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Calendar No. 342 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1540 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 6, 2022 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies 
to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Reporting Efficiently 
to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2021’’ 
or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever an act of terrorism oc-
curs in the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal 
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Bureau of Investigation, and, as appropriate, the head of 
the National Counterterrorism Center, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees, by not later than 
one year after the completion of the investigation con-
cerning such act by the primary Government agency con-
ducting such investigation, an unclassified report (which 
may be accompanied by a classified annex) concerning 
such act. 
(b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—A report under this sec-
tion shall— 
(1) include a statement of the facts of the act 
of terrorism referred to in subsection (a), as known 
at the time of the report; 
(2) identify any gaps in homeland or national 
security that could be addressed to prevent future 
acts of terrorism; and 
(3) include any recommendations for additional 
measures that could be taken to improve homeland 
or national security, including recommendations re-
lating to potential changes in law enforcement prac-
tices or changes in law, with particular attention to 
changes that could help prevent future acts of ter-
rorism. 
(c) EXCEPTION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Home-
land Security, the Attorney General, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or, as appro-
priate, the head of the National Counterterrorism 
Center determines any information described in sub-
section (b) required to be reported in accordance 
with subsection (a) could jeopardize an ongoing in-
vestigation or prosecution, the Secretary, Attorney 
General, Director, or head, as the case may be— 
(A) may withhold from reporting such in-
formation; and 
(B) shall notify the appropriate congres-
sional committees of such determination. 
(2) SAVING PROVISION.—Withholding of infor-
mation pursuant to a determination under para-
graph (1) shall not affect in any manner the respon-
sibility to submit a report required under subsection 
(a) containing other information described in sub-
section (b) not subject to such determination. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ACT OF TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘act of ter-
rorism’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
3077 of title 18, United States Code. 
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(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) in the House of Representatives— 
(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity; 
(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
and 
(iii) the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence; and 
(B) in the Senate— 
(i) the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs; 
(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary; 
and 
(iii) the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 5, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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