A BILL 
To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the 
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 
Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ana-
lyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require 
the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domes-
tic terrorism. 
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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 Terrorism Pre-
vention Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Recent reports have demonstrated that White 
supremacists and other far-right-wing extremists are 
the most significant domestic terrorism threat facing 
the United States, including— 
(A) a February 22, 2019, New York Times 
op-ed, by a Trump Administration United 
States Department of Justice official, who wrote 
that ‘‘white supremacy and far-right extremism 
are among the greatest domestic-security threats 
facing the United States. Regrettably, over the 
past 25 years, law enforcement, at both the Fed-
eral and State levels, has been slow to respond. 
. . . Killings committed by individuals and 
groups associated with far-right extremist groups 
have risen significantly.’’; 
(B) an April 2017 Government Account-
ability Office report on the significant, lethal 
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threat posed by domestic violent extremists, 
which— 
(i) explained that ‘‘[s]ince September 
12, 2001, the number of fatalities caused by 
domestic violent extremists has ranged from 
1 to 49 in a given year.’’; and 
(ii) noted that ‘‘[F]atalities resulting 
from attacks by far right wing violent ex-
tremists have exceeded those caused by rad-
ical Islamist violent extremists in 10 of the 
15 years, and were the same in 3 of the 
years since September 12, 2001. Of the 85 
violent extremist incidents that resulted in 
death since September 12, 2001, far right 
wing violent extremist groups were respon-
sible for 62 (73 percent) while radical 
Islamist violent extremists were responsible 
for 23 (27 percent).’’; and 
(C) an unclassified May 2017 joint intel-
ligence bulletin from the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation and the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, which found that ‘‘white supremacist ex-
tremism poses [a] persistent threat of lethal vio-
lence,’’ and that White supremacists ‘‘were re-
sponsible for 49 homicides in 26 attacks from 
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2000 to 2016 . . . more than any other domestic 
extremist movement’’. 
(2) Recent domestic terrorist attacks include— 
(A) the August 5, 2012, mass shooting at a 
Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 
which a White supremacist shot and killed 6 
members of the gurdwara; 
(B) the April 13, 2014, mass shooting at a 
Jewish community center and a Jewish assisted 
living facility in Overland Park, Kansas, in 
which a neo-Nazi shot and killed 3 civilians, in-
cluding a 14-year-old teenager; 
(C) the June 8, 2014, ambush in Las Vegas, 
Nevada, in which 2 supporters of the far-right- 
wing ‘‘patriot’’ movement shot and killed 2 po-
lice officers and a civilian; 
(D) the June 17, 2015, mass shooting at the 
Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South 
Carolina, in which a White supremacist shot 
and killed 9 members of the church; 
(E) the November 27, 2015, mass shooting 
at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado, in which an anti-abortion ex-
tremist shot and killed a police officer and 2 ci-
vilians; 
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(F) the March 20, 2017, murder of an Afri-
can-American man in New York City, allegedly 
committed by a White supremacist who report-
edly traveled to New York ‘‘for the purpose of 
killing black men’’; 
(G) the May 26, 2017, attack in Portland, 
Oregon, in which a White supremacist allegedly 
murdered 2 men and injured a third after the 
men defended 2 young women whom the indi-
vidual had targeted with anti-Muslim hate 
speech; 
(H) the August 12, 2017, attacks in Char-
lottesville, Virginia, in which— 
(i) a White supremacist killed one and 
injured nineteen after driving his car 
through a crowd of individuals protesting a 
neo-Nazi rally, and of which former Attor-
ney General Jeff Sessions said, ‘‘It does 
meet the definition of domestic terrorism in 
our statute.’’; and 
(ii) a group of 6 men linked to militia 
or White supremacist groups assaulted an 
African-American man who had been pro-
testing the neo-Nazi rally in a downtown 
parking garage; 
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(I) the July 2018 murder of an African- 
American woman from Kansas City, Missouri, 
allegedly committed by a White supremacist who 
reportedly bragged about being a member of the 
Ku Klux Klan; 
(J) the October 24, 2018, shooting in 
Jeffersontown, Kentucky, in which a White man 
allegedly murdered 2 African Americans at a 
grocery store after first attempting to enter a 
church with a predominantly African-American 
congregation during a service; 
(K) the October 27, 2018, mass shooting at 
the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania, in which a White nationalist allegedly 
shot and killed 11 members of the congregation; 
(L) the April 27, 2019, shooting at the 
Chabad of Poway synagogue in California, in 
which a man yelling anti-Semitic slurs allegedly 
killed a member of the congregation and wound-
ed 3 others; 
(M) the August 3, 2019, mass shooting at a 
Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in which a White 
supremacist with anti-immigrant views killed 22 
people and injured 26 others; 
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(N) the December 10, 2019, shooting at a 
Kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, 
in which 2 men with anti-Semitic views killed 3 
people in the store and a law enforcement officer 
in an earlier encounter; and 
(O) the December 28, 2019, machete attack 
at a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, New 
York, in which a man who had expressed anti- 
Semitic views stabbed 5 individuals. 
