[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4628 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4628

     To require reporting of terrorist activities and the unlawful 
   distribution of information relating to explosives, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2016

   Mrs. Lowey (for herself and Mr. King of New York) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require reporting of terrorist activities and the unlawful 
   distribution of information relating to explosives, 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 ``Requiring Reporting of Online 
Terrorist Activity Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TERRORIST ACTIVITIES AND THE UNLAWFUL 
              DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES.

    (a) Duty To Report.--Whoever, while engaged in providing an 
electronic communication service or a remote computing service to the 
public through a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, 
obtains actual knowledge of any terrorist activity, including the facts 
or circumstances described in subsection (c), shall, as soon as 
reasonably possible, provide to the appropriate authorities the facts 
or circumstances of the alleged terrorist activities.
    (b) Attorney General Determination.--The Attorney General shall 
determine the appropriate authorities referred to in subsection (a).
    (c) Facts or Circumstances.--The facts or circumstances described 
in this subsection, include any facts or circumstances from which there 
is an apparent violation of section 842(p) of title 18, United States 
Code, that involves distribution of information relating to explosives, 
destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
    (d) Protection of Privacy.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to require the provider of an electronic communication 
service or of a remote computing service--
            (1) to monitor any user, subscriber, or customer of that 
        provider; or
            (2) to monitor the content of any communication of any 
        person described in paragraph (1).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``electronic 
communication service'' and ``remote computing service'' have the 
meaning given those terms in section 2258E of title 18, United States 
Code (regarding sexual exploitation and other abuse of children).
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