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[S. 2946 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2946

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of the 
   terms ``act of war'' and ``blocked asset'', and for other purposes.

    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 ``Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 
2018''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM ``ACT OF WAR''.
    (a) In General.--Section 2331 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
    inserting ``; and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(6) the term `military force' does not include any person 
    that--
            ``(A) has been designated as a--
                ``(i) foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary 
            of State under section 219 of the Immigration and 
            Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
                ``(ii) specially designated global terrorist (as such 
            term is defined in section 594.310 of title 31, Code of 
            Federal Regulations) by the Secretary of State or the 
            Secretary of the Treasury; or
            ``(B) has been determined by the court to not be a 
        `military force'.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to any civil action pending on or commenced after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENTS AGAINST TERRORISTS.
    (a) In General.--Section 2333 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end following:
    ``(e) Use of Blocked Assets to Satisfy Judgments of U.S. 
Nationals.--For purposes of section 201 of the Terrorism Risk Insurance 
Act of 2002 (28 U.S.C. 1610 note), in any action in which a national of 
the United States has obtained a judgment against a terrorist party 
pursuant to this section, the term `blocked asset' shall include any 
asset of that terrorist party (including the blocked assets of any 
agency or instrumentality of that party) seized or frozen by the United 
States under section 805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1904(b)).''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to any judgment entered before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
SEC. 4. CONSENT OF CERTAIN PARTIES TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
    (a) In General.--Section 2334 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Consent of Certain Parties to Personal Jurisdiction.--
        ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for 
    purposes of any civil action under section 2333 of this title, a 
    defendant shall be deemed to have consented to personal 
    jurisdiction in such civil action if, regardless of the date of the 
    occurrence of the act of international terrorism upon which such 
    civil action was filed, the defendant--
            ``(A) after the date that is 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, accepts--
                ``(i) any form of assistance, however provided, under 
            chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
            (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.);
                ``(ii) any form of assistance, however provided, under 
            section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
            U.S.C. 2291) for international narcotics control and law 
            enforcement; or
                ``(iii) any form of assistance, however provided, under 
            chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
            (22 U.S.C. 2349bb et seq.); or
            ``(B) in the case of a defendant benefiting from a waiver 
        or suspension of section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 
        (22 U.S.C. 5202) after the date that is 120 days after the date 
        of enactment of this subsection--
                ``(i) continues to maintain any office, headquarters, 
            premises, or other facilities or establishments within the 
            jurisdiction of the United States; or
                ``(ii) establishes or procures any office, 
            headquarters, premises, or other facilities or 
            establishments within the jurisdiction of the United 
            States.
        ``(2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
    defendant who ceases to engage in the conduct described in 
    paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) for 5 consecutive calendar years.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.