[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 730 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 730

      To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the 
    extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States over nuclear 
                               terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 1995

  Mr. Gilman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the 
    extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States over nuclear 
                               terrorism.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Terrorism Jurisdiction 
Extension and Control Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. NUCLEAR TERRORISM JURISDICTION.

    (a) Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.--Paragraph (2) of section 831(c) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) one of the persons who committed, or is charged with 
        committing, the offense is a United States person, or the 
        offense is committed against a governmental entity or a United 
        States person;''.
    (b) Definition of United States Person.--Section 831(f) of title 
18, United States Code. is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) the term `United States person' means--
                    ``(A) a national of the United States (as defined 
                in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act); 
                or
                    ``(B) a corporation organized under the laws of the 
                United States, or of any State, district, commonwealth, 
                territory or possession of the United States.''.
    (c) Clarification of Covered Types of Nuclear Material.--Section 
831(f)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(E) byproduct material, source material, or special 
        nuclear material, as such terms are defined in section 11 of 
        the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and''.
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