The attack on Capitol Hill by President Trump’s supporters has sparked renewed interest in a Democratic-backed bill to increase the ability of the federal government to conduct surveillance on the far Right.

The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, first passed by the House in September of last year, would create “dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic terrorism,” according to the bill’s language.