Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 22, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 14, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 179
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 14, 2020 to Jun 29, 2020; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Jan 14, 2020 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 14, 2020Markup Mar 11, 2020Reported Sep 21, 2020 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jan 28, 2020Discharged Mar 10, 2020 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jan 14, 2020Discharged Sep 21, 2020 |
| Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee | Referred Jan 22, 2020 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 14, 2020Discharged Sep 21, 2020 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2020 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Sep 21, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-526, Part I.
- Sep 21, 2020Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
- Sep 21, 2020Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Sep 21, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 426.
- Sep 21, 2020Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 21, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4583-4589)
- Sep 21, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5602.
- Sep 21, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4583-4586)
- Sep 21, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 11, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 11, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 2.
- Mar 10, 2020Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
- Jan 28, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jan 22, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
- Jan 14, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 14, 2020Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6011–S6014 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Cory A. Booker D-NJ, Doug Jones D-AL, Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Ron Johnson R-WI, Tim Kaine D-VA | Oct 1, 2020 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5905 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Sep 30, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4583–H4589Text printed H4583–H4586 | Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL, Jim Jordan R-OH, Kelly Armstrong R-ND, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Sep 21, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 22, 2020H.R. 5602, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020As passed by the House of Representatives on September 21, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 8, January 14, 2020, page H239.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3190 | Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jan 14, 2020 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Hate crimes
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Terrorism
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Referred in Senate
- Sep 21, 2020Engrossed in House
- Sep 21, 2020Reported in House
- Jan 14, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
