[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2698 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2698

   To require persons entering into contracts with the Department of 
    Defense to report commercial transactions they conduct with any 
                           terrorist country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 1993

Mr. Torricelli introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require persons entering into contracts with the Department of 
    Defense to report commercial transactions they conduct with any 
                           terrorist country.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORTS BY DEFENSE CONTRACTORS OF DEALINGS WITH TERRORIST 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) Requirement.--Beginning 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall require each person--
            (1) before entering into a contract with the Department of 
        Defense to provide goods or services to the Department, to 
        report to the Secretary any commercial transactions which such 
        person has conducted with any terrorist country, or with any 
        national of a terrorist country; and
            (2) to report to the Secretary any commercial transactions 
        which such person conducts, during the course of the contract, 
        with any terrorist country, or with any national of a terrorist 
        country.
The requirement contained in paragraph (2) shall be included in the 
contract with the Department of Defense.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall issue such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress an annual 
report setting forth those persons conducting commercial transactions 
with terrorist countries and nationals of terrorist countries, as 
included in the reports made pursuant to section 1(a), the terrorist 
countries and nationals of terrorist countries with which such 
transactions were conducted, and the nature of the transactions.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``terrorist country'' means a country the 
        government of which the Secretary of State has determined 
        pursuant to law, as of March 1, 1993, is a government that has 
        repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
        terrorism; and
            (2) the term ``national'' has the meaning given that term 
        in section 515.302 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
        in effect on March 1, 1993.

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