S2457-119

In Committee

Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jul 24, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices in DHS (Domestic Terrorism Unit), DOJ (Domestic Terrorism Office), and FBI (Domestic Terrorism Section), with 10-year sunset, mandatory staffing, civil rights compliance, requires DHS, DOJ, and FBI to review and enhance anti-terrorism training for federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, focusing on the most significant threats, with semiannual reports to Congress including, and establishes an interagency task force within 180 days to analyze and combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement, with a joint report to Congress within 1 year. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, exemptions, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Criminal Justice, Defense, and Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

Individuals exercising First Amendment rights could face reduced risk, DOJ, FBI, DHS, and DOD could gain revenue opportunities, and Communities affected by hate crimes with domestic terrorism nexus could face reduced risk.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Federal Bureau of Investigation would take on compliance duties, Department of Justice would take on compliance duties, and Department of Homeland Security would take on compliance duties.

Key Provisions

  • Authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices in DHS (Domestic Terrorism Unit), DOJ (Domestic Terrorism Office), and FBI (Domestic Terrorism Section), with 10-year sunset, mandatory staffing, civil rights compliance...
  • Requires DHS, DOJ, and FBI to review and enhance anti-terrorism training for federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, focusing on the most significant threats, with semiannual reports to Congress including...
  • Establishes an interagency task force within 180 days to analyze and combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement, with a joint report to Congress within 1 year.
  • Requires allows Community Relations Service to support communities where DOJ has brought hate crime charges with a domestic terrorism nexus, and requires a dedicated FBI hate crimes liaison or special agent in each...
  • Prohibits any construction of the Act as authorizing infringement of First Amendment rights.

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices in DHS (Domestic Terrorism Unit), DOJ (Domestic Terrorism Office), and FBI (Domestic Terrorism Section), with 10-year sunset, mandatory staffing, civil rights compliance, requires DHS, DOJ, and FBI to review and enhance anti-terrorism training for federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, focusing on the most significant threats, with semiannual reports to Congress including, and establishes an interagency task force within 180 days to analyze and combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement, with a joint report to Congress within 1 year.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Defense, Immigration

Primary Purpose

The bill authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices in DHS (Domestic Terrorism Unit), DOJ (Domestic Terrorism Office), and FBI (Domestic Terrorism Section), with 10-year sunset, mandatory staffing, civil rights compliance, requires DHS, DOJ, and FBI to review and enhance anti-terrorism training for federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, focusing on the most significant threats, with semiannual reports to Congress including, and establishes an interagency task force within 180 days to analyze and combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and federal law enforcement, with a joint report to Congress within 1 year.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Defense Immigration

Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2025

Identified Gains
  • Individuals exercising First Amendment rights
  • DOJ, FBI, DHS, and DOD
  • Communities affected by hate crimes with domestic terrorism nexus
  • Communities targeted by domestic terrorism
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
DOJ, FBI, DHS, and DOD:
Communities targeted by domestic terrorism:
Individuals exercising First Amendment rights:
Communities affected by hate crimes with domestic terrorism nexus:
Identified Costs
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Defense
  • FBI field offices
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FBI field offices:
Department of Defense:
Department of Justice:
Department of Homeland Security:
Federal Bureau of Investigation:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 24, 2025

Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Jul 24, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. …

Jul 24, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
7 mentions across 5 clauses
+1 positive -6 negative

DHS, DOJ, and FBI training programs, DOJ, FBI, DHS, and DOD, Department of Defense

Positive-direction: DOJ, FBI, DHS, and DOD

Negative-direction: DHS, DOJ, and FBI training programs, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, FBI field offices, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Advocacy Groups
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Communities affected by hate crimes with domestic terrorism nexus, Communities targeted by domestic terrorism, Individuals exercising First Amendment rights

Law Enforcement
2 mentions across 2 clauses
~2 mixed

Federal law enforcement agencies, Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies

Defense
1 mention across 1 clause
~1 mixed

Uniformed services

6/8
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Defense Immigration
Actor Mappings
"director"
→ Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
"secretary"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security
"attorney_general"
→ Attorney General
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
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