landscaping to inhibit vandalism. We’ve painted the 
building with graffiti-proof coating. We’ve added 
cameras, armed our staff with pepper spray, and 
stopped running our mobile clinic because of threats 
of violence. My staff and I live on constant alert. We 
have been forced to expend valuable resources on 
these crucial safety measures, so we can continue to 
provide the women of our community with free med-
ical care and services in the safest possible environ-
ment.’’. 
(65) The director further testified, ‘‘What we 
do is worth the risk. There is a place for clinics like 
ours in every community—a place for women facing 
unplanned pregnancies who are seeking dependable 
medical resources in a safe, caring environment dur-
ing one of the most difficult times of their lives.’’. 
(66) On July 26, 2022, it was reported that the 
front window at Northfield Women’s Clinic had been 
broken and that the clinic had been vandalized with 
spray paint. 
(67) On August 1, 2022, the director of Abria 
Pregnancy Resources in St. Paul, Minnesota, re-
ported discovering that the center’s glass doors had 
been shattered that it had been vandalized with red 
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graffiti reading, ‘‘If abortions aren’t safe, neither 
are you.’’. 
(68) On June 21, 2022, Ohio Attorney General 
Dave Yost, along with 18 other State Attorney Gen-
erals, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Gar-
land, urging the investigation and prosecution of re-
cent attacks. 
(69) On June 24, 2022, Rep. Ken Buck led a 
letter with more than 40 members of Congress to 
Attorney General Merrick Garland to ‘‘stop the vio-
lence and protest the rights of all Americans’’. 
(70) In a June 25 statement on the Dobbs rul-
ing, Attorney General Merrick Garland committed to 
protect abortion clinics, providers, and abortion- 
seeking individuals, but he failed to recognize the 
systematic injury of the pregnancy centers. 
(71) On June 27, 2022, Sen. Thom Tillis led 
a letter with 18 other Senators and Members of 
Congress to Attorney General Merrick Garland to 
prevent future attacks and hold perpetrators of vio-
lence responsible for their actions. 
(72) On June 28, 2022, Rep. Ted Budd led a 
letter with 20 House members to Attorney General 
Merrick Garland demanding Department of Justice 
action. 
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(73) The Biden Administration has failed to 
identify the threats, violence, and calls to violence 
against pregnancy centers as the work of domestic 
violent extremists. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) terror attacks against pregnancy centers, 
including arson, fire bombings, vandalism, and other 
property damage, violate section 248 of title 18, 
United States Code, and are punishable by fines and 
imprisonment; and 
(2) the Department of Justice, which is respon-
sible for investigating potential violations of section 
248 of title 18, United States Code, and prosecuting 
the individuals threatening, vandalizing, and dam-
aging pregnancy centers, has abdicated its duty and 
failed to provide justice for victims of violence. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General 
of the Department of Justice and the Inspector General 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit a 
report to the committees described in subsection (b) on 
the following: 
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(1) A list of each definition of the term ‘‘domes-
tic violent extremism’’ that each Inspector General, 
respectively, finds to be used by the agency or any 
subagency and a list of nongovernmental organiza-
tions that were consulted in the creation of such def-
inition. 
(2) A list of any terms similar to ‘‘domestic vio-
lent extremism’’ and a definition for each such term 
that each Inspector General, respectively, finds to be 
used by the agency or any subagency and a list of 
nongovernmental organizations that were consulted 
in the creation of such definition. 
(3) A list of nongovernmental organizations 
that were consulted in identification of terms under 
paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(4) The criteria for opening, managing, and 
closing investigations related to domestic violent ex-
tremism. 
(5) Standard operating procedures or policies 
and practices of the agency and each subagency with 
respect to the review, prioritization, and mitigation 
of threats related to domestic violent extremism in 
the United States. 
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(6) The sharing of information relating to do-
mestic violent extremism within and between the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The Federal Government. 
(B) State, local, Tribal, territorial, and for-
eign governments. 
(C) The committees described in sub-
section (b). 
(D) Nongovernmental organizations. 
(E) The private sector. 
(7) Compliance by the Federal Government 
with privacy, constitutional and civil rights, and con-
stitutional and civil liberties policies and protections. 
(8) All incidents of domestic violent extremism 
against pregnancy centers during the period begin-
ning May 1, 2022, and ending on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(9) Information on each group that has claimed 
responsibility or otherwise been identified by law en-
forcement for an act defacing, violating, or dam-
aging pregnancy centers, including a list of all 
events for which the group has taken responsibility, 
a summary of ideology expressed by the group (with 
a classified annex, if necessary). 
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(10) The Federal response to the incidents de-
scribed in paragraph (3) (with classified annex, if 
necessary), including the agency and subagency re-
sponsible for monitoring these events, whether the 
group meets the definition of domestic violent ex-
tremist used by the agency or subagency, and, in the 
case of the Department of Justice, the number of 
prosecutions initiated. 
(11) A recommendation as to criteria to be uti-
lized in establishing a potential program to make 
grants to pregnancy centers for purposes of enabling 
grantees to prevent, prepare for, protect against, 
and respond to domestic violent extremism, and a 
report on current Federal programs and Federal 
funding streams available to pregnancy centers for 
such purposes, and what actions agencies are taking 
to communicate eligibility of pregnancy centers. 
(b) COMMITTEES DESCRIBED.—The committees de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) The Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) The Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
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(c) PREGNANCY CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘pregnancy center’’ means a community-based, 
non-profit organization that provides compassionate sup-
port and resources to women facing unexpected pregnancy 
and offer life-affirming alternatives to abortion. 
Æ 
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