Text of US HB 9109 (2026)

I 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9109 To designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, to counter domestic terrorism and organized political violence, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 2, 2026 Mr. STEUBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con- cerned A BILL To designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, to counter domestic terrorism and organized political vio- lence, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop ANTIFA Act 4 of 2026’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds the following: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9109 IH (1) Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise 1 that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United 2 States Government, law enforcement authorities, 3 and the system of law in the United States. 4 (2) It uses illegal means to organize and exe- 5 cute a campaign of violence and terrorism nation- 6 wide to accomplish these goals. 7 (3) This campaign involves coordinated efforts 8 to obstruct enforcement of Federal laws through 9 armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized 10 riots, violent assaults on U.S. Immigration and Cus- 11 toms Enforcement and other law enforcement offi- 12 cers, and routine doxing of and other threats against 13 political figures and activists. 14 (4) Antifa recruits, trains, and radicalizes 15 young people in the United States to engage in this 16 violence and suppression of political activity, then 17 employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield 18 the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding 19 sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law 20 enforcement, and recruit additional members. 21 (5) Individuals associated with and acting on 22 behalf of Antifa further coordinate with other orga- 23 nizations and entities for the purpose of spreading, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 9109 IH fomenting, and advancing political violence and sup- 1 pressing lawful political speech. 2 (6) This organized effort designed to achieve 3 policy objectives by coercion and intimidation is do- 4 mestic terrorism. 5 (7) Heinous assassinations and other acts of 6 political violence in the United States have dramati- 7 cally increased in recent years. Even in the after- 8 math of the horrifying assassination of Charlie Kirk, 9 some individuals who adhered to the alleged shoot- 10 er’s ideology embraced and cheered this evil murder 11 while actively encouraging more political violence. 12 This was preceded by the 2024 assassination of a 13 senior healthcare executive and the 2022 assassina- 14 tion attempt against Associate Justice Brett 15 Kavanaugh. Two separate assassination attempts 16 against the life of President Donald Trump took 17 place during the 2024 Presidential election cycle in 18 less than 3 months. 19 (8) Riots in Los Angeles and Portland reflect a 20 more than 1,000 percent increase in attacks on U.S. 21 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers 22 since January 21, 2025, compared to the same pe- 23 riod last year. On September 24, 2025, a shooting 24 targeting a facility of U.S. Immigration and Cus- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 9109 IH toms Enforcement in Dallas resulted in multiple cas- 1 ualties. Separate anti-police and ‘‘criminal justice’’ 2 riots have left many people dead and injured and in- 3 flicted over $2,000,000,000 in property damage na- 4 tionwide. 5 (9) This political violence is not a series of iso- 6 lated incidents and does not emerge organically. In- 7 stead, it is a culmination of sophisticated, organized 8 campaigns of targeted intimidation, radicalization, 9 threats, and violence designed to silence opposing 10 speech, limit political activity, change or direct policy 11 outcomes, and prevent the functioning of a demo- 12 cratic society. A new law enforcement strategy that 13 investigates all participants in these criminal and 14 terroristic conspiracies, including the organized 15 structures, networks, entities, organizations, funding 16 sources, and predicate actions behind them, is re- 17 quired. 18 (10) These campaigns often begin by isolating 19 and dehumanizing specific targets to justify murder 20 or other violent action against them. They do so 21 through a variety of fora, including anonymous chat 22 forums, in-person meetings, social media, and even 23 educational institutions. These campaigns then esca- 24 late to organized doxing, where the private or identi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 9109 IH fying information of their targets (such as home ad- 1 dresses, phone numbers, or other personal informa- 2 tion) is exposed to the public with the explicit intent 3 of encouraging others to harass, intimidate, or vio- 4 lently assault them. As in the case of several agents 5 of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 6 Los Angeles being doxed, the goal of these cam- 7 paigns can be to obstruct the operations of the Fed- 8 eral Government as well as aid and abet criminal ac- 9 tivity the Federal Government is lawfully pursuing. 10 These campaigns are coordinated and perpetrated by 11 actors who have developed a comprehensive strategy 12 to achieve specific policy goals through radicalization 13 and violent intimidation. 14 (11) There are common recurrent motivations 15 and indicia uniting this pattern of violent and ter- 16 roristic activities under the umbrella of self-de- 17 scribed ‘‘anti-fascism’’. These movements portray 18 foundational principles of the United States (such as 19 support for law enforcement and border control) as 20 ‘‘fascist’’ to justify and encourage acts of violent rev- 21 olution. This ‘‘anti-fascist’’ lie has become the orga- 22 nizing rallying cry used by domestic terrorists to 23 wage a violent assault against democratic institu- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 9109 IH tions, constitutional rights, and fundamental lib- 1 erties of the people of the United States. 