..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member) 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. ll To establish the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the fol￾lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll A BILL To establish the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa￾2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Commission 5 to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States 6 Capitol Complex Act’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 2 1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 2 There is established in the legislative branch the Na￾3 tional Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on 4 the United States Capitol Complex (hereafter referred to 5 as the ‘‘Commission’’). 6 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 7 Consistent with the functions described in section 4, 8 the purposes of the Commission are the following: 9 (1) To investigate and report upon the facts 10 and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domes￾11 tic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol 12 Complex (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘domestic ter￾13 rorist attack on the Capitol’’) and relating to the in￾14 terference with the peaceful transfer of power, in￾15 cluding facts and causes relating to the preparedness 16 and response of the United States Capitol Police and 17 other Federal, State, and local law enforcement in 18 the National Capitol Region and other instrumen￾19 tality of government, as well as the influencing fac￾20 tors that fomented such attack on American rep￾21 resentative democracy while engaged in a constitu￾22 tional process. 23 (2) To examine and evaluate evidence developed 24 by relevant Federal, State, and local governmental 25 agencies, in a manner that is respectful of ongoing 26 law enforcement activities and investigations regard￾VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 3 1 ing the domestic terrorist attack upon the Capitol, 2 regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding 3 such terrorist attack and targeted violence and do￾4 mestic terrorism relevant to such terrorist attack. 5 (3) To build upon the investigations of other 6 entities and avoid unnecessary duplication by review￾7 ing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations 8 of other executive branch, congressional, or inde￾9 pendent bipartisan or non-partisan commission in￾10 vestigations into the domestic terrorist attack on the 11 Capitol and targeted violence and domestic terrorism 12 relevant to such terrorist attack, including investiga￾13 tions into influencing factors related to such ter￾14 rorist attack. 15 (4) To investigate and report to the President 16 and Congress on its findings, conclusions, and rec￾17 ommendations for corrective measures that may in￾18 clude changes in law, policy, procedures, rules, or 19 regulations that could be taken to prevent future 20 acts of targeted violence and domestic terrorism, in￾21 cluding to prevent domestic terrorist attacks against 22 American democratic institutions, improve the secu￾23 rity posture of the United States Capitol Complex 24 while preserving accessibility of the Capitol Complex 25 for all Americans, and strengthen the security and VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 4 1 resilience of the nation and American democratic in￾2 stitutions against domestic terrorism. 3 SEC. 4. FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION. 4 The functions of the Commission are to— 5 (1) conduct an investigation of the relevant 6 facts and circumstances relating to the domestic ter￾7 rorist attack on the Capitol, including relevant facts 8 and circumstances relating to— 9 (A) activities of intelligence agencies, law 10 enforcement agencies, and the Armed Forces, 11 including with respect to intelligence collection, 12 analysis, and dissemination and information 13 sharing among relevant instrumentality of gov￾14 ernment; 15 (B) influencing factors that contributed to 16 the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and 17 how technology, including online platforms, fi￾18 nancing, and malign foreign influence oper￾19 ations and campaigns may have factored into 20 the motivation, organization, and execution of 21 the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and 22 targeted violence and domestic terrorism rel￾23 evant to such attack; and VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 5 1 (C) other entities of the public and private 2 sector as determined relevant by the Commis￾3 sion for such investigation; 4 (2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of 5 and the lessons learned from the domestic terrorist 6 attack on the Capitol and targeted violence and do￾7 mestic terrorism relevant to such attack regarding— 8 (A) the command, control, and commu￾9 nications of the United States Capitol Police, 10 the National Guard, the Metropolitan Police 11 Department of the District of Columbia, and 12 other Federal, State, and local law enforcement 13 in the National Capitol Region on or before 14 January 6, 2021; 15 (B) the structure, coordination, operational 16 plans, policies, and procedures of the Federal 17 Government, including as such relate to State 18 and local governments and nongovernmental en￾19 tities, and particularly with respect to detecting, 20 preventing, preparing for, and responding to 21 targeted violence and domestic terrorism; 22 (C) the structure, authorities, training, 23 manpower utilization, operational planning, and 24 use of force policies of the United States Cap￾25 itol Police; VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 6 1 (D) the policies, protocols, processes, pro￾2 cedures, and systems for sharing of intelligence 3 and other information by