H.R. 1540: REPORT Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-03 · Emergency Management · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

REPORT Act

Plain summary

Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2021 or the REPORT Act This bill requires specified federal agencies to report to Congress concerning any act of terrorism that occurs in the United States. Whenever an act of terrorism occurs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and, as appropriate, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCC), must submit to the appropriate congressional committees, as specified by this bill, an unclassified report not later than one year after the completion of the investigation by the primary agency conducting the investigation concerning the terrorist act. Such report shall (1) include a statement of the facts of the act of terrorism that are known at the time of such report; (2) identify any gaps in homeland or national security that could be addressed to prevent future acts of terrorism; and (3) include any recommendations for additional measures that could be taken to improve homeland or national security, such as changes in law enforcement practices or changes in law. If DHS, DOJ, and the FBI or, as appropriate, the NCC, determines any information required to be reported could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecution, such entities (1) may withhold from reporting such information, and (2) shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of that determination.

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Official text

REPORT Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] · 27 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1540, REPORT Act (2022-03-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Mike Levin (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] reported raising $5.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr1540.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1540 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117