[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4474]
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  SA 2932. Ms. HASSAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DUTY TO REPORT ACTS OF TERRORISM.

       (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to 
     Terrorism Act of 2025'' 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) 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.
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