Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years and 2020

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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Chair, I rise to offer an amendment to title VI of H.R. 3494 titled Federal Efforts Against Domestic Terrorism. I am pleased to see that this title was significantly informed by my bill, H.R. 3106, the Domestic Terrorism DATA Act which the Homeland Security Committee will be considering tomorrow.

I am glad to have the opportunity to work with Chairman Schiff and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on this text.

My legislation, which requires the government to produce an annual domestic terrorism report, was the product of more than 5 months of engagement with outside stakeholders and experts. As a result of that consultation process, I included protections for civil rights, civil liberties, privacy, and data quality in my bill. These provisions made my bill stronger. My amendment to H.R. 3494 would require that these very protections are included.

Madam Chair, my amendment also requires additional information be included in the government's domestic terrorism report. Requiring the date and location of each incident of terrorism or investigation of terrorism will help Congress and the public better understand the landscape of domestic terrorism.

Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff).

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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Yes.

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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Chair, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff).

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Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

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