Requires the Department of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the FBI, and as appropriate the National Counterterrorism Center to submit unclassified reports to Congress on each act of terrorism in the United States, within one year after the lead investigating agency finishes its investigation.

Official title: REPORT Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 05-MAR-2025

Referred 05-MAR-2025

Approved by committee 30-JUL-2025

Reported 03-NOV-2025

On the calendar 03-NOV-2025

Key points

Requires an unclassified report on each terrorism incident, which may include a classified annex, and posting of the report on a public website
Requires reports to state the facts known at the time, identify gaps in homeland or national security, and recommend measures to prevent future attacks
Allows information to be withheld from a report if disclosure could jeopardize an ongoing investigation or prosecution, with notice to the relevant committees
Expires five years after enactment and states that the National Counterterrorism Center gets no prosecutorial or investigatory authority

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)

Policy area

Emergency Management

Sponsor Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH) Cosponsors · 1

■ 1 R

1 Republican

Mike Lee

congress.gov page Reported to Senate (03-NOV-2025) Introduced in Senate (05-MAR-2025)