[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 95 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6805-S6806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CRIMINAL PENALTIES RELATING TO TERRORIST ATTACKS

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, due to time constraints, the Congressional 
Budget Office, CBO, estimate was not included in the report to 
accompany S. 2621, an act to provide a definition of vehicle for 
purposes of criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other 
acts of violence against mass transportation systems. The report is

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now available and, therefore, I ask unanimous consent that the attached 
CBO estimate be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:
                                                    U.S. Congress,


                                  Congressional Budget Office,

                                    Washington, DC, June 27, 2002.
     Hon. Patrick J. Leahy,
     Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
     prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 2621, an act to 
     provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal 
     penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of 
     violence against mass transportation systems.
       If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
     pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Mark 
     Grabowicz.
           Sincerely,
                                                Barry B. Anderson,
                                   [For Dan L. Crippen, Director.]
       Enclosure.
       Congressional Budget Office cost estimate--S. 2621--an act 
     to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal 
     penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of 
     violence against mass transportation systems.
       As passed by the Senate on June 25, 2002.
       The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56) established 
     a new federal offense for acts of violence against mass 
     transportation systems. S. 2621 would clarify the definition 
     of the term ``vehicle'' as used in that act. CBO estimates 
     that implementing S. 2621 would result in no significant 
     costs to the federal government. The legislation could affect 
     direct spending and receipts through greater collections of 
     criminal fines, so pay-as-you-go procedures would apply. 
     However, CBO estimates that any effects on direct spending or 
     receipts would be significant because of the small number of 
     cases likely to be affected.
       S. 2621 contains on intergovernmental or private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and 
     would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
       The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Mark Grabowicz. 
     This estimate was approved by Robert A. Sunshine, Assistant 
     Director for Budget Analysis.

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