Federal, State, and 4 local agencies with the United States Capitol 5 Police, the Sergeants at Arms of the House of 6 Representatives and the Senate, the Govern￾7 ment of the District of Columbia, including the 8 Metropolitan Police Department of the District 9 of Columbia, the National Guard, and other 10 Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the 11 National Capitol Region on or before January 12 6, 2021, and the related the policies, protocols, 13 processes, procedures, and systems for moni￾14 toring, assessing, disseminating, and acting on 15 intelligence and other information, including 16 elevating the security posture of the United 17 States Capitol Complex, derived from instru￾18 mentality of government, open sources, and on￾19 line platforms; and 20 (E) the policies, protocols, processes, pro￾21 cedures, and systems for interoperability be￾22 tween the United States Capitol Police and the 23 National Guard, the Metropolitan Police De￾24 partment of the District of Columbia, and other 25 Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 7 1 National Capitol Region on or before January 2 6, 2021; and 3 (3) submit to the President and Congress re￾4 ports required pursuant to section 10 containing 5 such findings, conclusions, and recommendations, 6 which may include changes in law, policy, proce￾7 dures, rules, or regulations, to improve the detection, 8 prevention, preparedness for, and response to tar￾9 geted violence and domestic terrorism and improve 10 the security posture of the United States Capitol 11 Complex and ensure the security of Members of 12 Congress and staff. 13 SEC. 5. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION. 14 (a) MEMBERS.—The Commission shall be composed 15 of ten members, of whom— 16 (1) one member shall be appointed jointly by 17 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 18 majority leader of the Senate to serve as Chair￾19 person of the Commission; 20 (2) one member shall be appointed jointly by 21 the minority leader of the House of Representatives 22 and the minority leader of the Senate to serve as 23 Vice Chairperson of the Commission; 24 (3) two members shall be appointed by the 25 Speaker of the House of Representatives; VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 8 1 (4) two members shall be appointed by the mi￾2 nority leader of the House of Representatives; 3 (5) two members shall be appointed by the ma￾4 jority leader of the Senate; and 5 (6) two members shall be appointed by the mi￾6 nority leader of the Senate. 7 (b) QUALIFICATIONS; INITIAL MEETING.— 8 (1) NONGOVERNMENTAL APPOINTEES.—An in￾9 dividual appointed to the Commission may not be an 10 officer or employee of an instrumentality of govern￾11 ment. 12 (2) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—It is the sense of 13 Congress that individuals appointed to the Commis￾14 sion should be prominent United States citizens, 15 with national recognition and significant depth of ex￾16 perience in at least two of the following areas: 17 (A) Governmental service. 18 (B) Law enforcement. 19 (C) Civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy. 20 (D) The Armed Forces. 21 (E) Intelligence. 22 (F) Counterterrorism. 23 (G) Cybersecurity. 24 (H) Technology. 25 (I) Law. VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 9 1 (3) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 2 meet and begin the initial operation of the Commis￾3 sion as soon as practicable, but not earlier than 15 4 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 5 (c) TIMING FOR APPOINTMENT.—All members of the 6 Commission shall be appointed not later than 10 days 7 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 8 (d) QUORUM; VACANCIES.—After its initial meeting, 9 the Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chair￾10 person or a majority of its members. A majority of mem￾11 bers of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Any 12 vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but 13 shall be promptly filled in the same manner in which the 14 original appointment was made. 15 (e) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the Commis￾16 sion may be compensated at not to exceed the daily equiva￾17 lent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position 18 at level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 19 of title 5, United States Code, for each day during which 20 that member is engaged in the actual performance of the 21 duties of the Commission. 22 (f) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Com￾23 mission shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 24 in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provi￾VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 10 1 sion under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 2 States Code. 3 SEC. 6. POWERS OF COMMISSION. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.— 5 (1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commis￾6 sion or, as delegated by the Chairperson and the 7 Vice-Chairperson, any subcommittee or member 8 thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out this 9 Act— 10 (A) hold such hearings and sit and act at 11 such times and places, take such testimony, re￾12 ceive such evidence, and administer such oaths 13 as the Commission or such designated sub￾14 committee or designated member may deter￾15 mine advisable; and 16 (B) subject to paragraph (2)(A), require, 17 by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and 18 testimony of such witnesses and the production 19 of such books, records, correspondence, memo￾20 randa, papers, or documents, or any other 21 paper or electronic material, as the Commission 22 or such designated subcommittee or designated 23 member may determine advisable. 24 (2) SUBPOENAS.— VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 11 1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 2 issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and 3 testimony of witnesses and the production of 4 any evidence relating to any matter which the 5 Commission is empowered to investigate under 6 this Act. Such subpoenas shall be issued by 7 agreement between the Chairperson and Vice 8 Chairperson of the Commission, or by the vote 9 of a majority of the members of the Commis￾10 sion. The attendance of witnesses and the pro￾11 duction of evidence may be required from any 12 place within the United States at any des￾13 ignated place of hearing within the United 14 States. 15 (B) FAILURE TO OBEY A SUBPOENA.—If a 16 person does not obey a subpoena issued under 17 subparagraph (A), the Commission is author￾18 ized to apply to a United States district court 19 for an order requiring that person to appear be￾20 fore the Commission to give testimony, produce 21 evidence, or both, relating to the matter under 22 investigation. The application may be made 23 within the judicial district where the hearing is 24 conducted or where that person is found, re￾25 sides, or transacts business. Any failure to obey VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 12 1 the order of the court may be punished by the 2 court as a civil contempt. 3 (C) SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.— 4 The United States district court in which an ac￾5 tion is brought under subparagraph (B) shall 6 have original jurisdiction over any civil action 7 brought by the Commission to enforce, secure a 8 declaratory judgment concerning the validity of, 9 or prevent a threatened refusal or failure to 10 comply with, any subpoena issued by the Com￾11 mission. 12 (D) SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS.—The sub￾13 poenas of the Commission shall be served in the 14 manner provided for subpoenas issued by a 15 United States district court under the Federal 16 Rules of Civil Procedure for the United States 17 district courts. 18 (E) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—All process of 19 any court to which application is made under 20 subparagraph (A) may be served in the judicial 21 district in which the person required to be 22 served resides or may be found. 23 (b) CONTRACTING.—The Commission may, to such 24 extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropria￾VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 13 1 tion Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Commission 2 to discharge its duties under this Act. 3 (c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may secure 5 directly from any Federal department or agency in￾6 formation, including any underlying information that 7 may be in the possession of the intelligence commu￾8 nity, that is necessary to enable it to carry out its 9 purposes and functions under this Act. Upon request 10 of the Chairperson, the chairperson of any sub￾11 committee created by a majority of the Commission, 12 or any member designated by a majority of the 13 Commission, the head of such department or agency 14 shall furnish such information to the Commission. 15 (2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS￾16 SEMINATION.—Information shall only be received, 17 handled, stored, and disseminated by members of 18 the Commission and its staff consistent with all ap￾19 plicable statutes, regulations, and Executive orders. 20 (d) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 21 (1) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.— 22 Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis￾23 trator of General Services shall provide to the Com￾24 mission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 25 support services and office space necessary for the VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 14 1 Commission to carry out its purposes and functions 2 under this Act. 3 (2) OTHER FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND 4 AGENCIES.—In addition to the assistance prescribed 5 in paragraph (1), Federal departments and agencies 6 may provide to the Commission such services, funds, 7 facilities, staff, and other support services as deter￾8 mined advisable and authorized by law. 9 (e) CONVEYANCES AND OTHER DEVISES.—The Com￾10 mission may accept, use, and dispose of devises of services 11 or property, both real and personal, for the purpose of 12 aiding or facilitating the work of the Commission. 13 (f) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 14 the United States mail in the same manner and under the 15 same conditions as Federal departments and agencies. 16 SEC. 7. STAFF OF COMMISSION. 17 (a) APPOINTMENT.— 18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para￾19 graph (2), the Chairperson, in consultation with the 20 Vice-Chairperson, in accordance with rules agreed 21 upon by the Commission, may appoint and fix the 22 compensation of a Staff Director and such other 23 personnel as may be necessary to enable the Com￾24 mission to carry out its purposes and functions, 25 without regard to the provisions of title 5, United VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 15 1 States Code, governing appointments in the competi￾2 tive service, and without regard to the provisions of 3 chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 4 title relating to classification and General Schedule 5 pay rates, except that no rate of pay fixed under this 6 subsection may exceed the equivalent of that payable 7 for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 8 under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 9 (2) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 10 (A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the 11 Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (18 12 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.)