Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act

To require a joint domestic terrorism report, establish within the Department of Homeland Security a National Center for the Study of Domestic Terrorism, authorize research within the Department of Homeland Security on current trends in domestic terrorism, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Domestic and International Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees (2) Director The term Director (3) Domestic terrorism The term domestic terrorism (4) Hate crime The term hate crime (5) International terrorism The term international terrorism (6) Online platform The term online platform (7) Personally identifiable information The term personally identifiable information (A) Any information that can be used to distinguish or trace the identity of an individual, such as a name, a social security number, a date and place of birth, a mother’s maiden name, or biometric records. (B) Any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical, educational, financial, or employment information. (8) Secretary The term Secretary I Federal Efforts Against Domestic Terrorism and International Terrorism 101. Joint domestic terrorism and international terrorism report (a) Annual report required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Director shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States and the appropriate congressional committees a joint report on domestic terrorism and international terrorism. (b) Contents (1) In general Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: (A) All guidance, policy memos, and related documents regarding the following: (i) The criteria for opening a domestic or international terrorism investigation, including any standards of proof required before opening such investigation. (ii) Sharing of domestic or international terrorism information across law enforcement agencies. (iii) Federal requirements and compliance with privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties policies and protections, including protections against the public release of the names or personally identifiable information of individuals involved in incidents, investigations, indictments, prosecutions, or convictions for which data is reported under this section. (B) A description of the methodology utilized to identify domestic and international terrorism investigative classifications (including any subcategories) and to assign an investigative classification (including any subcategory) to a domestic or international terrorism incident. (C) The information required under paragraph (2). (2) Information on domestic terrorism and international terrorism Except as provided in subparagraph (A), each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include information on incidents of domestic terrorism and international terrorism, including, with respect to each investigative classification (including any subcategory) of each such incident, the number and type of actual and attempted property crimes, the number and type of actual and attempted attacks on persons, the number of people injured, and the number of people killed, and— (A) in the first such report, data on incidents or attempted incidents of domestic terrorism and international terrorism that have occurred in the United States since April 19, 1995, disaggregated by fiscal year, including, with respect to each such incident, the number and type of property crimes, the number and type of actual and attempted attacks on persons, the number of people injured, and number of people killed; and (B) in each subsequent report for the preceding fiscal year— (i) data on incidents or attempted incidents of domestic terrorism and international terrorism that occurred in the United States, including, with respect to each such incident, the number and type of actual and attempted property crimes, the number and type of actual and attempted attacks on persons, the number of people injured, and the number of people killed; and (ii) the number of— (I) assessments, preliminary investigations, and full investigations with a domestic terrorism or international terrorism nexus initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, disaggregated by investigative classification (including any subcategories), and the number of such investigations that were initiated as a result of a hate crime investigation; (II) indictments with a domestic terrorism or international terrorism nexus, disaggregated by investigative classification (including any subcategories), and an explanation of each such indictment; (III) prosecutions with a domestic terrorism or international terrorism nexus, disaggregated by investigative classification (including any subcategories), and an explanation of each such prosecution; and (IV) convictions with a domestic terrorism or international terrorism nexus, disaggregated by investigative classification (including any subcategories), and an explanation of each such conviction; and (iii) the number of full-time staff, including position descriptions, employed by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to handle matters described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of clause (ii), disaggregated by domestic terrorism and international terrorism. (3) Breakdown of certain information The information provided under paragraph (2) related to the number of people killed or injured shall include a breakdown of law enforcement, first responders, military personnel, and other government officials. (c) Format The information required pursuant to subclauses (I) through (IV) of subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii) may be provided in a format that uses the marking associated with the Central Records System or any successor system. (d) Information quality Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall comply with the guidelines issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to section 515 of title V of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 ( Public Law 106–554 Data Quality Act (e) Classification and public release Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall be— (1) unclassified with a classified annex only if necessary; and (2) in the case of the unclassified portion of each such report, posted on the public websites of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 102. Annual Comptroller General audit of joint report on domestic terrorism and international terrorism (a) Reviews required Not later than 180 days after each submission of a joint report on domestic terrorism and international terrorism under section 101(a) and for five years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an audit of each such report. (b) Elements of review In conducting each audit under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall— (1) use standard methodology and reporting formats in order to identify, demonstrate, and display any changes over time, including relating to the number of investigations, indictments, prosecutions, convictions, and full-time staff between report submissions; (2) evaluate adherence to such standard methodology and the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties policies and protections set forth in section 101(b)(1)(A)(iii) and 101(b)(1)(B); (3) evaluate all guidance, policy memos, and related documents utilized to decide to initiate investigations with a domestic terrorism nexus; and (4) include any other subject matter the Comptroller General determines appropriate. (c) Access to relevant data The Attorney General, the Director, and the Secretary shall ensure that the Comptroller General of the United States has access to all data necessary to conduct each audit under subsection (a), consistent with section 716(a) of title 31, United States Code. II Homeland Security Research on Domestic Terrorism and International Terrorism 201. Research on domestic terrorism and international terrorism (a) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on international terrorism with a nexus, including an ideological or other relationship, with a current trend in domestic terrorism in the United States. Each such report shall take into consideration acts that resulted in indictment, prosecution, or conviction, and any patterns among such terrorist acts. (b) Contents Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Information on international terrorism with ideological, financial, logistical, or other connections to domestic terrorism. (2) Information on trends in the use of online platforms for such terrorism. (3) Strategies that foreign governments have undertaken to counter such terrorism. (4) The potential benefits and risks of implementing such strategies in the United States, including any potential harm to local communities, privacy, civil rights, civil liberties, and safety. III Authorization of Appropriations and Rules of Construction 301. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2026 to carry out this Act, of which $1,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each of such fiscal years for the completion of the joint reports on domestic terrorism and international terrorism under section 101, and $1,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each of such fiscal years to carry out section 201. 302. Rules of construction (a) PII No report or database created pursuant to this Act may contain the personally identifiable information of any person except persons indicted or convicted of a crime with a domestic terrorism or international terrorism nexus. (b) Discourse No report or database created pursuant to this Act may contain the name or other identifiable information of any organization engaged in lawful political or public discourse in the United States protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. (c) Protection Nothing in this Act abrogates, diminishes, or weakens the provisions of any Federal or State law that prevents or protects against the unauthorized collection or release of personal records or personally identifiable information. (d) Domestic terrorism related information Nothing in this Act may be construed as authorizing the submission of the joint report required under section 101 of this Act in a form that does not include information required with respect to domestic terrorism. Amend the title so as to read: A bill to require a joint domestic and international terrorism report, authorize research within the Department of Homeland Security on current trends in domestic terrorism, and for other purposes. September 19, 2019 Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security September 19, 2019 Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: Domestic and International Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of Threats in America Act or the Domestic and International Terrorism DATA Act This bill establishes new requirements to expand the availability of information on domestic terrorism and international terrorism, including the links between them. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit joint reports on domestic and international terrorism. Additionally, the Science and Technology Directorate within DHS must report on international terrorism with a nexus to a current trend in domestic terrorism.