H. Res. 1154 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 2, 2020. 
Whereas, throughout history, conspiracy theories that falsely 
blame secret cabals or marginalized groups for society’s 
ills have fueled prejudice, genocide, and acts of terrorism; 
Whereas QAnon is a movement promoting a collection of un-
founded conspiracy theories that have spread widely on 
the internet since 2017; 
Whereas QAnon initially alleged that prominent Americans 
are engaged in a secret plot to control the world, while 
using their power to exploit children, and has expanded 
to embrace virtually every popular conspiracy theory of 
the last several decades, from questioning the truth about 
the September 11th terrorist attacks, to believing in alien 
landings, to denying the safety of vaccines; 
Whereas many QAnon followers express anti-Semitic views, 
and the Anti-Defamation League has said that the move-
ment’s central conspiracy theory includes anti-Semitic 
elements; 
Whereas conspiracy theories have been a central driver of 
anti-Semitism for centuries, and QAnon conspiracy theo-
ries are fanning the flames as anti-Semitism is on the 
rise in the United States and around the world;
•HRES 1154 EH 
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has as-
sessed with high confidence that ‘‘fringe political con-
spiracy theories’’, including QAnon, ‘‘very likely motivate 
some domestic extremists, wholly or in part, to engage in 
criminal or violent activity’’, and that these conspiracy 
theories ‘‘very likely encourage the targeting of specific 
people, places and organizations, thereby increasing the 
likelihood of violence against these targets’’; 
Whereas the FBI bases this assessment on ‘‘events in which 
individuals committed crimes, plotted attacks, or success-
fully carried out deadly violence, and who—either before 
or after their arrests—attributed their actions to their 
conspiratorial beliefs’’; 
Whereas QAnon adherents have been implicated in crimes 
that they claim their QAnon beliefs inspired, including— 
(1) a man arrested in 2018 for plotting to plant a 
bomb in the Illinois Capitol rotunda to make Americans 
aware of the ‘‘Pizzagate’’ conspiracy theory; 
(2) a man arrested in 2018 for using an armored 
car to block traffic on the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge; 
(3) a man in Arizona arrested in 2019 for vandal-
izing a Catholic church; 
(4) a woman in Colorado arrested in 2019 for plot-
ting an armed raid to kidnap her child, who had been 
taken from her custody; 
(5) a man charged with the murder of an organized 
crime boss in New York in 2019; and 
(6) a woman arrested in New York with a car full 
of knives after posting a video accusing Joe Biden of par-
ticipating in child sex trafficking and threatening to kill 
him;
•HRES 1154 EH 
Whereas the FBI further assesses that ‘‘these conspiracy 
theories very likely will emerge, spread and evolve in the 
modern information marketplace * * * fostering anti-gov-
ernment sentiment, racial and religious prejudice, [and] 
increasing political tensions’’; 
Whereas, according to the Combating Terrorism Center at 
the United States Military Academy at West Point, 
‘‘QAnon is arguably no longer simply a fringe conspiracy 
theory but an ideology that has demonstrated its capacity 
to radicalize to violence individuals at an alarming 
speed’’; 
Whereas Facebook, Twitter, and Google have removed or 
blocked QAnon groups and content from their platforms 
for violating their policies against misinformation, bul-
lying, hate speech, and harassment; 
Whereas QAnon adherents have been harming legitimate ef-
forts to combat child exploitation and sex trafficking, in-
cluding by overwhelming antitrafficking hotlines with 
false reports; 
Whereas the conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon under-
mine trust in America’s democratic institutions, encour-
age rejection of objective reality, and deepen our Nation’s 
political polarization; and 
Whereas our Nation’s polarization is further accentuated by 
others, from the far left to the far right, promoting ex-
treme ideologies and antigovernment conspiracy theories, 
hijacking legitimate peaceful protests, and encouraging 
followers to damage, deface, or vandalize local, State, and 
Federal Government properties and to attack law en-
forcement: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
•HRES 1154 EH 
(1) condemns QAnon and rejects the conspiracy 
theories it promotes; 
(2) condemns all other groups and ideologies, from 
the far left to the far right, that contribute to the spread 
of unfounded conspiracy theories and that encourage 
Americans to destroy public and private property and at-
tack law enforcement officers; 
(3) encourages the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
as well as all Federal law enforcement and homeland se-
curity agencies, to continue to strengthen their focus on 
preventing violence, threats, harassment, and other 
criminal activity by extremists motivated by fringe polit-
ical conspiracy theories; 
(4) encourages the intelligence community to un-
cover any foreign support, assistance, or online amplifi-
cation QAnon receives, as well as any QAnon affiliations, 
coordination, and contacts with foreign extremist organi-
zations or groups espousing violence; and 
(5) urges all Americans, regardless of our beliefs or 
partisan affiliation, to seek information from authori-