[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4790 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4790

To require the Director of National Intelligence and other officials to 
declassify information relating to the failed assassination attempt on 
                Donald J. Trump, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2024

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
            referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of National Intelligence and other officials to 
declassify information relating to the failed assassination attempt on 
                Donald J. Trump, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trump Assassination Attempt 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Department of Homeland Security and the United 
        States Secret Service should be fully transparent with Congress 
        and the people of the United States about the failed 
        assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2024, in 
        Butler, Pennsylvania;
            (2) the former President and presumptive Republican party 
        nominee was shot in the head;
            (3) Congress has historically conducted investigations into 
        presidential assassinations and assassination attempts;
            (4) Congress has a role in investigating this historic 
        security failure; and
            (5) investigation into the failure to protect Donald J. 
        Trump would benefit from declassifying all related information.

SEC. 3. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FAILED 
              ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD J. TRUMP.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
                and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        National Intelligence.
            (3) Inspector general.--The term ``Inspector General'' 
        means the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
    (b) Declassification Required.--The Director shall, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and such 
other officials as the Director considers appropriate, declassify any 
and all information relating to the failed assassination attempt on the 
life of Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024, 
including any and all information relating to--
            (1) the identity, motive, method, and actions of the 
        shooter;
            (2) requests for additional resources or protective 
        measures for Donald J. Trump, his campaign, his organization, 
        or any entity involved in preparing for the event;
            (3) preparations for the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, by 
        the United States Secret Service and other law enforcement 
        entities;
            (4) response by United States Secret Service to the 
        shooter; and
            (5) information on the ensuing investigation by the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation and any other investigating agency.
    (c) Report by Director of National Intelligence.--The Director 
shall submit to Congress an unclassified report that contains--
            (1) all the information described under subsection (b); and
            (2) only such redactions as the Director determines are 
        strictly necessary to protect sources and methods.
    (d) Report by Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.--Not 
later than 30 days after the date that the Director submits to Congress 
the report required by subsection (c), the Inspector General shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing 
whether the Director complied with the requirements of this section.
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