(3) In November 2019, the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation released its annual hate crime incident re-
port, which found that in 2018, violent hate crimes 
reached a 16-year high. Though the overall number of 
hate crimes decreased slightly after three consecutive 
years of increases, the report found a 4-percent in-
crease in aggravated assaults, a 15-percent increase 
in simple assaults, and a 13-percent increase in in-
timidation. There was also a nearly 6-percent in-
crease in hate crimes directed at LGBTQ individuals 
and a 14-percent increase in hate crimes directed at 
Hispanic and Latino individuals. Nearly 60 percent 
of the religion-based hate crimes reported targeted 
American Jews and Jewish institutions. The previous 
year’s report found that in 2017, hate crimes in-
creased by approximately 17 percent, including a 23- 
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percent increase in religion-based hate crimes, an 18- 
percent increase in race-based crimes, and a 5-percent 
increase in crimes directed against LGBTQ individ-
uals. The report analyzing 2016 data found that hate 
crimes increased by almost 5 percent that year, in-
cluding a 19-percent rise in hate crimes against 
American Muslims. Similarly, the report analyzing 
2015 data found that hate crimes increased by 6 per-
cent that year. Much of the 2015 increase came from 
a 66-percent rise in attacks on American Muslims 
and a 9-percent rise in attacks on American Jews. In 
all 4 reports, race-based crimes were most numerous, 
and those crimes most often targeted African Ameri-
cans. 
(4) On March 15, 2019, a White nationalist was 
arrested and charged with murder after allegedly kill-
ing 50 Muslim worshippers and injuring more than 
40 in a massacre at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood 
Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The alleged 
shooter posted a hate-filled, xenophobic manifesto that 
detailed his White nationalist ideology before the mas-
sacre. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled the 
massacre a terrorist attack. 
(5) In January 2017, a right-wing extremist 
who had expressed anti-Muslim views was charged 
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with murder for allegedly killing 6 people and injur-
ing 19 in a shooting rampage at a mosque in Quebec 
City, Canada. It was the first-ever mass shooting at 
a mosque in North America, and Prime Minister 
Trudeau labeled it a terrorist attack. 
(6) On February 15, 2019, Federal authorities 
arrested U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Christopher 
Paul Hasson, who was allegedly planning to kill a 
number of prominent journalists, professors, judges, 
and ‘‘leftists in general’’. In court filings, prosecutors 
described Lieutenant Hasson as a ‘‘domestic terrorist’’ 
who in an email ‘‘identified himself as a White Na-
tionalist for over 30 years and advocated for ‘focused 
violence’ in order to establish a white homeland.’’. 
(7) On November 3rd, 2019 a 24 year old man 
who authorities say was among masked Antifa sup-
porters attacking conservatives at a June Demonstra-
tion in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced Friday to 
nearly six years in prison in connection with brutal 
assault. Gage Halupowski pleaded guilty to second- 
degree assault after authorities accused him of using 
a weapon against a conservative demonstrator who 
suffered blows to the head that the victim claims left 
him with a concussion and cuts that required 25 sta-
ples to close. 
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(8) On December 12, 2019, an assailant involved 
in the prolonged firefight in Jersey City, NJ, that left 
six people dead, including one police officer, was 
linked on Wednesday to the Black Hebrew Israelite 
movement, and had public anti-Semitic posts online, 
a law enforcement official said. 
