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Bill117th CongressFiled Mar 3, 2021Emergency Management
H.R. 1540

REPORT Act

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What it doesSummary passed house (Apr 5, 2022)

Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2021 or the REPORT Act

This bill requires specified federal agencies to report to Congress concerning any act of terrorism that occurs in the United States.

Whenever an act of terrorism occurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and, as appropriate, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC), must submit to the appropriate congressional committees, as specified by this bill, an unclassified report not later than one year after the completion of the investigation by the primary agency conducting the investigation concerning the terrorist act.

Such report shall (1) include a statement of the facts of the act of terrorism that are known at the time of such report; (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national security that could be addressed to prevent future acts of terrorism; and (3) include any recommendations for additional measures that could be taken to improve homeland or national security, such as changes in law enforcement practices or changes in law.

If DHS, DOJ, and the FBI or, as appropriate, the NCC, determines any information required to be reported could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecution, such entities (1) may withhold from reporting such information, and (2) shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of that determination.

What just happenedApr 6, 2022

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31](D-CA)Sponsor
27 cosponsors27 D
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  1. Apr 6, 2022Calendars

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.

  2. Apr 5, 2022FloorH38310

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. Apr 5, 2022FloorH37300

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4164)

  4. Apr 5, 2022Floor8000

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4164)

  5. Apr 5, 2022FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1540.

  6. Apr 5, 2022FloorH30000

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4164-4165)

  7. Apr 5, 2022FloorH30300

    Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. Mar 2, 2022Committee

    Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Discharged.

    Homeland Security Committee
  9. Mar 2, 2022Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.

    Homeland Security Committee
  10. Mar 2, 2022Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Homeland Security Committee
  11. Mar 4, 2021Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

    Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee
  12. Mar 3, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

    Homeland Security Committee
  13. Mar 3, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  14. Mar 3, 2021IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Passed HouseApr 5, 202253

Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2021 or the REPORT Act

This bill requires specified federal agencies to report to Congress concerning any act of terrorism that occurs in the United States.

Whenever an act of terrorism occurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and, as appropriate, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC), must submit to the appropriate congressional committees, as specified by this bill, an unclassified report not later than one year after the completion of the investigation by the primary agency conducting the investigation concerning the terrorist act.

Such report shall (1) include a statement of the facts of the act of terrorism that are known at the time of such report; (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national security that could be addressed to prevent future acts of terrorism; and (3) include any recommendations for additional measures that could be taken to improve homeland or national security, such as changes in law enforcement practices or changes in law.

If DHS, DOJ, and the FBI or, as appropriate, the NCC, determines any information required to be reported could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecution, such entities (1) may withhold from reporting such information, and (2) shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of that determination.

Introduced in HouseMar 3, 2021

Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2021 or the REPORT Act

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 concerning the incident.

Such a report shall contain (1) a statement of the facts of the incident that are 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.

REPORT Act — Informed