REPORT Act

Bill: 119-s-848
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2025-03-05
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2025-07-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2025 or the REPORT Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and (as appropriate) the National&nbsp;Counterterrorism Center to submit a report to specified congressional committees whenever an act of domestic or international terrorism occurs in the United States.</p><p>Specifically, within one year after completion of the government investigation of the act of terrorism, these entities must submit a publicly accessible report including the facts of the event and recommendations for improving homeland or national security to prevent similar future acts. Information that could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecution may be withheld. The requirement sunsets five years after the bill’s enactment.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 848 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2025 Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes.

1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2025 or the REPORT Act . 2. Duty to report (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Act of terrorism The term act of terrorism has the meaning given such term in section 3077(1) of title 18, United States Code. (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate ; (C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate ; (D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives ; (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives ; and (F) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives . (b) Requirement (1) In general Whenever an act of terrorism occurs in the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and, as appropriate, the head of the National Counterterrorism Center shall— (A) submit to the appropriate congressional committees, by not later than 1 year after the completion of the investigation concerning such act by the primary Government agency conducting such investigation, an unclassified report (which may be accompanied by a classified annex) concerning such act of terrorism; and (B) make the report required under subparagraph (A) available on a publicly accessible website. (2) Other reports Reports required under this subsection may be combined into a quarterly report submitted to Congress. (3) Availability Each unclassified report and classified annex described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be made available upon request by any Member of Congress. (c) Content of reports Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (b) shall— (1) include a statement of the facts of each act of terrorism covered by the report, to the extent such facts are known at the time the report is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees; (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national security that could be addressed to prevent similar future acts of terrorism; and (3) include any recommendations for additional measures that could be taken to improve homeland or national security, including recommendations relating to potential changes in law enforcement practices or changes in law, with particular attention to changes that could help prevent future acts of terrorism. (d) Exception (1) In general If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation determines any information described in subsection (c) that is required to be included in the report required under subsection (b) could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecution, the Secretary, Attorney General, or Director, as the case may be— (A) may withhold from reporting such information; and (B) shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination. (2) Savings provision Withholding of information pursuant to a determination described in paragraph (1) shall not affect, in any manner, the responsibility of the appropriate Federal official to submit a report required under subsection (b) containing other information described in subsection (c) that is not subject to such determination. (e) Sunset This section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) Savings provision Nothing in this Act may be construed to provide the National Counterterrorism Center with prosecutorial or investigatory authority.