Bill · S. 2457· Senate(119-S-2457)
Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 7/24/2025
- Last activity
- 7/24/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4701-4703)
- Sponsored by
- Richard Durbin
- Cosponsors
- None
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2025 authorizes the creation of dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the FBI. These offices are tasked with monitoring, analyzing, investigating, and prosecuting domestic terrorism activity. The bill establishes a Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee to coordinate information sharing and host community forums. Additionally, it mandates specific training and resources for law enforcement to detect and deter threats, including White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration. An interagency task force will also be created to analyze infiltration within the uniformed services and Federal law enforcement. These specialized offices and their respective mandates are authorized for a 10-year period.
Yes· 3 of 6
Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?+5
The bill mandates task forces and training specifically to address White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration and threats.
Does this change how police departments operate?+4
The act requires anti-bias training for all employees in the new domestic terrorism offices and enhances oversight of law enforcement infiltration.
Would Black Americans be better off under this?+3
The bill provides increased resources for addressing hate crimes that may disproportionately affect minority communities.
The opposite
Would white Americans be better off under this?-3
The bill establishes new investigative and task force oversight specifically targeting White supremacist and neo-Nazi activity.
Does this protect people from being watched or searched?-2
The expansion of domestic terrorism monitoring and investigative offices may increase government surveillance capabilities.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Oversight and Accountability: The bill requires the Secretary, Attorney General, and Director to ensure each office has at least one employee dedicated to ensuring compliance with civil rights and civil liberties laws and regulations (Section 3(a)(4)(B)).
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Community Trust and Information Sharing: The Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee is required to convene local forums at least four times a year to connect community groups with Federal law enforcement, which aims to build trust between agencies and the communities most impacted by domestic terrorism (Section 3(c)(3)(B)).
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Enhanced Training for Law Enforcement: The Act requires the review and implementation of anti-terrorism training and resources for Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to help them understand, detect, deter, and investigate domestic terrorism (Section 4(a)).
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Targeted Threat Analysis: The bill mandates an interagency task force to specifically analyze and combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of the uniformed services and Federal law enforcement agencies (Section 5(a)).
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Community Support for Hate Crimes: The Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice may offer support to communities where the Department of Justice has brought charges in a hate crime incident that has a nexus to domestic terrorism (Section 6(a)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Time-Limited Mandate: The specialized domestic terrorism offices authorized by this act are scheduled to terminate 10 years after the date of enactment (Section 3(a)(5)).
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Resource Focus: The bill directs the authorized domestic terrorism offices to focus their limited resources on the most significant threats as determined by the quantitative analysis in the required joint reports (Section 3(d)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Racial Equity+5Improves Policing Reform+4
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For African Americans+3Good For Asian Americans+3Good For Hispanic Americans+3Good For White Americans-3
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Privacy Rights-2
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves Veterans Benefits+2
- 7/24/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4701-4703)
- Introduced in Senate