I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4187 
To penalize acts of domestic terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 13, 2019 
Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To penalize acts of domestic 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 ‘‘Domestic Terrorism 
Penalties Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 113B of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 2339E. Domestic terrorism 
‘‘(a) OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.—Whoever, with re-
spect to a circumstance described in subsection (b), and 
with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population 
or influence, affect, or retaliate against the policy or con-
duct of a government— 
‘‘(1) kills any person, shall be sentenced to 
death or imprisonment of not more than a term of 
life imprisonment, fined under this title, or both; 
‘‘(2) kidnaps any person, shall be imprisoned 
not more than a term of life imprisonment, fined 
under this title, or both; 
‘‘(3) assaults any person with a deadly weapon, 
shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years, fined 
under this title, or both; 
‘‘(4) assaults any person, and serious bodily in-
jury results therefrom, shall be imprisoned not more 
than 30 years, fined under this title, or both; 
‘‘(5) destroys or damages any structure, convey-
ance, or other real or personal property, shall be im-
prisoned not more than 25 years, fined under this 
title, or both; or 
‘‘(6) attempts or conspires to commit an offense 
described under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) 
of this subsection, shall be punished in the same 
manner as a completed act of such offense. 
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‘‘(b) CIRCUMSTANCE DESCRIBED.—A circumstance 
described in this subsection is, with respect to an offense 
under subsection (a), that the offense is committed— 
‘‘(1) against any person or property within the 
United States, and— 
‘‘(A) the mail or any facility of interstate 
or foreign commerce is used in furtherance of 
the offense; 
‘‘(B) such property is used in interstate or 
foreign commerce or in an activity that affects 
interstate or foreign commerce; 
‘‘(C) any perpetrator travels in or causes 
another to travel in interstate or foreign com-
merce in furtherance of the offense; or 
‘‘(D) the offense, or the results of the of-
fense, affect interstate or foreign commerce, or, 
in the case of a threat, attempt, or conspiracy, 
would have affected interstate or foreign com-
merce; 
‘‘(2) against any property that is owned, leased, 
or used by the United States or by any department 
or agency of the United States, whether the property 
is within or outside of the United States; or 
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‘‘(3) against any property within the United 
States that is owned, leased, or used by a foreign 
government.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by adding after the item re-
lating to section 2339D the following: 
‘‘2339E. Domestic terrorism.’’. 
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