Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jan 14, 2020)
Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
This bill establishes new requirements to expand the availability of information on domestic terrorism, as well as the relationship between domestic terrorism and hate crimes.
It authorizes domestic terrorism components within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to monitor, analyze, investigate, and prosecute domestic terrorism.
The domestic terrorism components of DHS, DOJ, and the FBI must jointly report on domestic terrorism, including white-supremacist-related incidents or attempted incidents.
DHS, DOJ, and the FBI must review the anti-terrorism training and resource programs of their agencies that are provided to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
It creates an interagency task force to analyze and combat white supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement agencies.
Finally, it directs the FBI to assign a special agent or hate crimes liaison to each field office to investigate hate crimes incidents with a nexus to domestic terrorism.
What just happenedJan 14, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S195-197)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJan 14, 2020
- Jan 14, 2020IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S195-197)
Judiciary Committee - Jan 14, 2020IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate