I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3747 
To require financial institutions to freeze the assets of individuals arrested 
under suspicion of participating in domestic terrorism or providing mate-
rial support to terrorists, to establish a national clearinghouse for infor-
mation on incidents of homegrown ‘‘lone wolf’’ terrorism, domestic ter-
rorism, and persons providing material support to terrorists, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. REED) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require financial institutions to freeze the assets of indi-
viduals arrested under suspicion of participating in do-
mestic terrorism or providing material support to terror-
ists, to establish a national clearinghouse for information 
on incidents of homegrown ‘‘lone wolf’’ terrorism, domes-
tic terrorism, and persons providing material support 
to terrorists, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freezing Assets of 
Suspected Terrorists and Enemy Recruits Act of 2017’’ 
or the ‘‘FASTER Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FREEZING OF ASSETS OF DOMESTIC TERROR SUS-
PECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If an individual is arrested by a 
Federal law enforcement agency (or by a State or local 
law enforcement agency and subsequently turned over to 
a Federal law enforcement agency) under suspicion of par-
ticipating in domestic terrorism or providing material sup-
port to terrorists, such Federal law enforcement agency 
shall notify FinCEN of such arrest and, upon such notifi-
cation, FinCEN shall order each financial institution hold-
ing assets of the individual to freeze such assets. 
(b) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.— 
(1) NOTICE OF FREEZING.—FinCEN shall, as 
soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after 
ordering a financial institution to freeze an individ-
ual’s assets under subsection (a), notify such indi-
vidual of such asset freezing. 
(2) RIGHT TO CONTEST.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A Federal district court 
of competent jurisdiction shall, on motion by an 
individual whose assets have been frozen under 
this section, order the individual’s assets 
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unfrozen unless the Government establishes by 
probable cause that such assets are subject to 
seizure under this section. 
(B) REPRESENTATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—If an individual 
whose assets have been frozen under this 
section is financially unable to obtain rep-
resentation by counsel with respect to the 
motion described under subparagraph (A), 
the court may order the individual’s assets 
unfrozen in an amount necessary to pay 
for such counsel, and such unfrozen funds 
may only be used to pay for such counsel. 
(ii) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In de-
termining whether to order the unfreezing 
of funds under clause (i), a court shall 
take into account the individual’s standing 
to bring such a motion and whether the 
motion appears to be made in good faith. 
(3) UNFREEZING
OF
PROPERTY.—FinCEN 
shall order an individual’s assets unfrozen if— 
(A) FinCEN does not provide the notice 
described under paragraph (1) within 60 days 
of ordering the assets frozen; 
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(B) a criminal indictment is not filed 
against the individual with respect to participa-
tion in domestic terrorism or providing material 
support to terrorists within 90 days after 
FinCEN orders the assets frozen; or 
(C) the individual is tried for domestic ter-
rorism or providing material support to terror-
ists and is not convicted. 
(4) CONFISCATION UPON CONVICTION.—If an 
individual whose assets have been frozen under this 
section is convicted of domestic terrorism or pro-
viding material support to terrorists, FinCEN 
shall— 
(A) confiscate all such assets that were in-
volved in such crime, or that constitute or de-
rive from proceeds traceable to such crime, and 
may— 
(i) distribute assets to victims of the 
individual; 
(ii) transfer assets to the Attorney 
General for distribution to law enforcement 
for counterterrorism purposes; or 
(iii) use assets for such other purpose 
as FinCEN determines appropriate; and 
(B) order all other such assets unfrozen. 
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(c) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Any person violating the re-
quirements of this section shall be subject to the same civil 
penalties provided for under section 5321 of title 31, 
United States Code, for violations of subchapter II of 
chapter 53 of such title (commonly known as the ‘‘Bank 
Secrecy Act’’). 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL HOMEGROWN TERRORISM INCIDENT 
CLEARINGHOUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation (hereinafter in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall establish and maintain a na-
tional clearinghouse for information on incidents of home-
grown ‘‘lone wolf’’ terrorism, domestic terrorism, and a 
person providing material support to terrorists. 
(b) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The clearinghouse established 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) accept, collect, and maintain information on 
incidents described in subsection (a) that is sub-
mitted to the clearinghouse by Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies, by law enforcement 
agencies of foreign countries, and by victims of such 
incidents; 
(2) collate and index such information for pur-
poses of cross-referencing; 
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(3) upon request from a Federal, State, or local 
law enforcement agency or from a law enforcement 
agency of a foreign country, provide such informa-
tion to assist in the investigation of an incident de-
scribed in subsection (a); and 
(4) provide all-source integrated analysis to 
other Federal agencies and State and local law en-
forcement agencies. 
(c) SCOPE
OF
INFORMATION.—The information 
maintained by the clearinghouse for each incident shall, 
to the extent practicable, include— 
(1) the date, time, and place of the incident; 
(2) details of the incident; 
(3) any available information on suspects or 
perpetrators of the incident; and 
(4) any other relevant information. 
(d) DESIGN
OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—The clearing-
house shall be designed for maximum ease of use by par-
ticipating law enforcement agencies. 
(e) PUBLICITY.—The Director shall publicize the ex-
istence of the clearinghouse to law enforcement agencies 
by appropriate means. 
(f) RESOURCES.—In establishing and maintaining 
the clearinghouse, the Director may— 
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(1) through the Attorney General, utilize the re-
sources of any other department or agency of the 
Federal Government; and 
(2) accept assistance and information from pri-
vate organizations or individuals. 
(g) COORDINATION.—The Director shall carry out 
the Director’s responsibilities under this section in co-
operation with the Department of Homeland Security, and 
such other agencies as may be necessary. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2022 such sums as are necessary to carry 
out this section. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘domes-
tic terrorism’’ has the meaning given that term 
under section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi-
nancial institution’’ has the meaning given that term 
under section 5312 of title 31, United States Code. 
(3) FINCEN.—The term ‘‘FinCEN’’ means the 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the De-
partment of the Treasury. 
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(4) PROVIDING
MATERIAL
SUPPORT
TO
TER-
RORISTS.—The term ‘‘providing material support to 
terrorists’’ means the offense described under sec-
tion 2339A(a) of title 18, United States Code. 
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