Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2025, creates three new offices: a Domestic Terrorism Unit in DHS, a Domestic Terrorism Office in DOJ, and a Domestic Terrorism Section in FBI. These offices are authorized for 10 years and must produce joint reports every 6 months with detailed quantitative data on domestic terrorism investigations, arrests, prosecutions, and convictions, with specific breakouts for White supremacist-related incidents. The bill requires DHS, DOJ, and FBI to review and enhance anti-terrorism training for federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, with a focus on the most significant threats. It creates an interagency task force to analyze White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the military and law enforcement. The Community Relations Service may support communities affected by hate crimes with a nexus to domestic terrorism, and FBI field offices must each have a dedicated hate crimes liaison. All activities must comply with civil rights and civil liberties laws, and the First Amendment is explicitly protected.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices within DHS, DOJ, and FBI with a specific focus on monitoring, investigating, and prosecuting domestic terrorism, particularly White supremacist and neo-Nazi threats, and establishes reporting, training, and interagency coordination requirements.
Who Benefits
- Communities targeted by domestic terrorism
- Federal law enforcement agencies (new resources and coordination)
- Congress (enhanced oversight through mandatory reporting)
Who Bears Costs
- Domestic terrorism perpetrators (increased investigation and prosecution)
- Federal agencies (new reporting and training requirements)
- White supremacist organizations (targeted monitoring)
Key Policy Areas
{'domain': 'National Security', 'evidence': ['3', '5']}, {'domain': 'Legal System', 'evidence': ['3', '6']}, {'domain': 'Civil Rights', 'evidence': ['3', '6', '7']}
Primary Purpose
Authorizes dedicated domestic terrorism offices within DHS, DOJ, and FBI with a specific focus on monitoring, investigating, and prosecuting domestic terrorism, particularly White supremacist and neo-Nazi threats, and establishes reporting, training, and interagency coordination requirements.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Institutionalize federal domestic terrorism monitoring and enforcement capabilities with mandatory reporting to Congress and public transparency, with particular emphasis on White supremacist threats"
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
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
Communities affected by hate crimes with domestic terrorism nexus, Communities targeted by domestic terrorism, Individuals exercising First Amendment rights
Federal law enforcement agencies, Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "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
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