I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5602 
To authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity 
and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic 
terrorism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2020 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BASS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
PANETTA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. CASE, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. MALINOWSKI, and Miss 
RICE of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Homeland Security, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:39 Jan 14, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5602.IH
H5602
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Recent reports have demonstrated that 
White supremacists and other far-right-wing extrem-
ists 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 ex-
tremism are among the greatest domestic-secu-
rity threats facing the United States. Regret-
tably, over the past 25 years, law enforcement, 
at both the Federal and State levels, has been 
slow to respond. . . . Killings committed by in-
dividuals and groups associated with far-right 
extremist groups have risen significantly.’’; 
(B) an April 2017 Government Account-
ability Office report on the significant, lethal 
threat posed by domestic violent extremists, 
which— 
(i) explained that ‘‘[s]ince September 
12, 2001, the number of fatalities caused 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:39 Jan 14, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5602.IH
H5602
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS
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 
radical 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 re-
sulted in death since September 12, 2001, 
far right wing violent extremist groups 
were responsible for 62 (73 percent) while 
radical Islamist violent extremists were re-
sponsible 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 
Security, which found that ‘‘white supremacist 
extremism poses [a] persistent threat of lethal 
violence,’’ and that White supremacists ‘‘were 
responsible for 49 homicides in 26 attacks from 
2000 to 2016 . . . more than any other domes-
tic extremist movement’’. 
(2) Recent domestic terrorist attacks include— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:39 Jan 14, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5602.IH
H5602
pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS