Title: REPORT Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017 or the REPORT Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and, as appropriate, the National Counterterrorism Center, to submit to Congress an unclassified report on an incident of terrorism in the United States as soon as the investigation of such incident is completed by the primary government agency.
An "incident of terrorism" means an event declared by the FBI to be an act of terrorism.
Such report shall contain: (1) a statement of the facts of the incident; and (2) any recommendations for changes in practices or law, consistent with the Constitution, that could help prevent future attacks.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 625 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 625

 To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress 
       regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2017

  Mr. Aguilar (for himself and Mr. Calvert) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress 
       regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reporting Efficiently to Proper 
Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017'' or the ``REPORT Act''.

SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT.

    (a) Duty Imposed.--Whenever an incident of terrorism occurs in the 
United States, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and, as appropriate, the head of 
the National Counterterrorism Center, to submit, not later than upon 
completion of the investigation by the primary Government agency 
conducting the investigation, an unclassified report (which may be 
accompanied by a classified annex) to Congress concerning that 
incident.
    (b) Content of Reports.--A report under this section shall 
contain--
            (1) a statement of the facts of the incident, as known at 
        the time of the report; and
            (2) any recommendations for changes in practices or law, 
        consistent with the Constitution, with particular attention to 
        changes that could help prevent future attacks.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``incident of 
terrorism'' means an event declared by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation to be an act of terrorism.
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