,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ai1 
#bjai,mr4 ,johnson 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,peters7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill   
,to establish a unified database and    
public reporting for purposes of        
tracking and evaluating domestic        
terrorism incidents1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,terrorism          
,reporting ,and ,classifying ,act of    
#bjai or the ,,trac ,act4  #b4          
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,agency
 ,the term agency has the meaning given 
the term in section #eea of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7            
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs1 the ,committee on the        

,judiciary1 and the ,select ,committee  
on ,intelligence of the ,senate2 and    
7,b7 the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security1 the ,committee on the        
,judiciary1 and the ,permanent ,select  
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,house of ,representatives4  7#c7 ,data 
,the term data-- 7,a7 means all relevant
 information collected by an agency on a
 terrorism-related incident that can be 
used for recordkeeping and studying     
long-term trends of certain phenomena as
 it relates to terrorism2 and  7,b7 does
 not include intelligence gathered by an
 agency for operational purposes4  7#d7 
,database ,the term database means a    
central repository that holds data for  
the purpose of understanding and        
providing trends and insight on         
terrorism4  7#e7 ,department ,the term  
,department means the ,department of    
,homeland ,security4  7#f7 ,domestic    
terrorism ,the term domestic terrorism  
has the meaning given the term in       
section #bcca of title #ah1 ,united     

,states ,code4  7#g7 ,hate crime ,the   
term hate crime means a criminal offense
 under-- 7,a7 section #bda1 #bde1 #bdg1 
or #bdi of title #ah1 ,united ,states   
,code2 or  7,b7 section #ija of the     
,civil ,rights ,act of #aifh 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #cfca74  7#h7 ,secretary ,the 
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
,homeland ,security4  7#i7 ,working     
,group ,the term ,working ,group means  
the ,interagency ,domestic ,terrorism   
,data ,working ,group established under 
section #c7;a74  #c4 ,interagency       
,domestic ,terrorism ,data ,working     
,group  7a7 ,establishment ,there is    
established within the ,department an   
,interagency ,domestic ,terrorism ,data 
,working ,group to coordinate the       
collection and reporting of ,federal    
data related to domestic terrorism      
incidents4  7b7 ,membership ,the        
,working ,group shall be comprised of   
representatives from-- 7#a7 the         
,department2  7#b7 the ,department of   
,justice2  7#c7 the ,federal ,bureau of 

,investigation2 and  7#d7 the ,national 
,counterterrorism ,center4  7c7         
,chairman ,the ,working ,group shall be 
chaired by a representative of the      
,department1 as appointed by the        
,secretary4  7d7 ,duties ,the ,working  
,group shall-- 7#a7 not later than #ij  
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 establish a standard             
interpretation of the definition for the
 term domestic terrorism in section     
#bcca of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 including a shared lexicon of    
categories and subcategories for        
classifying acts of domestic terrorism1 
which shall be used by each entity      
described in paragraphs 7#a7 through    
7#d7 of subsection 7b7 to contribute    
information or data under section #d2   
7#b7 establish a unified ,federal       
database1 housed and maintained by the  
,department1 to store information and   
data relating to domestic terrorism     
incidents required to be submitted under
 section #d2 and  7#c7 not later than #g

 days after carrying out the            
requirements under paragraph 7#a71      
provide to the appropriate congressional
 committees the interpretation required 
under paragraph 7#a71 including an      
explanation of how the interpretation   
adheres to the definition of the term in
 section #bcca of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code4  #d4 ,reporting of       
domestic terrorism incidents  7a7       
,required reporting ,each entity        
described in paragraphs 7#a7 through    
7#d7 of section #c7;b7 shall report all 
information or data obtained by the     
entity relating to a domestic terrorism 
incident to the unified ,federal        
database required to be established     
under section #c7;d77#b74  7b7          
,reporting process  7#a7 ,in general    
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary1 in consultation with each   
member of the ,working ,group1 shall    
establish a process to be used by each  
entity described in subsection 7a7 to   

report the information required under   
subsection 7a7 to the unified ,federal  
database required to be established     
under section #c7;d77#b74  7#b7         
,requirement ,the process established   
under paragraph 7#a7 shall require that 
each entity described in subsection 7a7 
identify in the report to the unified   
,federal database the category and      
subcategory in which the entity         
determined to place the domestic        
terrorism incident1 the reasons for that
 determination1 and an explanation of   
any disagreement in categorizing the    
incident4  #e4 ,annual reporting  7a7   
,initial report  7#a7 ,in general ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,working    
,group shall submit to the appropriate  
congressional committees a report       
detailing each completed or attempted   
domestic terrorism incident during the  
#e-year period preceding the report     
using the categories and subcategories  
in existence at the time of the incident

 or its initial classification4  7#b7   
,contents ,the report required under    
paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 describe the
 ,working ,group-developed uniform and  
standardized--  7i7 interpretation of   
the term domestic terrorism2  7ii7      
methodologies for tracking incidents of 
domestic terrorism2  7iii7 descriptions 
of categories and subcategories of      
domestic terrorism used2 and  7iv7 an   
explanation of each category and        
subcategory included in clause 7iii72   
7,b7 contain information1 disaggregated 
by the categories and subcategories     
described in subparagraph 7,a77iii71    
on--  7i7 the number of domestic        
terrorist attacks2  7ii7 the number of  
casualties caused by domestic terrorism 
attacks2  7iii7 the number of ,federal  
investigations with a nexus to domestic 
terrorism1 the number of such           
investigations that were initiated as   
the result of a hate crime              
investigation1 and the number of such   
investigations under each classification

