[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2172 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2172

 To require the Secretary of State to report on United States citizens 
             injured or killed by certain terrorist groups.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 1999

   Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
  McGovern, and Mr. Gilman) introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of State to report on United States citizens 
             injured or killed by certain terrorist groups.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN WHICH UNITED STATES 
              CITIZENS WERE KILLED AND RELATED MATTERS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than October 1, 1999, and every 6 months 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit a report, 
with a classified annex as necessary, to the appropriate congressional 
committees regarding terrorist attacks in Israel, in territory 
administered by Israel, and in territory administered by the 
Palestinian Authority. The report shall contain the following 
information:
            (1) A list of formal commitments the Palestinian Authority 
        has made to combat terrorism.
            (2) A list of terrorist attacks, occurring between October 
        1, 1992 and the date of the report, against Israeli or United 
        States citizens in Israel, in territory administered by Israel, 
        or in territory administered by the Palestinian Authority, 
        including--
                    (A) a list of all citizens of the United States 
                killed or injured in such attacks;
                    (B) a list of all citizens of Israel killed or 
                injured in such attacks;
                    (C) the date of each attack, the total number of 
                people killed or injured in each attack, and the name 
                and nationality of each victim;
                    (D) the person or group claiming responsibility for 
                the attack and where such person or group has found 
                refuge or support;
                    (E) a list of suspects implicated in each attack 
                and the nationality of each suspect, including 
                information on--
                            (i) which suspects are in the custody of 
                        the Palestinian Authority and which suspects 
                        are in the custody of Israel;
                            (ii) which suspects are still at large in 
                        areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority 
                        or Israel; and
                            (iii) the whereabouts (or suspected 
                        whereabouts) of suspects implicated in each 
                        attack.
            (3) Of the suspects implicated in the attacks described in 
        paragraph (2) and detained by Palestinian or Israeli 
        authorities, information on--
                    (A) the date each suspect was incarcerated;
                    (B) whether any suspects have been released, the 
                date of such release, whether the Secretary considers 
                the release justified based on the evidence against the 
                suspect, and whether any released suspect was 
                implicated in subsequent acts of terrorism; and
                    (C) the status of each case pending against a 
                suspect, including information on whether the suspect 
                has been indicted, prosecuted, or convicted by the 
                Palestinian Authority or Israel.
            (4) Statistics on the release by the Palestinian Authority 
        of terrorist suspects compared to the release of suspects in 
        other violent crimes.
            (5) The policy of the Department of State with respect to 
        offering rewards for information on terrorist suspects, 
        including any determination by the Department of State as to 
        whether a reward should be posted for suspects involved in 
        terrorist attacks in which United States citizens were either 
        killed or injured, and, if not, an explanation of why a reward 
        should not or has not been posted for a particular suspect.
            (6) A list of each request by the United States for 
        assistance in investigating terrorist attacks against United 
        States citizens, a list of each request by the United States 
        for the transfer of terrorist suspects from the Palestinian 
        Authority and Israel, and the response to each request from the 
        Palestinian Authority and Israel.
            (7) A list of meetings and trips made by United States 
        officials to the Middle East to investigate cases of terrorist 
        attacks in the 7 years preceding the date of the report.
            (8) A list of any terrorist suspects or those aiding 
        terrorists who are members of Palestinian police or security 
        forces, the Palestine Liberation Organization, or any 
        Palestinian governing body.
            (9) A list of all United States citizens killed or injured 
        in terrorist attacks in Israel or in territory administered by 
        Israel between 1948 and October 1, 1992, and a comprehensive 
        list of all suspects involved in such attacks and their 
        whereabouts.
            (10) The amount of compensation the United States has 
        requested for United States citizens, or their families, 
        injured or killed in attacks by terrorists in Israel, in 
        territory administered by Israel, or in territory administered 
        by the Palestine Authority, and, if no compensation has been 
        requested, an explanation of why such requests have not been 
        made.
    (b) Consultation With Other Departments.--The Secretary of State 
shall, in preparing the report required by this section, consult and 
coordinate with all other Government officials who have information 
necessary to complete the report.
    (c) Initial Report.--Except as provided in subsection (a)(9), the 
initial report filed under this section shall cover the 7 years 
preceding October 1, 1999.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional Committee'' means the 
Committees on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of Representatives.
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