Domestic Terrorism Penalties Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4187 To penalize acts of domestic terrorism, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 13, 2019 Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To penalize acts of domestic terrorism, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Terrorism 4 Penalties Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 113B of title 18, United 7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 8 lowing: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:40 Aug 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4187.IH H4187 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4187 IH ‘‘§ 2339E. Domestic terrorism 1 ‘‘(a) OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.—Whoever, with re- 2 spect to a circumstance described in subsection (b), and 3 with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population 4 or influence, affect, or retaliate against the policy or con- 5 duct of a government— 6 ‘‘(1) kills any person, shall be sentenced to 7 death or imprisonment of not more than a term of 8 life imprisonment, fined under this title, or both; 9 ‘‘(2) kidnaps any person, shall be imprisoned 10 not more than a term of life imprisonment, fined 11 under this title, or both; 12 ‘‘(3) assaults any person with a deadly weapon, 13 shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years, fined 14 under this title, or both; 15 ‘‘(4) assaults any person, and serious bodily in- 16 jury results therefrom, shall be imprisoned not more 17 than 30 years, fined under this title, or both; 18 ‘‘(5) destroys or damages any structure, convey- 19 ance, or other real or personal property, shall be im- 20 prisoned not more than 25 years, fined under this 21 title, or both; or 22 ‘‘(6) attempts or conspires to commit an offense 23 described under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) 24 of this subsection, shall be punished in the same 25 manner as a completed act of such offense. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:40 Aug 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4187.IH H4187 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4187 IH ‘‘(b) CIRCUMSTANCE DESCRIBED.—A circumstance 1 described in this subsection is, with respect to an offense 2 under subsection (a), that the offense is committed— 3 ‘‘(1) against any person or property within the 4 United States, and— 5 ‘‘(A) the mail or any facility of interstate 6 or foreign commerce is used in furtherance of 7 the offense; 8 ‘‘(B) such property is used in interstate or 9 foreign commerce or in an activity that affects 10 interstate or foreign commerce; 11 ‘‘(C) any perpetrator travels in or causes 12 another to travel in interstate or foreign com- 13 merce in furtherance of the offense; or 14 ‘‘(D) the offense, or the results of the of- 15 fense, affect interstate or foreign commerce, or, 16 in the case of a threat, attempt, or conspiracy, 17 would have affected interstate or foreign com- 18 merce; 19 ‘‘(2) against any property that is owned, leased, 20 or used by the United States or by any department 21 or agency of the United States, whether the property 22 is within or outside of the United States; or 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:40 Aug 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4187.IH H4187 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 4187 IH ‘‘(3) against any property within the United 1 States that is owned, leased, or used by a foreign 2 government.’’. 3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 4 for such chapter is amended by adding after the item re- 5 lating to section 2339D the following: 6 ‘‘2339E. Domestic terrorism.’’. Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:40 Aug 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4187.IH H4187 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS