HR 9109 — 119th Congress

Stop ANTIFA Act of 2026

Introduced Jun 2, 2026 Open for voting
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Implementation & Enforcement Top 4

JTTF national strategy and multi-agency enforcement for political violence

Directs the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and its local offices to develop and implement a national strategy to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt political violence networks — including recruiters, funders, and foreign-linked actors — and requires DOJ, Treasury, IRS, and all federal law enforcement agencies with investigative authority to deploy organized-crime-style disruption tactics, maximum prosecutorial authority, and financial intelligence resources against domestic terrorism.

  • Population Scope Medium Directly affects multiple federal agencies and their personnel, plus any individual or organization suspected of organizing, funding, or participating in political violence — a broader population than the Antifa designation alone, spanning potentially widespread civil society actors, but still well under 25% of the U.S. population.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Medium Directs the Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office and the IRS to deploy all available existing resources toward these investigations — a significant redirection of existing federal funds without a new standalone appropriation.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a comprehensive new statutory enforcement regime imposing mandatory investigative, prosecutorial, and financial disruption duties on the Joint Terrorism Task Forces, Department of Justice (DOJ), the Treasury, the IRS, and all federal law enforcement agencies — a fundamental expansion of substantive enforcement obligations across multiple agencies.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted Low Mandates are overwhelmingly directive — agencies 'shall' investigate, prosecute to maximum extent, deploy resources, issue guidance, and interrogate — leaving minimal agency discretion over whether or how to act.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden High Requires standing up a coordinated national investigative strategy, multi-agency financial intelligence operations, pre-adjudication interrogation protocols, and maximum-prosecution mandates — a sustained, cross-agency operational infrastructure commitment.
  • Temporal Commitment High All mandates take effect upon enactment with no expiry or reauthorization requirement, binding agencies indefinitely until Congress acts to change them.
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Core Policy Mechanism Top 4

Formal designation of Antifa as domestic terrorist organization

Formally designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization under federal law, creating a new legal status that governs how federal agencies treat the group, and directs all relevant executive branch departments and agencies to investigate, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute Antifa operations and those who fund them.

  • Population Scope Low Directly affects members, associates, and alleged funders of Antifa — a narrow population representing a very small fraction of the U.S.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized, appropriated, or obligated by this designation provision.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory designation imposing binding federal legal status on a named group and mandates all relevant executive agencies deploy all applicable authorities against it — a new substantive enforcement obligation with broad downstream legal effect.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted Low The designation is made directly by statute with no agency discretion; the agency mandate to act uses mandatory 'shall'-equivalent direction, leaving no room for executive choice on whether to proceed.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden High Obligates the entire relevant federal executive apparatus to affirmatively investigate, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute — a standing cross-agency enforcement commitment rather than a discrete compliance requirement.
  • Temporal Commitment High The designation and its accompanying agency mandates take effect upon enactment with no expiry, persisting indefinitely until Congress acts to repeal them.
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Core Policy Mechanism Top 4

AG authority to recommend additional domestic terrorist organization designations

Grants the Attorney General discretionary authority to recommend that any group or entity whose members engage in activities meeting the federal definition of domestic terrorism be formally designated as a domestic terrorist organization, with any such recommendation submitted to the President through the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor.

  • Population Scope Low Directly affects the Attorney General and any groups that may be recommended for designation — a narrow set of actors with no broad population-level reach.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized, appropriated, or obligated by this designation recommendation authority.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory authority and procedural pathway through which the Attorney General can trigger formal domestic terrorist organization designations for any group meeting the federal definition — a new substantive enforcement power with no prior statutory analog.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted High The authority is explicitly discretionary ('may recommend'), giving the Attorney General broad, open-ended power to initiate designations against any qualifying group with no mandatory trigger or substantive constraint.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden Medium Imposes a recurring case-by-case advisory and routing obligation on the Attorney General — assembling designation recommendations and transmitting them through the Homeland Security Advisor — without requiring new enforcement infrastructure.
  • Temporal Commitment High The authority is open-ended with no expiry or reauthorization requirement, remaining available to the Attorney General indefinitely until Congress acts to rescind it.
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Funding / Appropriations Top 4

Domestic terrorism national priority area and law enforcement grants

Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to formally designate domestic terrorism as a national priority area and to develop and administer grant programs providing funding to law enforcement partners for detecting, preventing, and protecting against domestic terrorism threats.

  • Population Scope Medium The direct recipients are state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies eligible for the new grant programs — a broad but institutionally bounded class, not the general public.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Medium New grant programs are created but no dollar amount is authorized or appropriated, leaving magnitude indeterminate while the recurring grant structure implies meaningful ongoing federal expenditure.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium The provision imposes a new procedural-administrative mandate on the Attorney General (AG) and Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) — a formal priority designation and grant-program development obligation — rather than creating a substantive prohibition or enforceable entitlement binding the broader public.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted High The AG and Secretary are directed to 'develop appropriate grant programs' with no prescribed criteria, award amounts, eligible uses, or oversight requirements, conferring broad programmatic discretion over both design and allocation.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden Medium Standing up new grant infrastructure and administering ongoing awards imposes recurring administrative load on two agencies, but creates no new penalties or compliance obligations on outside parties.
  • Temporal Commitment High The designation and grant programs carry no expiration date or reauthorization requirement, so they persist indefinitely until Congress affirmatively repeals or modifies them.
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Summary

This bill targets the political movement known as Antifa by formally designating it a domestic terrorist organization and directing multiple federal agencies to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt its alleged operations. The Department of Justice (DOJ), the Treasury, the IRS, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are each assigned specific enforcement roles. Among other elements, the bill * formally designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization under federal law; * directs Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) to develop and execute a national strategy targeting political violence networks, including their recruiters and funders; * mandates Treasury and the IRS action against financial networks and tax-exempt entities suspected of funding domestic terrorism; * grants the Attorney General (AG) authority to recommend additional domestic terrorist organization designations to the President; * and requires the AG and DHS to designate domestic terrorism as a national priority area and establish related law enforcement grant programs.

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Implementation & Enforcement Top 4

JTTF national strategy and multi-agency enforcement for political violence

Directs the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and its local offices to develop and implement a national strategy to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt political violence networks — including recruiters, funders, and foreign-linked actors — and requires DOJ, Treasury, IRS, and all federal law enforcement agencies with investigative authority to deploy organized-crime-style disruption tactics, maximum prosecutorial authority, and financial intelligence resources against domestic terrorism.

  • Population Scope Medium Directly affects multiple federal agencies and their personnel, plus any individual or organization suspected of organizing, funding, or participating in political violence — a broader population than the Antifa designation alone, spanning potentially widespread civil society actors, but still well under 25% of the U.S. population.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Medium Directs the Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office and the IRS to deploy all available existing resources toward these investigations — a significant redirection of existing federal funds without a new standalone appropriation.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a comprehensive new statutory enforcement regime imposing mandatory investigative, prosecutorial, and financial disruption duties on the Joint Terrorism Task Forces, Department of Justice (DOJ), the Treasury, the IRS, and all federal law enforcement agencies — a fundamental expansion of substantive enforcement obligations across multiple agencies.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted Low Mandates are overwhelmingly directive — agencies 'shall' investigate, prosecute to maximum extent, deploy resources, issue guidance, and interrogate — leaving minimal agency discretion over whether or how to act.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden High Requires standing up a coordinated national investigative strategy, multi-agency financial intelligence operations, pre-adjudication interrogation protocols, and maximum-prosecution mandates — a sustained, cross-agency operational infrastructure commitment.
  • Temporal Commitment High All mandates take effect upon enactment with no expiry or reauthorization requirement, binding agencies indefinitely until Congress acts to change them.
No signal yet

Implementation & Enforcement

JTTF national strategy and multi-agency enforcement for political violence

Core Policy Mechanism Top 4

Formal designation of Antifa as domestic terrorist organization

Formally designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization under federal law, creating a new legal status that governs how federal agencies treat the group, and directs all relevant executive branch departments and agencies to investigate, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute Antifa operations and those who fund them.

