signs, yelling is not going to do anything. You have to make them 
        afraid.'';
Whereas Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray stated in a 
        testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee, ``We have seen folks 
        who subscribe or identify with the Antifa movement, who coalesce 
        regionally into small groups or nodes and they are certainly organized 
        at that level'', proving these extreme, violent attacks, disguised under 
        the name of protests, are coordinated, organized events that are 
        orchestrated by Antifa;
Whereas the Congressional Research Service reports that Antifa literature urges 
        followers to publicize information such as home addresses, phone 
        numbers, photographs, and social media profiles of perceived enemies;
Whereas, in June 2018, at least 1,500 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
        (referred to in this resolution as ``ICE'') employees were doxed by an 
        Antifa-linked Twitter account and were subjected to violent threats and 
        harassments;
Whereas, in February 2017, black-bloc, Antifa-affiliated riots resulted in 
        $100,000 worth of damage at the University of California at Berkeley;
Whereas, in February 2017, over 200 rioters were indicted on charges of 
        assaulting police officers, torching a limousine, and smashing windows 
        of several businesses, and other Antifa-affiliated rioters were armed 
        with hammers, crowbars, bricks, rocks, flares, firecrackers, and other 
        explosive devices;
Whereas, in August 2017, approximately 100 Antifa rioters incited violence 
        during a peaceful rally in Berkeley, California, where these terrorists 
        were repeatedly punching and kicking innocent people, sending several 
        peaceful protestors to the hospital, and ultimately 13 rioters were 
        arrested on a range of charges including assault with deadly weapons and 
        obstructing a police officer;
Whereas, in July 2020, a self-proclaimed member of Antifa, Willem Van Spronsen, 
        tossed lit objects at vehicles and buildings, caused a car fire, 
        attempted to ignite a 500-gallon propane tank, and attempted to firebomb 
        the ICE detention facility in Tacoma, Washington;
Whereas, in February 2021, the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon 
        stated that Antifa caused more than $2,300,000 in riot damage to Federal 
        property in Oregon, not including any damages to private businesses or 
        State, county, and city buildings;
Whereas, over the summer of 2020, Antifa assisted in inflicting over 
        $2,000,000,000 in damages against churches, Federal buildings, 
        businesses, and other downtown structures across 20 States, resulting in 
        the death of at least 30 individuals as well as 700 injured police 
        officers;
Whereas, over the summer and fall of 2020, Portland District Attorney Mike 
        Schmidt refused to file charges in approximately 70 percent of the 
        approximate 1,000 protest- and riot-related cases brought by police 
        officers;
Whereas, in May 2020, the Department of Justice formally labeled Antifa violence 
        as domestic terrorism in a public statement saying, ``The violence 
        instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in 
        connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated 
        accordingly.'';
Whereas Black Lives Matter-Antifa rioter Malik Fard Muhammad was sentenced to 10 
        years in Federal prison for ``repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing 
        the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and 
        encouraging others to commit violence during protests that occurred in 
        Portland in 2020'';
Whereas, in January 2021, Portland Police Bureau officials reported that Antifa 
        rioters attacked officers in downtown Portland shooting commercial-
        grade, aerial fireworks and firebombs, and destroying government 
        property and over a dozen downtown businesses;
Whereas in that same riot, police were also attacked with bricks, rocks, and 
        frozen water bottles, and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler reported at least 
        tens of thousands of dollars in damage had been done;
Whereas, in August 2022, Antifa ardently defended the sexualization of children 
        by guarding a ``kid-friendly'' drag show at a North Texas distillery;
Whereas, in January 2023, Atlanta police arrested 6 extremists on charges of 
        domestic terrorism following violent riots carried out by members of 
        Antifa who shattered windows, destroyed businesses, torched a police 
        car, and vandalized the walls of the city;
Whereas, in January 2023, Antifa issued a statement telling its followers to 
        bring pipes, spray paint, kerosene, and lighters to New York City to 
        ``Burn it all down'';
Whereas, in March 2023, Antifa-affiliated rioters set fire to the future Atlanta 
        police training facility by launching fireworks, Molotov cocktails, and 
        other destructive items at police officers and into the facility's 
        construction site resulting in arrests of 23 extremists on charges of 
        domestic terrorism;
Whereas these coordinated, destructive acts of hate carried out by Antifa are 
        attacks against the Nation's law enforcement as well as the American 
        people and have no place in the United States; and
Whereas members of Antifa are relentlessly dedicated to using acts of domestic 
        terrorism in order to suppress opposing political ideologies: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) this conduct of Antifa members, or any unlawful conduct 
        performed at an Antifa-affiliated demonstration, is deemed to 
        be domestic terrorism (as such term is defined in section 2331 
        of title 18, United States Code);
            (2) the House of Representatives designates Antifa, and any 
        other affiliated group or subsidiary of Antifa, to be a 
        domestic terrorist organization; and
            (3) the House of Representatives calls on the Department of 
        Justice--
                    (A) to prosecute these crimes of domestic terrorism 
                (as such term is defined in section 2331 of title 18, 
                United States Code) by Antifa; and
                    (B) to use all available tools and resources to 
                combat the spread of domestic terrorism (as such term 
                is defined in section 2331 of title 18, United States 
                Code) committed by Antifa.
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