2 (12) Common threads animating this violent 3 conduct include— 4 (A) anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and 5 anti-Christianity; 6 (B) support for the overthrow of the 7 United States Government; 8 (C) extremism on migration, race, and 9 gender; and 10 (D) hostility towards those who hold tradi- 11 tional American views on family, religion, and 12 morality. 13 (13) As described in the Order of September 14 22, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 46317; relating to desig- 15 nating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization), 16 the groups and entities that perpetuate this extre- 17 mism have created a movement that embraces and 18 elevates violence to achieve policy outcomes, includ- 19 ing justifying additional assassinations. For exam- 20 ple, Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin engraved the bul- 21 lets used in the murder with so-called ‘‘anti-fascist’’ 22 rhetoric. 23 (14) The United States requires a national 24 strategy to investigate and disrupt networks, enti- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 9109 IH ties, and organizations that foment political violence 1 so that law enforcement can intervene in criminal 2 conspiracies before they result in violent political 3 acts. Through this comprehensive strategy, law en- 4 forcement will disband and uproot networks, entities, 5 and organizations that promote organized violence, 6 violent intimidation, conspiracies against rights, and 7 other efforts to disrupt the functioning of a demo- 8 cratic society. 9 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF ANTIFA AS A DOMESTIC TER- 10 RORIST ORGANIZATION. 11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Because of the pattern of political 12 violence by Antifa designed to suppress lawful political ac- 13 tivity and obstruct the rule of law, Antifa is designated 14 as a domestic terrorist organization. 15 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—All relevant departments 16 and agencies of the executive branch of the United States 17 Government shall use all applicable authorities to inves- 18 tigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal oper- 19 ations, especially those involving terrorist actions, con- 20 ducted by Antifa or a person claiming to act on behalf 21 of Antifa, or for which Antifa or any person claiming to 22 act on behalf of Antifa provided material support, includ- 23 ing necessary investigatory and prosecutorial actions 24 against those who fund such operations. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 9109 IH SEC. 4. INVESTIGATING DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZA- 1 TIONS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Joint Terrorism 3 Task Force and its local offices (collectively referred to 4 in this section as the ‘‘JTTFs’’) shall coordinate and su- 5 pervise a comprehensive national strategy to investigate, 6 prosecute, and disrupt entities and individuals engaged in 7 acts of political violence and intimidation designed to sup- 8 press lawful political activity or obstruct the rule of law. 9 This strategy shall include the investigatory and prosecu- 10 torial measures set forth in this section. 11 (b) INVESTIGATIONS OF ACTIONS OF POLITICAL VIO- 12 LENCE, TERRORISM, OR TO DEPRIVE PERSONS OF 13 RIGHTS.—The JTTFs shall investigate potential Federal 14 crimes relating to acts of recruiting or radicalizing persons 15 for the purpose of— 16 (1) political violence, terrorism, or conspiracy 17 against rights; or 18 (2) the violent deprivation of the rights of any 19 citizen of the United States. 20 (c) INVESTIGATIONS OF SUPPORTERS OF DOMESTIC 21 TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.—The JTTFs shall also in- 22 vestigate— 23 (1) institutional and individual funders, and of- 24 ficers and employees of organizations, that are re- 25 sponsible for, sponsor, or otherwise aid and abet the 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 9109 IH principal actors engaging in the criminal conduct de- 1 scribed in subsections (a) and (b); and 2 (2) non-governmental organizations and citizens 3 of the United States residing abroad or with close 4 ties to foreign governments, agents, citizens, founda- 5 tions, or influence networks engaged in violations of 6 the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 7 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) or money laundering by funding, 8 creating, or supporting entities that engage in activi- 9 ties that support or encourage domestic terrorism. 10 (d) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—The 11 JTTFs shall consult and coordinate with executive depart- 12 ments and agencies as needed to determine whether such 13 departments and agencies can apply existing authorities 14 or exercise authorities of the departments and agencies, 15 as appropriate, to support the investigations of the JTTFs 16 and relevant prosecutions of political violence. 17 (e) OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND COORDINA- 18 TION.—The JTTFs may, to the extent permitted by law, 19 request operational assistance from and coordinate with 20 law enforcement partners when investigating domestic ter- 21 rorism. 22 (f) UPDATES.—The National Joint Terrorism Task 23 Force shall provide regular progress updates to the Presi- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 9109 IH dent through the Assistant to the President and Home- 1 land Security Advisor. 2 (g) PROSECUTION OF FEDERAL OFFENSES.—The 3 Attorney General shall direct the Department of Justice 4 to prosecute all offenses under Federal law, to the max- 5 imum extent permissible by law, related to the investiga- 6 tions described in subsections (a) through (c). 7 (h) GUIDANCE.