[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1490 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1490

    To establish terrorist lookout committees in each United States 
                                Embassy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 3, 2001

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish terrorist lookout committees in each United States 
                                Embassy.

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

SECTION 1. TERRORIST LOOKOUT COMMITTEES.

    (a) Establishment.--(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall establish within 
each United States Embassy a Terrorist Lookout Committee, which shall 
include the head of the political section and senior representatives of 
all United States law enforcement agencies, and the intelligence 
community, under the authority of the chief of mission.
    (2) Each Committee shall be chaired by the respective deputy chief 
of mission, with the head of the consular section as vice chair.
    (b) Meetings.--Each Terrorist Lookout Committee established under 
subsection (a) shall meet at least monthly and shall maintain records 
of its meetings. Upon the completion of each meeting, each Committee 
shall report to the Department of State all names submitted for 
inclusion in the visa lookout system.
    (c) Certification.--If no names are submitted upon completion of a 
meeting under subsection (b), the deputy chief of mission shall certify 
to the Secretary of State, subject to potential application the 
Accountability Review Board provisions of title III of the Omnibus 
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, that none of the 
relevant sections of the United States Embassy had knowledge of the 
identity of any individual eligible for inclusion in the visa lookout 
system for possible terrorist activity.
    (d) Report.--The Secretary of State shall submit a report on a 
quarterly basis to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives on the status of the Terrorist Lookout Committees.
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