REPORT Act

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 625 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 625

 To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress
       regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2017

  Mr. Aguilar (for himself and Mr. Calvert) introduced the following
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reporting Efficiently to Proper
Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2017'' or the ``REPORT Act''.

SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT.

    (a) Duty Imposed.--Whenever an incident of terrorism occurs in the
United States, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and, as appropriate, the head of
the National Counterterrorism Center, to submit, not later than upon
completion of the investigation by the primary Government agency
conducting the investigation, an unclassified report (which may be
accompanied by a classified annex) to Congress concerning that
incident.
    (b) Content of Reports.--A report under this section shall
contain--
            (1) a statement of the facts of the incident, as known at
        the time of the report; and
            (2) any recommendations for changes in practices or law,
        consistent with the Constitution, with particular attention to
        changes that could help prevent future attacks.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``incident of
terrorism'' means an event declared by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to be an act of terrorism.
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