116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3106 
AN ACT 
To require a joint domestic and international terrorism re-
port, authorize research within the Department of Home-
land Security on current trends in 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 and Inter-
national Terrorism Documentation and Analysis of 
Threats in America Act’’ or the ‘‘Domestic and Inter-
national Terrorism DATA Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(3) DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘domes-
tic terrorism’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 
(4) HATE
CRIME.—The term ‘‘hate crime’’ 
means criminal offenses committed in violation of 
sections 241, 245, 247, and 249 of title 18, United 
States Code, and section 3631 of title 42, United 
State Code.
(5) INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘international terrorism’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 2331 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(6) ONLINE
PLATFORM.—The term ‘‘online 
platform’’ means any public-facing website, web ap-
plication, or digital application, including a mobile 
application, and includes a social network, an ad 
network, a search engine, or an email service. 
(7) 
PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’’ means any information about an individual 
elicited, collected, stored, or maintained by an agen-
cy, including the following: 
(A) Any information that can be used to 
distinguish or trace the identity of an indi-
vidual, such as a name, a social security num-
ber, a date and place of birth, a mother’s maid-
en name, or biometric records. 
(B) Any other information that is linked or 
linkable to an individual, such as medical, edu-
cational, financial, or employment information. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security.
TITLE 
I—FEDERAL 
EFFORTS 
AGAINST 
DOMESTIC 
TER-
RORISM 
AND 
INTER-
NATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 101. JOINT DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND INTER-
NATIONAL TERRORISM REPORT. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary, the Attor-
ney General, and the Director shall submit to the Comp-
troller General of the United States and the appropriate 
congressional committees a joint report on domestic ter-
rorism and international terrorism. 
(b) CONTENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(A) All guidance, policy memos, and re-
lated documents regarding the following: 
(i) The criteria for opening an inves-
tigation for domestic terrorism or inter-
national terrorism or another crime with a 
nexus to domestic terrorism or inter-
national terrorism, including any standards 
of proof required before opening such in-
vestigation.
(ii) Sharing of domestic terrorism or 
international terrorism information across 
law enforcement agencies. 
(iii) Federal requirements and compli-
ance with privacy, civil rights, and civil lib-
erties policies and protections, including 
protections against the public release of 
the names or personally identifiable infor-
mation of individuals involved in incidents, 
investigations, indictments, prosecutions, 
or convictions for which data is reported 
under this section. 
(B) A description of the methodology uti-
lized to identify domestic terrorism and inter-
national terrorism investigative classifications 
(including any subcategories) and to assign an 
investigative classification (including any sub-
category) to a domestic terrorism or inter-
national terrorism incident. 
(C) Threat prioritization determinations 
made each year by the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, consistent with appropriate classi-
fication standards. 
(D) The information required under para-
graph (2).
(2) INFORMATION
ON
DOMESTIC
TERRORISM 
AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (A), each report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include information on in-
cidents of domestic terrorism and international ter-
rorism, including, with respect to each investigative 
classification (including any subcategory) of each 
such incident, the number and type of actual and at-
tempted property crimes, the number and type of ac-
tual and attempted attacks on persons, the number 
of people injured, and the number of people killed, 
and— 
(A) in the first such report, data on inci-
dents or attempted incidents of domestic ter-
rorism and international terrorism that have oc-
curred in the United States since April 19, 
1995, disaggregated by fiscal year, including, 
with respect to each such incident, the number 
and type of property crimes, the number and 
type of actual and attempted attacks on per-
sons, the number of people injured, and number 
of people killed; and 
(B) in each subsequent report for the pre-
ceding fiscal year—
(i) data on incidents or attempted in-
cidents of domestic terrorism and inter-
national terrorism that occurred in the 
United States, including, with respect to 
each such incident, the number and type of 
actual and attempted property crimes, the 
number and type of actual and attempted 
attacks on persons, the number of people 
injured, and the number of people killed; 
(ii) the number of— 
(I) assessments, preliminary in-
vestigations, and full investigations 
with a domestic terrorism or inter-
national terrorism nexus initiated by 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
disaggregated by investigative classi-
fication (including any subcategories), 
and the number of such investigations 
that were initiated as a result of a 
hate crime investigation; 
(II) indictments with a domestic 
terrorism or international terrorism 
nexus, disaggregated by investigative 
classification (including any subcat-
egories) and component or sub-compo-
nent responsible for each such indict-
ment, and an explanation of each such 
indictment; 
(III) prosecutions with a domes-
tic terrorism or international ter-
rorism nexus, disaggregated by inves-
tigative classification (including any 
subcategories) and component or sub- 
component responsible for each such 
prosecution, and an explanation of 
each such prosecution; and 
(IV) convictions with a domestic 
terrorism or international terrorism 
nexus, disaggregated by investigative 
classification (including any subcat-
egories) and component or sub-compo-
nent responsible for each such convic-
tion, and an explanation of each such 
conviction; 
(iii) the number of full-time staff, in-
cluding position descriptions, employed by 
the Department of Homeland Security and 
the Department of Justice to handle mat-
ters described in subclauses (I) through 
(IV) of clause (ii), disaggregated by domes-
tic terrorism and international terrorism; 
and 
(iv) the number of referrals to State 
authorities with a domestic terrorism or 
international 
terrorism 
nexus, 
disaggregated by investigative classification 
(including any subcategories) and compo-
nent or sub-component responsible for each 
such referral, and an explanation of each 
such referral. 
