[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2353 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2353

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct 
                      relating to civil disorders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1995

  Mr. Nadler 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, to prohibit certain conduct 
                      relating to civil disorders.

    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 ``Domestic Counter Terrorism Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL DISORDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 231(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended.--
            (1) by striking the one-em dash at the end of paragraph (3) 
        and inserting ``; or'';
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
    ``(4) Whoever trains in the use, application, or making of any 
firearm or explosive or incendiary device, or technique capable of 
causing injury or death to persons, knowing or having reason to know or 
intending that the same will be unlawfully employed for use in or in 
furtherance of a civil disorder which--
            ``(A) may in any way or degree obstruct, delay, or 
        adversely affect--
                    ``(i) commerce or the movement of any article or 
                commodity in commerce; or
                    ``(ii) the conduct or performance of any federally 
                protected function; or
            ``(B) is in violation of chapter 13 of this title.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or is in violation of 
        chapter 13 of this title'' before the semicolon.
    (b) Definition.--Paragraph (7) of section 232 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) The term `law enforcement officer'--
                    ``(A) means any officer or employee of the United 
                States, any State, any political subdivision of a 
                State, or the District of Columbia, while acting in the 
                lawful scope of such officer or employee's duties;
                    ``(B) includes members of the National Guard (as 
                defined in section 101 of title 10), members of the 
                organized militia of any State or territory of the 
                United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the 
                District of Columbia, not included within the National 
                Guard (as so defined), and members of the Armed Forces 
                of the United States while engaged in suppressing acts 
                of violence or restoring law and order during a civil 
                disorder.''.
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