Task force adopts agenda and minutes, sets schedule for public comment and final votes

The Domestic Extremism and Mass Violence Task Force completed routine business, adopted the day’s agenda and approved the March meeting minutes by show of hands, then moved into program presentations and subcommittee reflections. The chair, Manvir Sandhu (senior policy analyst staffing the task force), confirmed a quorum of 13 early in the meeting.

Sandhu told members the task force had received three written public comments before the deadline the previous day and that the portal—opened June 5—will remain open through June 19 at 5 p.m. She said draft recommendations (about 10 items across four prevention levels) will be released for a public-comment period in July (approximately three weeks), with discussion meetings scheduled Aug. 14 and in September and a goal of final votes in October so the final report is ready for the Dec. 1 statutory submission.

Procedural actions recorded during the session: a motion to adopt the agenda was made and the agenda was adopted (no objections recorded); a motion to approve the March minutes was made, seconded and the minutes were adopted. Sandhu reminded members that the final three meetings are mandatory for voting per the task-force charter and asked members to arrange proxies if they cannot attend.

The chair also said a planned panel on political violence and elections will be rescheduled via a special meeting in summer or early fall, and closed the meeting roughly eight minutes early.

Next steps: members will receive the draft recommendations by email for internal review and instructions for submitting proposed revisions; a separate public-comment portal will open for recommendations. Sandhu said staff will circulate links and timelines to help members prepare for the scheduled discussion and voting sessions.