  • Population Scope Low Directly affects members, associates, and alleged funders of Antifa — a narrow population representing a very small fraction of the U.S.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized, appropriated, or obligated by this designation provision.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory designation imposing binding federal legal status on a named group and mandates all relevant executive agencies deploy all applicable authorities against it — a new substantive enforcement obligation with broad downstream legal effect.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted Low The designation is made directly by statute with no agency discretion; the agency mandate to act uses mandatory 'shall'-equivalent direction, leaving no room for executive choice on whether to proceed.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden High Obligates the entire relevant federal executive apparatus to affirmatively investigate, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute — a standing cross-agency enforcement commitment rather than a discrete compliance requirement.
  • Temporal Commitment High The designation and its accompanying agency mandates take effect upon enactment with no expiry, persisting indefinitely until Congress acts to repeal them.
No signal yet

Core Policy Mechanism

Formal designation of Antifa as domestic terrorist organization

Core Policy Mechanism Top 4

AG authority to recommend additional domestic terrorist organization designations

Grants the Attorney General discretionary authority to recommend that any group or entity whose members engage in activities meeting the federal definition of domestic terrorism be formally designated as a domestic terrorist organization, with any such recommendation submitted to the President through the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor.

  • Population Scope Low Directly affects the Attorney General and any groups that may be recommended for designation — a narrow set of actors with no broad population-level reach.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Low No funds are authorized, appropriated, or obligated by this designation recommendation authority.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory authority and procedural pathway through which the Attorney General can trigger formal domestic terrorist organization designations for any group meeting the federal definition — a new substantive enforcement power with no prior statutory analog.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted High The authority is explicitly discretionary ('may recommend'), giving the Attorney General broad, open-ended power to initiate designations against any qualifying group with no mandatory trigger or substantive constraint.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden Medium Imposes a recurring case-by-case advisory and routing obligation on the Attorney General — assembling designation recommendations and transmitting them through the Homeland Security Advisor — without requiring new enforcement infrastructure.
  • Temporal Commitment High The authority is open-ended with no expiry or reauthorization requirement, remaining available to the Attorney General indefinitely until Congress acts to rescind it.
No signal yet

Core Policy Mechanism

AG authority to recommend additional domestic terrorist organization designations

Funding / Appropriations Top 4

Domestic terrorism national priority area and law enforcement grants

Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to formally designate domestic terrorism as a national priority area and to develop and administer grant programs providing funding to law enforcement partners for detecting, preventing, and protecting against domestic terrorism threats.

  • Population Scope Medium The direct recipients are state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies eligible for the new grant programs — a broad but institutionally bounded class, not the general public.
  • Budgetary Magnitude Medium New grant programs are created but no dollar amount is authorized or appropriated, leaving magnitude indeterminate while the recurring grant structure implies meaningful ongoing federal expenditure.
  • Legal / Regulatory Depth Medium The provision imposes a new procedural-administrative mandate on the Attorney General (AG) and Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) — a formal priority designation and grant-program development obligation — rather than creating a substantive prohibition or enforceable entitlement binding the broader public.
  • Degree of Discretion Granted High The AG and Secretary are directed to 'develop appropriate grant programs' with no prescribed criteria, award amounts, eligible uses, or oversight requirements, conferring broad programmatic discretion over both design and allocation.
  • Implementation & Enforcement Burden Medium Standing up new grant infrastructure and administering ongoing awards imposes recurring administrative load on two agencies, but creates no new penalties or compliance obligations on outside parties.
  • Temporal Commitment High The designation and grant programs carry no expiration date or reauthorization requirement, so they persist indefinitely until Congress affirmatively repeals or modifies them.
No signal yet

Funding / Appropriations

Domestic terrorism national priority area and law enforcement grants