Bill > S894

Introduced Session

A bill to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism. This bill authorizes domestic terrorism offices in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and requires specified steps to prevent and report on domestic terrorism. The bill also authorizes a Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee, which shall coordinate with key public safety officials to promote information sharing and ensure an effective joint effort to combat domestic terrorism. The joint terrorism task forces of the FBI and state, local, and regional fusion centers shall each, in coordination with the committee and such offices (1) share intelligence to address domestic terrorism activities; (2) conduct an annual, intelligence-based assessment of domestic terrorism activities in their jurisdictions; and (3) formulate and execute a plan to address and combat such activities. DOJ, the FBI, DHS, and the Department of Defense shall establish an interagency task force to combat white supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services.

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Dick Durbin (D)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Maria Cantwell (D),  Ben Cardin (D),  Chris Coons (D),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Kamala Harris (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  Tim Kaine (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Ed Markey (D),  Bob Menendez (D),  Patty Murray (D),  Jack Reed (D),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Brian Schatz (D),  Chuck Schumer (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2046-2048) (on 03/27/2019)

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