3.0.0 4454 2023-01-15T04:49:03Z 2023-01-15T04:49:03Z House H HR 2004-05-20 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-28T17:28:34Z Referred to 2004-05-20T14:02:50Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy14 Research Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-01T20:56:12Z Referred to 2004-05-20T14:03:05Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-05-20T14:03:00Z 2004-06-28 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2004-06-01 hssy14 Research Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. Committee 2004-05-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2004-05-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-05-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000051 Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] GEORGE NETHERCUTT R WA 5 N C000994 Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50] RANDY CUNNINGHAM R CA 50 2004-07-08 False H000329 Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] DOC HASTINGS R WA 4 2004-07-08 False O000166 Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1] C. L. OTTER R ID 1 2004-09-15 False L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2004-09-15 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Agricultural research Agriculture and Food Animal breeding Animals Aquariums Armed Forces and National Security Arson Bank accounts Bombings Charitable contributions Civil actions and liability Classified defense information College costs Colleges Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Congressional veto Corporation taxes Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Department of Justice Destruction of property EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Education Environmental Protection Executive orders Exhibitions Extortion Farms Federal aid to education Federal aid to law enforcement Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fugitives from justice Genetic research Genetics Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Higher education Homicide Income tax Judicial review Laboratory animals Law Livestock Mandatory sentences Nonprofit organizations Organized crime Plant breeding Public Lands and Natural Resources Research and development facilities School security Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Security measures Sentences (Criminal procedure) Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Tax credits Tax deductions Tax penalties Tax refunds Tax returns Tax-exempt organizations Taxation Terrorism Transgenic plants Zoos Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-05-20 Introduced in House 2004-08-27T17:42:47Z Ecoterrorism Prevention Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit plant enterprise terrorism (offenses to disrupt or damage a plant enterprise). Enhances penalties for animal enterprise terrorism and establishes penalties for plant enterprise terrorism. Prohibits the use of explosives or arson against animal or plant enterprises. Authorizes restitution for economic damage resulting from the violation.

Makes animal and plant enterprise terrorism predicate offenses under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Includes within prohibitions under the Hobbs Act denying another the right to exercise control over another's property by threatening to violate animal and plant enterprise terrorism prohibitions.

Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to establish and maintain a national clearinghouse for information on incidents of crime and terrorism committed or directed against: (1) any animal or plant enterprise; (2) any commercial activity because of the perceived impact or effect of such commercial activity on the environment; or (3) any person because of such person's perceived connection with or support of any such enterprise or activity. Requires the Director to report annually on domestic terrorist organizations.

Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to make security upgrade and technical assistance grants on a competitive basis to colleges and universities.

Includes animal and plant enterprise terrorism within the scope of provisions regarding harboring or concealing terrorists and providing material support to terrorists.

Establishes procedures for designation by the Attorney General of domestic terrorist organizations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the suspension of the tax-exempt status of such organizations.

]]> Ecoterrorism Prevention Act of 2004 Display Title Ecoterrorism Prevention Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect and promote the public safety and interstate commerce by establishing Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive, and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with plant or animal enterprises, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ecoterrorism Prevention Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-05-20T04:00:00Z 2004-06-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.