(9) On February 8, 2020, A gunman stormed a 
NYPD precinct after firing at police van, wounding 
2. The police commissioner called the Bronx rampage 
an ‘‘assassination attempt,’’ on law enforcement. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(2) the term ‘‘domestic terrorism’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2331 of title 18, United 
States Code, except that it does not include acts per-
petrated by individuals associated with or inspired 
by— 
(A) a foreign person or organization des-
ignated as a foreign terrorist organization under 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 
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(B) an individual or organization des-
ignated under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
1701 note); or 
(C) a state sponsor of terrorism as deter-
mined by the Secretary of State under section 
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. 4605), section 40 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), or section 620A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2371); 
(3) the term ‘‘Domestic Terrorism Executive 
Committee’’ means the committee within the Depart-
ment of Justice tasked with assessing and sharing in-
formation about ongoing domestic terrorism threats; 
(4) the term ‘‘hate crime incident’’ means an act 
described in section 241, 245, 247, or 249 of title 18, 
United States Code, or in section 901 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631); 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Homeland Security; and 
(6) the term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 101(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
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office authorized under this section in their respective 
agencies shall— 
(A) have adequate number of employees to 
perform the required duties; 
(B) have not less than 1 employee dedicated 
to ensuring compliance with civil rights and 
civil liberties laws and regulations; and 
(C) require that all employees undergo an-
nual anti-bias training. 
(5) SUNSET.—The offices authorized under this 
subsection shall terminate on the date that is 10 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) JOINT REPORT ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM.— 
(1) BIANNUAL
REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and each 6 months thereafter for the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney Gen-
eral, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation shall submit a joint report authored by the 
domestic terrorism offices authorized under para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) to— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
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mental Affairs, and the Select Committee on In-
telligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the domestic terrorism 
threat posed by White supremacists and neo- 
Nazis, including White supremacist and neo- 
Nazi infiltration of Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agencies and the uniformed services; 
and 
(B)(i) in the first report, an analysis of in-
cidents or attempted incidents of domestic ter-
rorism that have occurred in the United States 
since April 19, 1995, including any White-su-
premacist-related incidents or attempted inci-
dents; and 
(ii) in each subsequent report, an analysis 
of incidents or attempted incidents of domestic 
terrorism that occurred in the United States dur-
ing the preceding 6 months, including any 
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White-supremacist-related incidents or attempted 
incidents; and 
(C) a quantitative analysis of domestic ter-
rorism for the preceding 6 months, including— 
(i) the number of— 
(I) domestic terrorism related as-
sessments initiated by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, including the 
number of assessments from each clas-
sification and subcategory, with a spe-
cific classification or subcategory for 
those related to White supremacism; 
(II) 
domestic 
terrorism-related 
preliminary investigations initiated by 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
including the number of preliminary 
investigations from each classification 
and subcategory, with a specific classi-
fication or subcategory for those related 
to White supremacism, and how many 
preliminary 
investigations 
resulted 
from assessments; 
(III) domestic terrorism-related 
full investigations initiated by the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, including 
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the number of full investigations from 
each classification and subcategory, 
with a specific classification or sub-
category for those related to White 
supremacism, and how many full in-
vestigations resulted from preliminary 
investigations and assessments; 
(IV) 
domestic 
terrorism-related 
incidents, including the number of in-
cidents from each classification and 
subcategory, with a specific classifica-
tion or subcategory for those related to 
White supremacism, the number of 
deaths and injuries resulting from each 
incident, and a detailed explanation of 
each incident; 
(V) Federal domestic terrorism-re-
lated arrests, including the number of 
arrests from each classification and 
subcategory, with a specific classifica-
tion or subcategory for those related to 
White supremacism, and a detailed ex-
planation of each arrest; 
(VI) Federal domestic terrorism- 
related 
indictments, 
including 
the 
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number of indictments from each clas-
sification and subcategory, with a spe-
cific classification or subcategory for 
those related to White supremacism, 
and a detailed explanation of each in-
dictment; 
(VII) Federal domestic terrorism- 
related 
prosecutions, 
including 
the 
number of incidents from each classi-
fication and subcategory, with a spe-
cific classification or subcategory for 
those related to White supremacism, 
and a detailed explanation of each 
prosecution; 
(VIII) Federal domestic terrorism- 
related convictions, including the num-
ber of convictions from each classifica-
tion and subcategory, with a specific 
classification or subcategory for those 
related to White supremacism, and a 
detailed explanation of each conviction; 
and 
(IX) Federal domestic terrorism- 
related weapons recoveries, including 
the number of each type of weapon and 
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