[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 748 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 748

   To amend the prohibition of title 18, United States Code, against 
                financial transactions with terrorists.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

  Mr. McCollum (for himself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the prohibition of title 18, United States Code, against 
                financial transactions with terrorists.

    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 ``Prohibition on Financial 
Transactions With Countries Supporting Terrorism Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH TERRORISTS.

    Section 2332d of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in regulations 
                issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of State, whoever'' and 
                inserting ``Whoever''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``of 1979'' after ``Export 
                Administration Act''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``, except that such 
        term does not include any transaction incident to routine 
        diplomatic relations among countries'' after ``1956(c)(4)''.
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