 and subclassification associated with  
the ,central ,records ,system or any    
successor system of the ,federal ,bureau
 of ,investigation2  7iv7 the number of 
assessments with a nexus to domestic    
terrorism2  7v7 the number of domestic  
terrorism cases referred from ,state and
 local law enforcement agencies2  7vi7  
the number of ,federal criminal charges 
filed with a domestic terrorism nexus2  
7vii7 the number of ,federal criminal   
convictions with a domestic terrorism   
nexus2  7viii7 the reporting sources and
 quantitative methods used to gather the
 data for reporting on domestic         
terrorism1 including ,federal1 ,state1  
and ,tribal database comparisons2  7ix7 
information pertaining to funding and   
resourcing1 including-- 7,i7 staffing   
and organizational charts disaggregated 
by title and office2 and  7,,ii7 funding
 and budgets dedicated to investigating1
 intelligence gathering and reporting1  
arresting1 and prosecution of domestic  
terrorism cases1 as well as grant money 

allocated1 disaggregated by office2  7x7
 the sharing of information relating to 
domestic and international terrorism1 if
 any1 by and between--  7,i7 the        
,federal ,government2  7,,ii7 ,state1   
local1 ,tribal1 territorial1 and foreign
 governments2  7,,iii7 the appropriate  
congressional committees2  7,,iv7       
nongovernmental organizations2 and  7,v7
 the private sector2  7xi7 any original 
research sponsored by the relevant      
agencies that relates to domestic       
terrorism2  7xii7 evaluations and       
assessments of terrorism prevention     
programs sponsored by the ,federal      
,government2  7xiii7 compliance by the  
,federal ,government with privacy1 civil
 rights1 and civil liberties policies   
and protections applicable to the       
production of the report under paragraph
 7#a71 including protections against the
 public release of names or other       
personally identifiable information of  
individuals involved in incidents1      
investigations1 indictments1            

prosecutions1 or convictions for which  
data is reported under this section1 as 
well as personally identifiable         
information connected to terrorism      
prevention programs2 and  7xiv7         
information regarding any training or   
resources provided by the ,department or
 the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation 
to assist ,federal1 ,state1 local1 and  
,tribal law enforcement agencies in     
understanding1 detecting1 deterring and 
investigating acts of domestic          
terrorism1 including the date1 type1    
subject1 and recipient agencies of the  
training or resources2 and  7,c7 contain
 an assessment1 including-- 7i7 an      
analysis of the current domestic        
terrorism landscape1 including the      
identification of trends in attacks or  
incidents broken down by the categories 
and subcategories described in          
subparagraph 7,a77iii71 and other       
relevant information2 and  7ii7 an      
analysis of the mechanisms used to      
promote or incite domestic terrorism4   

7#c7 ,classification and public release 
,the report required under paragraph    
7#a7 shall be-- 7,a7 unclassified1 but  
may contain a classified annex2  7,b7   
with respect to the unclassified portion
 of the report1 made available on the   
public internet websites of the         
,department1 the ,federal ,bureau of    
,investigation1 and the ,national       
,counterterrorism ,center--  7i7 not    
later than #cj days after submission of 
the report to the appropriate           
congressional committees2 and  7ii7 in  
an electronic format that is fully      
indexed and searchable2  7,c7 with      
respect to a classified annex or        
information for official use only1      
distributed to appropriately cleared or 
approved ,state and local law           
enforcement2 and  7,d7 with respect to a
 classified annex1 submitted to the     
appropriate congressional committees in 
an electronic format that is fully      
indexed and searchable4  7#d7           
,information quality ,the report        

required under paragraph 7#a71 to the   
extent applicable1 shall comply with the
 guidelines issued by the ,director of  
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
pursuant to section #eae of title ,v of 
the ,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1 
#bjja 7,public ,law #ajf-eed2 #aad      
,stat4 #bgfc;,a-#aec74  7b7 ,annual     
reports ,not later than #a year after   
the date on which the report required   
under subsection 7a7 is submitted1 and  
each year thereafter for #aj years1 and 
as may be reauthorized1 the ,working    
,group shall submit to the appropriate  
congressional committees an updated     
report containing the information       
described in subsection 7a77#b7 for the 
#a-year period preceding the updated    
report4  7c7 ,provision of other        
documents and materials ,together with  
each report required under subsections  
7a7 and 7b71 each entity described in   
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 of section 
#c7;b7 shall submit to the congressional
 committees described in subsection     

7a77#a7 the following documents and     
materials1 in complete and unredacted   
form3  7#a7 ,with respect to the        
,department-- 7,a7 7i7 a list of        
products produced by the ,office of     
,intelligence and ,analysis relating to 
domestic terrorism2 and  7ii7 a means of
 accessing each such product2 and  7,b7 
the ,department of ,homeland ,security  
and ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation  
,joint ,intelligence ,bulletins4  7#b7  
,with respect to the ,federal ,bureau of
 ,investigation and the ,department of  
,justice1 the most recent approved      
versions of--  7,a7 the ,attorney       
,general's guidelines for ,domestic     
,federal ,bureau of ,investigation      
,operations1 or any successor thereto2  
7,b7 the ,federal ,bureau of            
,investigation ,domestic ,investigations
 and ,operations ,guide1 or any         
successor thereto2  7,c7 the ,federal   
,bureau of ,investigation               
,counterterrorism ,policy ,guide1 or any
 successor thereto2 and  7,d7 materials 

sufficient to show the rankings of      
domestic terrorism in relation to other 
threats within the ,threat ,review and  
,prioritization process1 with respect to
 the headquarters and each field office 
of the ,federal ,bureau of              
,investigation4  7#c7 ,with respect to  
the ,national ,counterterrorism         
,center-- 7,a7 a list of all            
intelligence products related to        
domestic terrorism2  7,b7 a list of all 
guidelines and procedures for the       
intelligence community related to the   
domestic terrorism mission space2 and   
7,c7 a means of accessing each such     
product4