[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1211 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 419
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1211


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 8, 1997

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                             June 19, 1998

                Reported by Mr. Hatch, with an amendment
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
For the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-
        McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation.

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

SECTION 1. SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Payment of Claims.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay, 
out of money not otherwise appropriated--
            (1) to the Global Exploration and Development Corporation, 
        a Florida corporation incorporated in Delaware, $9,500,000;
            (2) to Kerr-McGee Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation 
        incorporated in Delaware, $10,000,000; and
            (3) to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, an Oklahoma 
        corporation incorporated in Delaware, $0.
    (b)  Condition of Payment.--(1) The payment authorized by 
subsection (a)(1) is in settlement and compromise of all claims of 
Global Exploration and Development Corporation, as described in the 
recommendations of the Court of Federal Claims set forth in 36 Fed. Cl. 
776.
    (2) The payment authorized by subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) are in 
settlement and compromise of all claims of Kerr-McGee Corporation and 
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, as described in the recommendations of 
the Court of Federal Claims set forth in 36 Fed. Cl. 776.

<DELETED>SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FEES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    No more than 15 percent of the sums authorized to be paid 
by section 1 shall be paid to or received by any agent or attorney for 
services rendered in connection with the recovery of such sums. Any 
person violating this section shall be fined not more than 
$1,000.</DELETED>

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION 
              RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS 
              OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

    (a) Unlawful Conduct.--Section 842 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives, 
Destructive Devices, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `destructive device' has the same 
                meaning as in section 921(a)(4);
                    ``(B) the term `explosive' has the same meaning as 
                in section 844(j); and
                    ``(C) the term `weapon of mass destruction' has the 
                same meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2).
            ``(2) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any person--
                    ``(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of 
                an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass 
                destruction, or to distribute by any means information 
                pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or 
                use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of 
                mass destruction, with the intent that the teaching, 
                demonstration, or information be used for, or in 
                furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal 
                crime of violence; or
                    ``(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the 
                making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or 
                a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute to any 
                person, by any means, information pertaining to, in 
                whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an 
                explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass 
                destruction, knowing that such person intends to use 
                the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in 
                furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal 
                crime of violence.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``person who violates 
        any of subsections'' and inserting the following: ``person 
        who--
            ``(1) violates any of subsections'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) violates subsection (p)(2) of section 842, shall be 
        fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or 
        both.''; and
            (4) in subsection (j), by striking ``and (i)'' and 
        inserting ``(i), and (p)''.
                                                       Calendar No. 419

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1211

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

For the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-
        McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 19, 1998

                       Reported with an amendment