—The Attorney General shall issue 8 specific guidance that ensures domestic terrorism prior- 9 ities include politically motivated terrorist acts such as or- 10 ganized doxing campaigns, swatting, rioting, looting, tres- 11 pass, assault, destruction of property, threats of violence, 12 and civil disorder. This guidance shall also include an 13 identification of any behaviors, fact patterns, recurrent 14 motivations, or other indicia common to organizations and 15 entities that coordinate these acts in order to direct efforts 16 to identify and prevent potential violent activity. 17 (i) IDENTIFYING AND DISRUPTING FINANCIAL NET- 18 WORKS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination 19 with the Attorney General, shall make available all re- 20 sources, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to iden- 21 tify and disrupt financial networks that fund domestic ter- 22 rorism and political violence. The Secretary, acting 23 through the Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office 24 of the Department of the Treasury, shall deploy investiga- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 9109 IH tive tools, examine financial flows, and coordinate with 1 partner agencies to trace illicit funding streams. The Sec- 2 retary shall provide guidance for financial institutions to 3 file Suspicious Activity Reports and investigate indicia of 4 illicit funding streams to ensure such activity is rooted out 5 at the source and referred for law enforcement action, as 6 appropriate. 7 (j) STOPPING FINANCING OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE 8 AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The Commissioner of In- 9 ternal Revenue shall take action to ensure that no tax- 10 exempt entities are directly or indirectly financing political 11 violence or domestic terrorism. In addition, where applica- 12 ble, the Commissioner shall ensure that the Internal Rev- 13 enue Service refers such organizations, and the employees 14 and officers of such organizations, to the Department of 15 Justice for investigation and possible prosecution. 16 (k) INVESTIGATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN 17 POLITICAL VIOLENCE.— 18 (1) IN GENERAL.—All Federal law enforcement 19 agencies with investigative authority shall question 20 and interrogate, within all lawful authorities, indi- 21 viduals engaged in political violence or lawlessness 22 regarding the entity or individual organizing such 23 actions and any related financial sponsorship of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 9109 IH those actions prior to adjudication or initiation of a 1 plea agreement. 2 (2) PRIORITIZATION.—Investigations should 3 prioritize crimes such as— 4 (A) assaulting Federal officers or employ- 5 ees or otherwise engaging in conduct proscribed 6 by section 111 of title 18, United States Code; 7 (B) conspiracy against rights under section 8 241 of title 18, United States Code; 9 (C) conspiracy to commit an offense under 10 section 371 of title 18, United States Code; 11 (D) solicitation to commit a crime of vio- 12 lence under section 373 of title 18, United 13 States Code; 14 (E) money laundering under section 1956 15 of title 18, United States Code; 16 (F) funding of terrorist acts or otherwise 17 facilitating terrorism under section 2339, 18 2339A, 2339B, 2339C, or 2339D of title 18, 19 United States Code; 20 (G) arson offenses under section 844 of 21 title 18, United States Code; 22 (H) violations of chapter 96 of title 18, 23 United States Code (commonly known as ‘‘the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 9109 IH Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organiza- 1 tions Act’’); and 2 (I) major fraud against the United States 3 under section 1031 of title 18, United States 4 Code. 5 (l) STRATEGIES TO DISRUPT AND DISMANTLE PO- 6 LITICAL VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM NET- 7 WORKS.—All Federal law enforcement agencies with inves- 8 tigative authority shall adopt strategies similar to those 9 used to address violent crime and organized crime to dis- 10 rupt and dismantle entire networks of criminal activity. 11 SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DESIGNATION. 12 In the course of and as a result of the investigations 13 directed by section 4, the Attorney General may rec- 14 ommend that any group or entity whose members are en- 15 gaged in activities meeting the definition of ‘‘domestic ter- 16 rorism’’ under section 2331 of title 18, United States 17 Code, merits designation as a domestic terrorist organiza- 18 tion. The Attorney General shall submit a list of any such 19 groups or entities to the President through the Assistant 20 to the President and Homeland Security Advisor. 21 SEC. 6. DOMESTIC TERRORISM AS A NATIONAL PRIORITY 22 AREA. 23 The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland 24 Security shall designate domestic terrorism a national pri- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 9109 IH ority area and develop appropriate grant programs to allo- 1 cate funding for law enforcement partners to detect, pre- 2 vent, and protect against threats arising from this area. 3 SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 4 This Act— 5 (1) shall not be construed to impair or other- 6 wise affect— 7 (A) the authority granted by law to an ex- 8 ecutive department or agency, or the head 9 thereof; or 10 (B) the functions of the Director of the Of- 11 fice of Management and Budget relating to 12 budgetary, administrative, or legislative pro- 13 posals; 14 (2) shall be implemented consistent with appli- 15 cable law and subject to the availability of appro- 16 priations; and 17 (3) is not intended to, and does not, create any 18 right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforce- 19 able at law or in equity by any party against the 20 United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 21 its officers, employees, or agents, or any other per- 22 son. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:24 Jun 04, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H9109.IH H9109 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS