Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2025

Key Points

• The bill creates three new dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the FBI. Each office has a specific role: DHS monitors and analyzes threats, DOJ investigates and prosecutes, and the FBI investigates domestic terrorism activity.
• Every six months, these offices must produce a joint public report on domestic terrorism threats, with a required focus on White supremacist and neo-Nazi activity, including any infiltration of law enforcement and the military. The reports must include detailed statistics on investigations, arrests, prosecutions, and convictions.
• The bill requires federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement to receive anti-domestic-terrorism training that covers detecting and investigating threats, as well as identifying extremist infiltration of police and corrections agencies. An interagency task force involving the Defense Department must also be created to combat White supremacist infiltration of the military.
• The bill includes civil liberties protections, requiring each new office to have at least one employee dedicated to compliance with civil rights and civil liberties laws. All employees must undergo annual anti-bias training, and a rule of construction prevents the bill from being used to violate First Amendment rights.
• Each FBI field office would be required to assign a special agent or hate crimes liaison to investigate hate crime incidents connected to domestic terrorism. The Community Relations Service of DOJ could also offer support to communities affected by hate crimes tied to domestic terrorism.