Stop ANTIFA Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Rick Scott
Introduced
Summary
Designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. The bill would require a coordinated national strategy to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle networks tied to political violence, with emphasis on funding, prosecutions, and interagency action.
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- Federal law enforcement and prosecutors would be directed to prioritize politically motivated violence. The National Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) would coordinate investigations into violent acts, deprivation of rights, funders, and conspiracies.
- Treasury and financial regulators would be tasked to trace and disrupt illicit funding and to guide banks on Suspicious Activity Reports. The Internal Revenue Service would be required to prevent tax-exempt entities from indirectly financing political violence and refer suspected organizations to the Department of Justice.
- Organizers, funders, and participants in coordinated doxxing, swatting, riots, assaults, arson, money laundering, or related conspiracies would face prioritized investigation and questioning about organizational and financial sponsorships before plea discussions or adjudication.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Federal labeling and Justice priorities
If enacted, the bill would designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. The Attorney General could recommend other groups for similar designations and must send recommendations to the President through the Homeland Security Advisor. The Attorney General would issue guidance to treat doxing, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, threats and related acts as domestic terrorism priorities. The Justice Department would be directed to prosecute related federal crimes to the maximum extent allowed by law.
National JTTF strategy and questioning
If enacted, the National Joint Terrorism Task Force would lead a national plan to investigate and disrupt political violence. Local and federal JTTF offices would coordinate with agencies and request lawful operational help. The JTTFs must report progress to the President through the Homeland Security Advisor. Federal investigators would be required to question accused political violence participants about organizers and funders before plea deals or final adjudication, focusing on listed federal crimes like RICO and terrorism financing.
Grants to fight domestic terrorism
If enacted, the Attorney General and Homeland Security would designate domestic terrorism as a national priority. They would create grant programs to give law enforcement money to detect, prevent, and protect against domestic terrorism. The bill creates the grant mechanism but does not set specific dollar amounts.
Cutting off terrorist funding flows
If enacted, the Treasury Secretary would use financial intelligence tools to trace and disrupt money that funds domestic terrorism. Treasury would coordinate with Justice and guide banks on spotting and reporting suspicious activity. The IRS Commissioner would act to stop tax-exempt groups from financing political violence and could refer such groups and their officers to Justice for investigation or prosecution.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rick Scott
FL • R
Cosponsors
Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Mike Lee
UT • R
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Ashley Moody
FL • R
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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