- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6250. Ms. HASSAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1025. DUTY TO REPORT TERRORISM.
(a) Short Titles.—This section may be cited as the
“Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to
Terrorism Act of 2026” or the “REPORT Act”.
(b) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Act of terrorism.—The term “act of terrorism” has
the meaning given such term in section 3077(1) of title 18,
United States Code.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term
“appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives;
(E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
(F) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.
(c) Reporting Requirement.—
(1) In general.—Whenever an act of terrorism occurs in the
United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and, as appropriate, the head of the National
Counterterrorism Center shall—
(A) submit to the appropriate congressional committees, by
not later than 1 year after the completion of the
investigation concerning such act by the primary Government
agency conducting such investigation, an unclassified report
(which may be accompanied by a classified annex) concerning
such act of terrorism; and
(B) make the report required under subparagraph (A)
available on a publicly accessible website.
(2) Other reports.—Reports required under this subsection
may be combined into a quarterly report submitted to
Congress.
(3) Availability.—Each unclassified report and classified
annex described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be made available
upon request by any Member of Congress.
(d) Content of Reports.—Each report submitted pursuant to
subsection (c) shall—
(1) include a statement of the facts of each act of
terrorism covered by the report, to the extent such facts are
known at the time the report is submitted to the appropriate
congressional committees;
(2) identify any gaps in homeland or national security that
could be addressed to prevent similar future acts of
terrorism; and
(3) include any recommendations for additional measures
that could be taken to improve homeland or national security,
including recommendations relating to potential changes in
law enforcement practices or changes in law, with particular
attention to changes that could help prevent future acts of
terrorism.
(e) Exception.—
(1) In general.—If the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Attorney General, or the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation determines any information described in
subsection (d) that is required to be included in the report
required under subsection (c) could jeopardize an ongoing
investigation or prosecution, the Secretary, Attorney
General, or Director, as the case may be—
(A) may withhold from reporting such information; and
(B) shall notify the appropriate congressional committees
of such determination.
(2) Savings provision.—Withholding of information pursuant
to a determination described in paragraph (1) shall not
affect, in any manner, the responsibility of the appropriate
Federal official to submit a report required under subsection
(c) containing other information described in subsection (d)
that is not subject to such determination.
(f) Sunset.—This section shall terminate on the date that
is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(g) Savings Provision.—Nothing in this section may be
construed to provide the National Counterterrorism Center
with prosecutorial or investigatory authority.