— 13 (i) the Commission shall be considered 14 an employing office; and 15 (ii) the personnel of the Commission 16 shall be considered covered employees. 17 (B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara￾18 graph (A) shall not apply to apply to members 19 of the Commission. 20 (b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission 21 is authorized to procure temporary and intermittent serv￾22 ices under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 23 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equiva￾24 lent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay under level VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 16 1 IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 2 5, United States Code. 3 (c) DETAILEES.—The head of any Federal depart￾4 ment or agency may detail, on a non-reimbursable basis, 5 any of the personnel of that department or agency to the 6 Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out its 7 purposes and functions. 8 SEC. 8. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR MEMBERS AND STAFF. 9 The appropriate Federal departments or agencies 10 shall cooperate with the Commission in expeditiously pro￾11 viding to the Commission members and staff appropriate 12 security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to ex￾13 isting procedures and requirements, except that no person 14 may be provided with access to classified information 15 under this Act without the appropriate security clearances. 16 SEC. 9. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM￾17 MITTEE ACT. 18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Advisory Committee 19 Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission. 20 (b) PUBLIC MEETINGS AND RELEASE OF PUBLIC 21 VERSIONS OF REPORTS.—The Commission shall— 22 (1) hold public hearings and meetings to the ex￾23 tent appropriate; and 24 (2) release public versions of the reports sub￾25 mitted pursuant to section 10. VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 17 1 (c) CONDUCT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Any public 2 hearings of the Commission shall be conducted in a man￾3 ner consistent with the protection of information provided 4 to or developed for or by the Commission as required by 5 any applicable statute, regulation, or Executive order. 6 SEC. 10. REPORTS; TERMINATION. 7 (a) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Commission may sub￾8 mit to the President and Congress interim reports con￾9 taining such findings, conclusions, and recommendations 10 for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a major￾11 ity of Commission members. 12 (b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 13 2021, the Commission shall submit to the President and 14 Congress a final report containing such findings, conclu￾15 sions, and recommendations for corrective measures as 16 have been agreed to by a majority of Commission mem￾17 bers. 18 (c) TERMINATION.— 19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, and all the 20 authorities of this Act, shall terminate upon the ex￾21 piration of the 60-day period which begins on the 22 date on which the Commission submits the final re￾23 port under subsection (b). 24 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES BEFORE TER￾25 MINATION.—The Commission may use the 60-day VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 18 1 period referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose 2 of concluding its activities, including providing testi￾3 mony to committees of Congress concerning its re￾4 ports and disseminating the final report. 5 SEC. 11. ARCHIVING. 6 The records of the Commission shall be transferred 7 to the Center for Legislative Archives at the National Ar￾8 chives and Records Administration upon termination of 9 the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 10 10(c). 11 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 12 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro￾13 priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 14 Act. 15 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro￾16 priated pursuant to the authorization under this section 17 shall remain available until expended. 18 SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. 19 In this Act: 20 (1) DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘domes￾21 tic terrorism’’ has the meaning given such term in 22 section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 23 (2) INSTRUMENTALITY OF GOVERNMENT.—The 24 term ‘‘instrumentality of government’’ means Fed￾25 eral, State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies. VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:13 May 13, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MAECKSTEIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\DOM_T May 13, 2021 (10:13 p.m.) G:\CMTE\HS\17\1STMAJ(D)\DOM_TERROR_COMMIS.XML g:\VHLC\051321\051321.247.xml (789775|28) 19 1 (3) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 2 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 3 such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 4 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 5 (4) MALIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS 6 AND CAMPAIGNS.—The term ‘‘malign foreign influ￾7 ence operations and campaigns’’ has the meaning 8 given such term in section 101(h) of the National 9 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(h)). 10 (5) TARGETED VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘targeted 11 violence’’ means an incident of violence in which an 12 attacker selected a particular target in order to in￾13 flict mass injury or death with no discernable polit￾14 ical or ideological motivation beyond mass injury or 15 death. 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