[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 126 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 126

  Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Earth Liberation 
                    Front and ecological terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2003

 Mr. English (for himself, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, 
    Mr. Cannon, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Otter) submitted the following 
   concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Earth Liberation 
                    Front and ecological terrorism.

Whereas the Earth Liberation Front and related organizations have perpetrated 
        over one-thousand crimes against private and public property;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front has continually endangered human lives by 
        setting fire to private and public property;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front has stated that it will not hesitate to 
        ``take up the gun'' to meet its objectives;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front has adopted terrorist tactics in place of 
        peaceful means of political expression;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front actively promotes the use of violent methods 
        to achieve political goals;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front undermines the physical security of American 
        families and businesses;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for an October 18, 
        1998 act of arson at a ski resort in Vail, Colorado that resulted in 
        approximately $12 million in damages;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for a December 31, 
        1999 act of arson at Michigan State University that resulted in 
        approximately $400,000 in damages;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front celebrated and claimed responsibility for a 
        March 24, 2002 arson attack on construction equipment at Wintergreen 
        Gorge in Erie, Pennsylvania which resulted in more than $500,000 in 
        damages;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for an act of arson 
        against the United States Forest Service Northeast Research Station in 
        Irvine, Pennsylvania on August 11, 2002, resulting in $700,000 in 
        damages;
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for a November 26, 
        2002 act of arson against a private mink farm in Erie, Pennsylvania, 
        resulting in at least $90,000 in damages; and
Whereas the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for a January 1, 2003 
        act of arson against an automobile dealership in Girard, Pennsylvania, 
        causing an estimated $97,000 in damage: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That (a) the Congress (1) condemns the Earth Liberation Front and its 
perpetration of actions that destroy private property and endanger 
human lives; (2) denounces the Earth Liberation Front's press arm and 
its rhetorical support of action that endangers the lives of private 
property owners, government officials, law enforcement and 
firefighters; (3) deplores the Earth Liberation Front and its 
destruction of at least $40 million in private property; and (4) 
condemns the Earth Liberation Front for its adoption of terrorist 
tactics.
    (b) It is the Sense of Congress that the Attorney General and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation should: (1) agressively 
seek to investigate and punish actions undertaken by the Earth 
Liberation Front and its supporters; (2) pursue the Earth Liberation 
Front as a terrorist organization; (3) work closely with state and 
local law enforcement to combat the Earth Liberation Front and its 
destruction of private property; and (4) continue to exhaust all 
resources in the fight against all forms of terrorism, foreign and 
domestic
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