3.0.0 2664 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z Senate S S 2004-07-15 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-15T20:55:34Z Tools to Fight Terrorism Act of 2004 108 2679 S 2004-07-19 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645. Related bill CRS Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 108 5118 HR 2004-10-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. Identical bill CRS 2004-07-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N Crime and Law Enforcement Antiaircraft missiles Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms sales Aviation safety Biological warfare Capital punishment Commerce EBB Terrorism Explosives Export controls Extraterritoriality Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Genetic engineering Health International Affairs Interstate commerce Jurisdiction Launch vehicles Law Life imprisonment Mandatory sentences Money laundering Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear terrorism Nuclear weapons Rockets (Ordnance) Sentences (Criminal procedure) Smallpox Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Virus diseases Wiretapping Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-28T19:36:16Z Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly producing, acquiring, transferring, possessing, using, or threatening to use: (1) an explosive or incendiary rocket designed as a weapon to seek an aircraft; (2) any device to launch or guide such rocket; (3) parts designed for use in assembling or fabricating such a rocket or device; (4) any weapon designed or intended to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life; (5) any object capable of and designed or intended to endanger human life; or (6) the variola virus. (Makes exceptions for specified governmental conduct.)

Amends the Atomic Energy Act to expand the scope of provisions governing atomic weapons to prohibit transferring or receiving in interstate or foreign commerce, using, or possessing and threatening to use an atomic weapon.

Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) when such prohibited conduct shall be considered to have occurred within the jurisdiction of the United States; and (2) applicable criminal penalties, including the death penalty.

Expands the scope of Arms Export Control Act licensing provisions and Federal criminal code provisions regarding interception of communications, acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, and money laundering to cover offenses under this Act.

]]> Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 Display Title Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-15T04:00:00Z 2004-07-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.