Texas Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Combat Domestic Terrorism

A bipartisan coalition of three Texas congressmen introduced a bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to create a distinct domestic terrorism criminal statute in the United States.

While the U.S. penal code currently contains a statute for the federal government to charge instances of foreign terrorism, no such statute exists for crimes that fall under the exclusive purview of domestic terrorism. The latter crimes can be categorized as domestic terrorism, and investigated as such, but the FBI presently charges any other relevant underlying crimes rather than the domestic terrorism charge itself.