I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3233 
To establish the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack 
on the United States Capitol Complex, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2021 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To establish the National Commission to Investigate the 
January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, 
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 ‘‘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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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, 
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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 
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(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. 
(H) Technology. 
(I) Law. 
(3) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 
meet and begin the initial operation of the Commis-
sion as soon as practicable, but not earlier than 15 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(c) TIMING FOR APPOINTMENT.—All members of the 
Commission shall be appointed not later than 10 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) QUORUM; VACANCIES.—After its initial meeting, 
the Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chair-
person or a majority of its members. A majority of mem-
bers of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Any 
vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but 
shall be promptly filled in the same manner in which the 
original appointment was made. 
(e) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the Commis-
sion may be compensated at not to exceed the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position 
at level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 
of title 5, United States Code, for each day during which 
that member is engaged in the actual performance of the 
duties of the Commission. 
(f) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Com-
mission shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provi-
sion under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 6. POWERS OF COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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