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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1299 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the 
National Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself and Mr. MOSKOWITZ) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and 
expand the National Threat Assessment Center of the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
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 ‘‘EAGLES Act of 
2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) On February 14, 2018, 17 individuals were 
murdered in a senseless and violent attack on Mar-
jory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland 
Florida, a school whose mascot is the eagle. 
(2) These individuals—Alaina Petty, Alex 
Schachter, Alyssa Alhadeff, Cara Loughran, Carmen 
Schentrup, Gina Montalto, Helena Ramsay, Jaime 
Guttenberg, Joaquin Oliver, Luke Hoyer, Martin 
Duque, Meadow Pollack, Nicholas Dworet, Peter 
Wang, Aaron Feis, Chris Hixon, and Scott Beigel— 
lived lives of warmth, joy, determination, service, 
and love, and their loss is mourned by the Nation. 
(3) Like many attackers, the shooter in that at-
tack exhibited patterns of threatening and con-
cerning behavior prior to the massacre that were 
alarming and that should have alerted law enforce-
ment and other Federal, State, and local officials 
about the potential for violence. 
(4) Acts of targeted violence, including the at-
tack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 
are preventable. 
(5) Lives were saved because of the brave and 
exemplary conduct of many students, teachers, and 
staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in-
cluding several of the victims of the attack. 
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(6) The Secret Service National Threat Assess-
ment Center (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Cen-
ter’’) was established in 1998 to conduct research on 
all forms of targeted violence, including attacks tar-
geting government officials, government facilities, 
workplaces, houses of worship, K–12 schools, univer-
sities, and mass attacks in public spaces. 
(7) Research published by the Center on tar-
geted violence has shown that— 
(A) most incidents were planned in ad-
vance; 
(B) the attackers’ behavior gave some indi-
cation that the individual was planning, or at 
least contemplating, an attack; 
(C) most attackers had already exhibited a 
pattern of behavior that elicited concern to 
other people in their lives; and 
(D) prior to the attack, someone associated 
with the attacker, such as a family member or 
peer, often knew the attack was to likely to 
occur. 
(8) Through their research, the Center devel-
oped the Secret Service’s behavioral threat assess-
ment model for preventing targeted violence, which 
includes a 3-step process— 
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(A) identifying individuals who are exhib-
iting threatening or concerning behaviors that 
indicate they may pose a risk of violence; 
(B) assessing whether the individual poses 
a risk, based on articulable facts; and 
(C) risk posed by the individualized 
proactive and preventive measures. 
(9) The Secret Service’s behavioral threat as-
sessment model works most effectively when all the 
relevant parties, including local law enforcement, 
mental health professionals, workplace managers, 
school personnel, and members of the community, 
are part of a comprehensive protocol to identify, as-
sess, and manage a potential threat. 
(10) The primary goal of behavioral threat as-
sessment programs is to prevent targeted violence, 
with an emphasis on providing early intervention 
and connecting individuals exhibiting threatening or 
concerning behavior to existing community resources 
for support. 
(11) Early intervention is a proven and effective 
way to prevent violent conduct that would otherwise 
harm others and necessitate more punitive action, 
including criminal penalties. 
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