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Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021

Introduced: February 18, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Feb 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
Feb 18, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.
What's happening now February 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 13 Republican 1
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Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 22, 2021
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Feb 22, 2021
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 22, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 22, 2021
 R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · Feb 18, 2021
Reed, Tom
· Feb 18, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1178: Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1178/
MLA
"H.R. 1178: Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1178/.
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H.R. 1178, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1178/.
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[H.R. 1178: Commission on Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1178/)
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