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This bill establishes within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an Office for Bombing Prevention.
The office shall advise DHS on matters related to terrorist explosive threats and attacks in the United States, coordinate DHS efforts to counter such threats and attacks, and take other specified steps, including promoting security awareness.
The bill also requires DHS to provide to the public and private sector technical assistance to counter terrorist explosive threats and attacks that pose a risk in certain jurisdictions to critical infrastructure facilities or to special events.
The office shall develop a strategy to align the office's activities with the threat environment and stakeholder needs, and to make the public and private sector aware of the office's capabilities.
DHS must also ensure coordination and information sharing regarding nonmilitary research, development, testing, and evaluation activities relating to terrorist explosive threats and attacks in the United States.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6873 as passed House on May 17, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 17, 2022
Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
Passed · Two-thirds required
388 Yea 26 Nay 14 not voting
Crossed both parties 26 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 26 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
428 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 6873 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 6873 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
3 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.