(3) BREAKDOWN OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.— 
The information provided under paragraph (2) re-
lated to the number of people killed or injured shall 
include a breakdown of law enforcement, first re-
sponders, military personnel, and other government 
officials. 
(c) FORMAT.—The information required pursuant to 
subclauses (I) through (IV) of subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii) 
may be provided in a format that uses the marking associ-
ated with the Central Records System or any successor 
system. 
(d) INFORMATION QUALITY.—Each report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall comply with the guidelines 
issued by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget pursuant to section 515 of title V of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 
114 Stat. 2763A–154) (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Data Quality Act’’). 
(e) CLASSIFICATION AND PUBLIC RELEASE.—Each 
report submitted under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) unclassified with a classified annex only if 
necessary; and 
(2) in the case of the unclassified portion of 
each such report, posted on the public websites of 
the Department of Homeland Security, the Depart-
ment of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation. 
SEC. 102. ANNUAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT OF 
JOINT REPORT ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM 
AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 
(a) REVIEWS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after each submission of a joint report on domestic ter-
rorism and international terrorism under section 101(a) 
and for 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees an audit of each such report. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF REVIEW.—In conducting each 
audit under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall—
(1) use standard methodology and reporting 
formats in order to identify, demonstrate, and dis-
play any changes over time, including relating to the 
number of investigations, indictments, prosecutions, 
convictions, and full-time staff between report sub-
missions; 
(2) evaluate adherence to such standard meth-
odology and the privacy, civil rights, and civil lib-
erties policies and protections set forth in section 
101(b)(1)(A)(iii) and 101(b)(1)(B); 
(3) evaluate all guidance, policy memos, and re-
lated documents utilized to decide to initiate inves-
tigations with a domestic terrorism nexus; and 
(4) include any other subject matter the Comp-
troller General determines appropriate. 
(c) ACCESS
TO RELEVANT DATA.—The Attorney 
General, the Director, and the Secretary shall ensure that 
the Comptroller General of the United States has access 
to all data necessary to conduct each audit under sub-
section (a), consistent with section 716(a) of title 31, 
United States Code.
TITLE II—HOMELAND SECURITY 
RESEARCH 
ON 
DOMESTIC 
TERRORISM 
AND 
INTER-
NATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 201. RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on international terrorism with a nexus, including 
an ideological or other relationship, with a current trend 
in domestic terrorism in the United States. Each such re-
port shall take into consideration acts that resulted in in-
dictment, prosecution, or conviction, and any patterns 
among such terrorist acts. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Information on international terrorism with 
ideological, financial, logistical, or other connections 
to domestic terrorism. 
(2) Information on trends in the use of online 
platforms for such terrorism.
(3) Strategies that foreign governments have 
undertaken to counter such terrorism. 
(4) The potential benefits and risks of imple-
menting such strategies in the United States, includ-
ing any potential harm to local communities, pri-
vacy, civil rights, civil liberties, and safety. 
(c) FORM.—Each report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified format but may con-
tain a classified annex only if the Secretary determines 
such is necessary. Each such unclassified report shall be 
posted on the public website of the Department of Home-
land Security. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS AND RULES 
OF CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2026 to carry out 
this Act, of which $1,000,000 is authorized to be appro-
priated for each of such fiscal years for the completion 
of the joint reports on domestic terrorism and inter-
national terrorism under section 101, and $1,000,000 is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of such fiscal years 
to carry out section 201.
SEC. 302. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PII.—No report or database created pursuant to 
this Act may contain the personally identifiable informa-
tion of any person except persons indicted or convicted of 
a crime with a domestic terrorism or international ter-
rorism nexus. 
(b) DISCOURSE.—No report or database created pur-
suant to this Act may contain the name or other identifi-
able information of any organization engaged in lawful po-
litical or public discourse in the United States protected 
under the First Amendment of the United States Con-
stitution. 
(c) PROTECTION.—Nothing in this Act abrogates, di-
minishes, or weakens the provisions of any Federal or 
State law that prevents or protects against the unauthor-
ized collection or release of personal records or personally 
identifiable information. 
(d) DOMESTIC
TERRORISM
RELATED
INFORMA-
TION.—Nothing in this Act may be construed as author-
izing the submission of the joint report required under sec-
tion 101 of this Act in a form that does not include infor-
mation required with respect to domestic terrorism. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3106 
AN ACT 
To require a joint domestic and international ter-
rorism report, authorize research within the De-
partment of Homeland Security on current 
trends in domestic terrorism, and for other pur-
poses.