[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 146 (Monday, October 29, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H7336-H7337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




ANTI-TERROR DRAFT LEGISLATION--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
                      STATES (H. DOC. NO. 107-139)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Enclosed for the consideration of the Congress is a legislative 
proposal to implement the International Convention for the Suppression 
of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention for the 
Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Also enclosed is a detailed 
explanation of the bill's provisions.
  Title I of the bill is entitled the ``Terrorist Bombings Convention 
Implementation Act of 2001.'' It would implement

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the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, 
which was signed by the United States on January 12, 1998, and which 
was transmitted to the Senate for its advice and consent to 
ratification on September 8, 1999. In essence, the Convention imposes 
binding legal obligations upon State Parties either to submit for 
prosecution or to extradite any person within their jurisdiction who 
unlawfully and intentionally delivers, places, discharges, or detonates 
an explosive or other lethal device in, into, or against a place of 
public use, a State or government facility, a public transportation 
system, or an infrastructure facility. A State Party is subject to 
these obligations without regard to the place where the alleged act 
covered by the Convention took place. Twenty-eight States are currently 
party to the Convention, which entered into force internationally on 
May 23, 2001.
  Title II of the bill is entitled the ``Suppression of the Financing 
of Terrorism Convention Implementation Act of 2001.'' It would 
implement the International Convention for the Suppression of the 
Financing of Terrorism, which was signed by the United States on 
January 10, 2000, and which was transmitted to the Senate for its 
advice and consent to ratification on October 12, 2000. The Convention 
imposes binding legal obligations upon State Parties either to submit 
for prosecution or to extradite any person within their jurisdiction 
who unlawfully and wilfully provides or collects funds with the 
intention that they should be used to carry out various terrorist 
activities. A State Party is subject to these obligations without 
regard to the place where the alleged act covered by the Convention 
took place. The Convention is not yet in force internationally, but 
will enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of the 
deposit of the twenty-second instrument of ratification, acceptance, 
approval, or accession with the Secretary General of the United 
Nations.
  I urge the prompt and favorable consideration of this proposal.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, October 25, 2001.

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