REPORT Act

Bill: 116-hr-4815
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2019-10-23
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Crime prevention

Criminal justice information and records

Government studies and investigations

Intergovernmental relations

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2019 or the REPORT Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whenever an incident of terrorism occurs in the United States, to submit to Congress an unclassified report upon completion of the investigation by the primary U.S. government agency conducting the investigation. </p> <p>Such a report shall contain (1) a statement of the facts of the incident that is the subject of such 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 incidents of terrorism.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4815 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2019 Mr. Aguilar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2019 or the REPORT Act . 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 and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to submit to Congress, not later than upon completion of the investigation relating to such incident by the primary United States Government agency conducting such investigation, an unclassified report (which may be accompanied by a classified annex) concerning such incident. (b) Content of reports A report under this section shall contain— (1) a statement of the facts of the incident of terrorism that is the subject of such report, as known at the time of such 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 incidents of terrorism. (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.