H.R. 1178: Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021
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H.R. 1178: Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-18 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021
Plain summary
Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021 This bill establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Domestic Terrorism. The commission shall investigate relevant facts and circumstances relating to the federal government's failure to respond to and prevent acts of domestic terrorism in the past 20 years, including relating to the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021; identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from such acts regarding the structure, coordination, and management arrangements of the federal government, and, if appropriate, state and local governments and nongovernmental entities, relative to detecting, preventing, and responding to domestic terrorist attacks; and report to the President and Congress.
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Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 22 cosponsors
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Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Ed Case (D-HI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), William R. Keating (D-MA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr1178.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr1178 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117