[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 1858 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1858


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2002

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To permit the closed circuit televising of the criminal trial of 
         Zacarias Moussaoui for the victims of September 11th.

    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 ``Terrorist Victims' Courtroom Access 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TELEVISING OF THE TRIAL OF ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI FOR THE VICTIMS 
              OF SEPTEMBER 11TH.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules 
of Criminal Procedure to the contrary, in order to permit victims of 
crimes associated with the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001 to 
watch criminal trial proceedings in the criminal case against Zacarias 
Moussaoui, the trial court in that case shall order closed circuit 
televising of the proceedings to convenient locations, in Northern 
Virginia, Los Angeles, New York City, Boston, Newark, and San 
Francisco, and such other locations the trial court determines are 
reasonably necessary, for viewing by those victims the court determines 
have a compelling interest in doing so and are otherwise unable to do 
so by reason of the inconvenience and expense of traveling to the 
location of the trial.
    (b) Procedures.--Except as provided in subsection (a), the terms 
and restrictions of section 235 of the Antiterrorism and Effective 
Death Penalty Act of 1996

(42 U.S.C. 10608) shall apply to the televising of court proceedings 
under this section.

            Passed the Senate December 20 (legislative day, December 
      18), 2001.

            Attest:

                                                  JERI THOMSON,

                                                             Secretary.