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The resolution publicly documents and warns of increased domestic terrorism risk and agency shortfalls—informing citizens and enabling congressional oversight—but also highlights reductions in experienced counterterrorism capacity and vulnerabilities that could increase risk and undermine public confidence.
The American public is explicitly warned that domestic terrorism risk has increased after U.S. operations in Iran, giving citizens and local officials clearer, public notice of heightened threats.
Law enforcement, federal employees, and Congress are given a documented record of reassignments and staffing cuts, creating a basis for congressional oversight, scrutiny, or funding actions to restore counterterrorism and cybersecurity capacity.
The American public and law-enforcement capacity are made less secure because thousands of agents and specialists were diverted, reassigned, or laid off, reducing federal counterterrorism and cybersecurity ability and increasing vulnerability to attacks.
Local governments and communities face weaker prevention and information-sharing because experienced staff were fired or demoted and inexperienced leadership was installed at prevention programs, undermining community-based intervention and intelligence efforts.
Taxpayers and the broader public may see reduced confidence in federal security as public disclosure of agency shortfalls fuels political debate and could distract from operational fixes.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Declares that U.S. strikes, initiation of hostilities with Iran, and federal law-enforcement staffing changes have increased the risk of retaliatory terrorist attacks.
Introduced March 11, 2026 by Ruben Gallego · Last progress March 11, 2026
Declares that recent U.S. strikes on Iranian facilities, the initiation of hostilities with Iran, and specific federal staffing changes have increased the risk of retaliatory terrorist attacks. The resolution cites a DHS National Terrorism Advisory bulletin (June 22, 2025) and lists alleged diversions and cuts to FBI, DHS, HSI, and CISA personnel as factors that reduce counterterrorism capacity and raise the threat level.