US Congress Senate Bill 894 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Introduced on March 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2046-2048)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

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

HB1931 (Same As) 2019-05-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/894/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s894/BILLS-116s894is.pdf