REPORT Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4815 To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 23, 2019 Mr. AGUILAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of 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 ‘‘Reporting Efficiently 4 to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2019’’ 5 or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 7 (a) DUTY IMPOSED.—Whenever an incident of ter- 8 rorism occurs in the United States, it shall be the duty 9 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4815.IH H4815 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4815 IH with the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal 1 Bureau of Investigation, to submit to Congress, not later 2 than upon completion of the investigation relating to such 3 incident by the primary United States Government agency 4 conducting such investigation, an unclassified report 5 (which may be accompanied by a classified annex) con- 6 cerning such incident. 7 (b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—A report under this sec- 8 tion shall contain— 9 (1) a statement of the facts of the incident of 10 terrorism that is the subject of such report, as 11 known at the time of such report; and 12 (2) any recommendations for changes in prac- 13 tices or law, consistent with the Constitution, with 14 particular attention to changes that could help pre- 15 vent future incidents of terrorism. 16 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘incident 17 of terrorism’’ means an event declared by the Federal Bu- 18 reau of Investigation to be an act of terrorism. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4815.IH H4815 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS