SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Commission 
to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States 
Capitol Complex Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
There is established in the legislative branch the Na-
tional Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on 
the United States Capitol Complex (hereafter referred to 
as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
Consistent with the functions described in section 4, 
the purposes of the Commission are the following: 
(1) To investigate and report upon the facts 
and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domes-
tic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol 
Complex (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘domestic ter-
rorist attack on the Capitol’’) and relating to the in-
terference with the peaceful transfer of power, in-
cluding facts and causes relating to the preparedness 
and response of the United States Capitol Police and 
other Federal, State, and local law enforcement in 
the National Capitol Region and other instrumen-
tality of government, as well as the influencing fac-
tors that fomented such attack on American rep-
resentative democracy while engaged in a constitu-
tional process.
(2) To examine and evaluate evidence developed 
by relevant Federal, State, and local governmental 
agencies, in a manner that is respectful of ongoing 
law enforcement activities and investigations regard-
ing the domestic terrorist attack upon the Capitol, 
regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding 
such terrorist attack and targeted violence and do-
mestic terrorism relevant to such terrorist attack. 
(3) To build upon the investigations of other 
entities and avoid unnecessary duplication by review-
ing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
of other executive branch, congressional, or inde-
pendent bipartisan or non-partisan commission in-
vestigations into the domestic terrorist attack on the 
Capitol and targeted violence and domestic terrorism 
relevant to such terrorist attack, including investiga-
tions into influencing factors related to such ter-
rorist attack. 
(4) To investigate and report to the President 
and Congress on its findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations for corrective measures that may in-
clude changes in law, policy, procedures, rules, or 
regulations that could be taken to prevent future 
acts of targeted violence and domestic terrorism, in-
cluding to prevent domestic terrorist attacks against
American democratic institutions, improve the secu-
rity posture of the United States Capitol Complex 
while preserving accessibility of the Capitol Complex 
for all Americans, and strengthen the security and 
resilience of the Nation and American democratic in-
stitutions against domestic terrorism. 
SEC. 4. FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION. 
The functions of the Commission are to— 
(1) conduct an investigation of the relevant 
facts and circumstances relating to the domestic ter-
rorist attack on the Capitol, including relevant facts 
and circumstances relating to— 
(A) activities of intelligence agencies, law 
enforcement agencies, and the Armed Forces, 
including with respect to intelligence collection, 
analysis, and dissemination and information 
sharing among relevant instrumentality of gov-
ernment; 
(B) influencing factors that contributed to 
the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and 
how technology, including online platforms, fi-
nancing, and malign foreign influence oper-
ations and campaigns may have factored into 
the motivation, organization, and execution of 
the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and
targeted violence and domestic terrorism rel-
evant to such attack; and 
(C) other entities of the public and private 
sector as determined relevant by the Commis-
sion for such investigation; 
(2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of 
and the lessons learned from the domestic terrorist 
attack on the Capitol and targeted violence and do-
mestic terrorism relevant to such attack regarding— 
(A) the command, control, and commu-
nications of the United States Capitol Police, 
the National Guard, the Metropolitan Police 
Department of the District of Columbia, and 
other Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
in the National Capitol Region on or before 
January 6, 2021; 
(B) the structure, coordination, operational 
plans, policies, and procedures of the Federal 
Government, including as such relate to State 
and local governments and nongovernmental en-
tities, and particularly with respect to detecting, 
preventing, preparing for, and responding to 
targeted violence and domestic terrorism; 
(C) the structure, authorities, training, 
manpower utilization, operational planning, and
use of force policies of the United States Cap-
itol Police; 
(D) the policies, protocols, processes, pro-
cedures, and systems for sharing of intelligence 
and other information by Federal, State, and 
local agencies with the United States Capitol 
Police, the Sergeants at Arms of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, including the 
Metropolitan Police Department of the District 
of Columbia, the National Guard, and other 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the 
National Capitol Region on or before January 
6, 2021, and the related the policies, protocols, 
processes, procedures, and systems for moni-
toring, assessing, disseminating, and acting on 
intelligence and other information, including 
elevating the security posture of the United 
States Capitol Complex, derived from instru-
mentality of government, open sources, and on-
line platforms; and 
(E) the policies, protocols, processes, pro-
cedures, and systems for interoperability be-
tween the United States Capitol Police and the 
National Guard, the Metropolitan Police De-
partment of the District of Columbia, and other 
Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the 
National Capitol Region on or before January 
6, 2021; and 
(3) submit to the President and Congress re-
ports required pursuant to section 10 containing 
such findings, conclusions, and recommendations, 
which may include changes in law, policy, proce-
dures, rules, or regulations, to improve the detection, 
prevention, preparedness for, and response to tar-
geted violence and domestic terrorism and improve 
the security posture of the United States Capitol 
Complex and ensure the security of Members of 
Congress and staff. 
SEC. 5. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION. 
(a) MEMBERS.—The Commission shall be composed 
of ten members, of whom— 
(1) one member shall be appointed jointly by 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
majority leader of the Senate to serve as Chair-
person of the Commission; 
(2) one member shall be appointed jointly by 
the minority leader of the House of Representatives 
and the minority leader of the Senate to serve as 
Vice Chairperson of the Commission;
(3) two members shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
(4) two members shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the House of Representatives; 
(5) two members shall be appointed by the ma-
jority leader of the Senate; and 
(6) two members shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the Senate. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS; INITIAL MEETING.— 
(1) NONGOVERNMENTAL APPOINTEES.—An in-
dividual appointed to the Commission may not be an 
officer or employee of an instrumentality of govern-
ment. 
(2) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that individuals appointed to the Commis-
sion should be prominent United States citizens, 
with national recognition and significant depth of ex-
perience in at least two of the following areas: 
(A) Governmental service. 
(B) Law enforcement. 
(C) Civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy. 
(D) The Armed Forces. 
(E) Intelligence. 
(F) Counterterrorism. 
(G) Cybersecurity.