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Union Calendar No. 214 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 350 
[Report No. 117–292, Part I] 
To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity 
and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic 
terrorism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2021 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. KELLY of 
Illinois, Mr. BACON, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. UPTON, and 
Mr. CORREA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Home-
land Security, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
APRIL 21, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. RUSH, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
KEATING, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
COOPER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. KIM 
of New Jersey, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. SCANLON, 
Mr. PETERS, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. PALLONE, Miss RICE of New York, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. 
TITUS, Mr. TRONE, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. DEMINGS, 
Ms. PORTER, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. BUSTOS, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. 
PANETTA, Mr. LAMB, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. 
STANTON, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. CROW, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 
Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CASTEN, 
Mr. SIRES, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. CASE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 
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SHERRILL, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LIEU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. COHEN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. CRIST, Ms. DEGETTE, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CRAIG, 
Ms. MANNING, Ms. DEAN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. KIND, Mr. HIMES, 
Mr. KHANNA, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
NORCROSS, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. BASS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. VARGAS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. DAVID
SCOTT
of Georgia, Mr. VELA, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. ROSS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. BERA, Mr. KILMER, Ms. WILD, Mr. 
TORRES of New York, Ms. NEWMAN, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
LEVIN of California, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. TAKANO, 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 
SEAN
PATRICK
MALONEY
of New York, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
HASTINGS, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 
BEYER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CHU, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
DELGADO, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. CARSON, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MCEACHIN, 
Ms. PINGREE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Mr. EVANS, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
MRVAN, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. BROWN 
of Ohio, and Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK 
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APRIL 21, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
APRIL 21, 2022 
Committees on Homeland Security and Armed Services discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 19, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the 
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 
Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ana-
lyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require 
the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domes-
tic terrorism. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Pre-
vention Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(2) the term ‘‘domestic terrorism’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2331 of title 18, United 
States Code, except that it does not include acts per-
petrated by individuals associated with or inspired 
by— 
(A) a foreign person or organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization under 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
(B) an individual or organization des-
ignated under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note); or 
(C) a state sponsor of terrorism as deter-
mined by the Secretary of State under section 
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. 4605), section 40 of the Arms Export 
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Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or section 620A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2371); 
(3) the term ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Executive 
Committee’’ means the committee within the Depart-
ment of Justice tasked with assessing and sharing in-
formation about ongoing domestic terrorism threats; 
(4) the term ‘‘hate crime incident’’ means an act 
described in section 241, 245, 247, or 249 of title 18, 
United States Code, or in section 901 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631); 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Homeland Security; and 
(6) the term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 101(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 3. OFFICES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF OFFICES TO MONITOR, ANA-
LYZE, INVESTIGATE, AND PROSECUTE DOMESTIC TER-
RORISM.— 
(1) DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT.—There is au-
thorized a Domestic Terrorism Unit in the Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Home-
land Security, which shall be responsible for moni-
toring and analyzing domestic terrorism activity. 
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(2) DOMESTIC
TERRORISM
OFFICE.—There is 
authorized a Domestic Terrorism Office in the 
Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Di-
vision of the Department of Justice— 
(A) which shall be responsible for inves-
tigating and prosecuting incidents of domestic 
terrorism; 
(B) which shall be headed by the Domestic 
Terrorism Counsel; and 
(C) which shall coordinate with the Civil 
Rights Division on domestic terrorism matters 
that may also be hate crime incidents. 
(3) DOMESTIC
TERRORISM
SECTION
OF
THE 
FBI.—There is authorized a Domestic Terrorism Sec-
tion within the Counterterrorism Division of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, which shall be respon-
sible for investigating domestic terrorism activity. 
(4) STAFFING.—The Secretary, the Attorney 
General, and the Director shall each ensure that each 
office authorized under this section in their respective 
agencies shall— 
(A) have an adequate number of employees 
to perform the required duties; 
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(B) have not less than one employee dedi-
cated to ensuring compliance with civil rights 
and civil liberties laws and regulations; and 
(C) require that all employees undergo an-
nual anti-bias training. 
(5) SUNSET.—The offices authorized under this 
subsection shall terminate on the date that is 10 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) JOINT REPORT ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM.— 
(1) BIANNUAL
REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and each 6 months thereafter for the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney Gen-
eral, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation shall submit a joint report authored by the 
domestic terrorism offices authorized under para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) to— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Select Committee on In-
telligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the Per-
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manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the domestic terrorism 
threat posed by White supremacists and neo- 
Nazis, including White supremacist and neo- 
Nazi infiltration of Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agencies and the uniformed services; 
and 
(B)(i) in the first report, an analysis of in-
cidents or attempted incidents of domestic ter-
rorism that have occurred in the United States 
since January 1, 2012, including any White-su-
premacist-related incidents or attempted inci-
dents; and 
(ii) in each subsequent report, an analysis 
of incidents or attempted incidents of domestic 
terrorism that occurred in the United States dur-
ing the preceding 6 months, including any 
White-supremacist-related incidents or attempted 
incidents; and 
(C) a quantitative analysis of domestic ter-
rorism for the preceding 6 months, including— 
(i) the number of— 
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(I) domestic terrorism related as-
sessments initiated by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, including the 
number of assessments from each clas-
sification and subcategory, with a spe-
cific classification or subcategory for 
those related to White supremacism; 
(II) 
domestic 
terrorism-related 
preliminary investigations initiated by 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
including the number of preliminary 
investigations from each classification 
and subcategory, with a specific classi-
fication or subcategory for those related 
to White supremacism, and how many 
preliminary 
investigations 
resulted 
from assessments; 
(III) domestic terrorism-related 
full investigations initiated by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, including 
the number of full investigations from 
each classification and subcategory, 
with a specific classification or sub-
category for those related to White 
supremacism, and how many full in-
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