,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #e1 #bjbe,ms4
 ,hassan 7for herself and ,mr4 ,lee7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
provide for joint reports by relevant   
,federal agencies to ,congress regarding
 incidents of terrorism1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short titles ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,reporting          
,efficiently to ,proper ,officials in   
,response to ,terrorism ,act of #bjbe or
 the ,,report ,act4  #b4 ,duty to report
  7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,act of terrorism ,the term act of 
terrorism has the meaning given such    
term in section #cjgg7a7 of title #ah1  
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7            
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental

 ,affairs of the ,senate2  7,b7 the     
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate2  7,c7 the ,select ,committee on
 ,intelligence of the ,senate2  7,d7 the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security of   
the ,house of ,representatives2  7,e7   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the 
,house of ,representatives2 and  7,f7   
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence of the ,house of          
,representatives4  7b7 ,requirement     
7#a7 ,in general ,whenever an act of    
terrorism occurs in the ,united ,states1
 the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 
the ,attorney ,general1 the ,director of
 the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1
 and1 as appropriate1 the head of the   
,national ,counterterrorism ,center     
shall-- 7,a7 submit to the appropriate  
congressional committees1 by not later  
than #a year after the completion of the
 investigation concerning such act by   
the primary ,government agency          
conducting such investigation1 an       
unclassified report 7which may be       

accompanied by a classified annex7      
concerning such act of terrorism2 and   
7,b7 make the report required under     
subparagraph 7,a7 available on a        
publicly accessible website4  7#b7      
,other reports ,reports required under  
this subsection may be combined into a  
quarterly report submitted to ,congress4
  7#c7 ,availability ,each unclassified 
report and classified annex described in
 paragraph 7#a77;,a7 shall be made      
available upon request by any ,member of
 ,congress4  7c7 ,content of reports    
,each report submitted pursuant to      
subsection 7b7 shall-- 7#a7 include a   
statement of the facts of each act of   
terrorism covered by the report1 to the 
extent such facts are known at the time 
the report is submitted to the          
appropriate congressional committees2   
7#b7 identify any gaps in homeland or   
national security that could be         
addressed to prevent similar future acts
 of terrorism2 and  7#c7 include any    
recommendations for additional measures 

that could be taken to improve homeland 
or national security1 including         
recommendations relating to potential   
changes in law enforcement practices or 
changes in law1 with particular         
attention to changes that could help    
prevent future acts of terrorism4  7d7  
,exception  7#a7 ,in general ,if the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 the  
,attorney ,general1 or the ,director of 
the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation  
determines any information described in 
subsection 7c7 that is required to be   
included in the report required under   
subsection 7b7 could jeopardize an      
ongoing investigation or prosecution1   
the ,secretary1 ,attorney ,general1 or  
,director1 as the case may be-- 7,a7 may
 withhold from reporting such           
information2 and  7,b7 shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees of 
such determination4  7#b7 ,savings      
provision ,withholding of information   
pursuant to a determination described in
 paragraph 7#a7 shall not affect1 in any

 manner1 the responsibility of the      
appropriate ,federal official to submit 
a report required under subsection 7b7  
containing other information described  
in subsection 7c7 that is not subject to
 such determination4  7e7 ,sunset ,this 
section shall terminate on the date that
 is #e years after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act4  7f7 ,savings   
provision ,nothing in this ,act may be  
construed to provide the ,national      
,counterterrorism ,center with          
prosecutorial or investigatory          
authority4