Stop ANTIFA Act of 2026
This bill classifies Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and directs federal law enforcement to dismantle networks that engage in or fund political violence. Federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Treasury, and the IRS, would investigate and prosecute individuals involved in rioting, property destruction, swatting, and organized online harassment, as well as the donors and tax-exempt nonprofits that finance them. In addition, federal officers would interrogate suspects about their financial backers before entering plea agreements, and the government would create new grant programs to help state and local police combat domestic terrorism.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- State and local law enforcement agenciesReceive new grant funding developed by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to detect, prevent, and protect against domestic terrorism threats.
Who it burdens
- Tax-exempt organizations and their leadershipFace heightened IRS oversight to prevent direct or indirect financing of political violence or domestic terrorism, with potential criminal referral of organizations, officers, and employees to the Department of Justice.
- Financial institutionsMust follow new Treasury Department guidance to investigate indicia of illicit funding streams and file Suspicious Activity Reports regarding financial networks tied to political violence and domestic terrorism.
- Individuals accused of political violence or lawlessnessSubject to mandatory federal interrogation regarding organizational organizers and financial sponsors before receiving a plea agreement or adjudication.
Who opposes it
- Antifa and affiliated members or financial backersDesignates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and directs all relevant federal executive departments and agencies to investigate, dismantle, and criminally prosecute its operations, operatives, and financial backers.
The provisions, in plain language.
Designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and directs federal agencies to use all available authorities to investigate, disrupt, and prosecute illegal operations and financial backers associated with Antifa.
Directs the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to coordinate a national strategy to investigate and disrupt individuals, recruiters, donors, and organizations involved in political violence, radicalization, money laundering, or foreign influence supporting domestic terrorism.
Requires the Department of Justice to maximize federal prosecutions of political violence and issue guidance classifying doxing, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, and property destruction as domestic terrorism priorities.
Directs the Department of the Treasury to investigate financial networks funding domestic terrorism and issue guidance for financial institutions to file Suspicious Activity Reports on illicit funding streams.
Directs the Internal Revenue Service to prevent tax-exempt organizations from financing political violence or domestic terrorism and refer suspected organizations, officers, and employees to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
Requires federal law enforcement to interrogate individuals involved in political violence regarding their organizers and financial sponsors before entering plea agreements, prioritizing organized-crime and racketeering-style investigations.
Authorizes the Attorney General to recommend other groups meeting the definition of domestic terrorism to the President for official designation as domestic terrorist organizations.
Directs the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to establish domestic terrorism as a national priority and create grant programs funding state and local law enforcement partner efforts.