INTERNATIONAL LAW
Amendments
China, People's Republic of: express condolences to families of people killed in elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards (H. Res. 121), H4407 [23JY]
Indonesia: condemn murder of U.N. relief workers and failure of the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those persons responsible (S. Res. 91), S6531 [20JN]
Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6739 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), H6718 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10570, S10575, S10583, S10666 [11OC]
Analyses
Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act (S. 864), S4838-S4840 [10MY]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (H.R. 3162), S11000-S11014, S11054-S11056 [25OC], H7197-H7200 [23OC]
Articles and editorials
Homeland Security and the ``Three C's''—Coordination, Communication, and Cooperation, S11053 [25OC]
International Criminal Court—Undemocratic and Unconstitutional, S9216 [10SE]
Kashmir Capitals Put Under Curfew After Killings, E147 [8FE]
Let Privateers Troll for Bin Laden, E2203 [4DE]
No to a World Court, E14 [3JA]
Under the U.N. Gavel, S9215 [10SE]
Unsign That Treaty, S9215 [10SE]
Watershed Ruling on Rape—Serbs Found Guilty of `Crime Against Humanity', E248 [28FE]
When Care Beats Haste, S10585 [11OC]
Bills and resolutions
Afghanistan: provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (see H.R. 3049), H6421 [5OC] (see H.R. 3088), H6700 [11OC]
China, People's Republic of: express condolences to families of people killed in elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards (see H. Res. 121), H1556 [24AP]
Courts: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (see S. 857), S4590 [9MY] (see S. 1610), S11362 [1NO] (see H.R. 1794), H2140 [10MY]
Crime: combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of terrorism, and protect the U.S. financial system (see S. 1511), S10388 [9OC]
———combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (see S. 398), S1616 [27FE] (see S. 1371), S8911 [3AU] (see H.R. 1114), H1011 [20MR]
———protect due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals and the International Criminal Court (see S. 1296), S8575 [1AU] (see H.R. 2699), H5125 [1AU]
———treatment of acts of torture committed in the U.S. (see H.R. 3158), H7127 [17OC]
Dept. of Labor: provide permanent authorization for the Bureau of International Labor to continue to work to alleviate child labor and improve worker rights and labor standards (see S. 1827), S13145 [13DE]
Foreign aid: restrict assistance to countries with which the U.S. has an extradition treaty or is in negotiations to conclude an extradition treaty (see H.R. 2877), H5592 [11SE]
Immigration: prevent admission, require removal, and authorize investigation of aliens who commit acts of torture or genocide abroad (see S. 864), S4822 [10MY] (see H.R. 1449), H1484 (see H.R. 1449), H1494 [4AP]
Indonesia: condemn murder of U.N. relief workers and failure of the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those persons responsible (see S. Res. 91), S5269 [21MY]
———condemn violence in East Timor and urge the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal for prosecuting crimes against humanity that occurred during that conflict (see S. Con. Res. 9), S1271 [13FE] (see H. Con. Res. 60), H832 [12MR]
Iraq: U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (see H.J. Res. 75), H8842 [4DE]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: enter into negotiations with Cuban Government representatives to provide for increased cooperation on drug interdiction efforts (see H.R. 1124), H1011 [20MR]
Refugees: reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing prosecution or torture (see S. 1311), S8704 [2AU]
Terrorism: authorize issuance of letters of marque and reprisal to respond to acts of air piracy (see H.R. 3076), H6504 [10OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 1510), S10287 [4OC] (see H.R. 2975), H6135 [2OC] (see H.R. 3091), H6701 [11OC] (see H.R. 3108), H6779 [12OC] (see H.R. 3162), H7217 [23OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (see H. Res. 264), H6779 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), same-day consideration (see H. Res. 263), H6779 [12OC]
———update definition of piracy to include air piracy to allow for punishment and issuance of letters of marque and reprisal (see H.R. 3074), H6504 [10OC]
Yugoslavia: commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic and other alleged war criminals to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and provide aid to support economic and democratic reforms (see H. Res. 200), H4216 [18JY]
———commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and provide aid to support economic and democratic reforms (see S. Res. 122), S7193 [29JN]
Explanations
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (H.R. 3162): Title IV on Border Protection and Immigration, S11046-S11048 [25OC]
Letters
Anti-terrorism legislation: Senator Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10569 [11OC]
———Senator Specter, S10568 [11OC]
Combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of terrorism, and protect the U.S. financial system: Asa Hutchinson, DEA, S10582 [11OC]
———Daniel J. Bryant, Dept. of Justice, S10582 [11OC]
———Donald E. Powell, FDIC, S10582 [11OC]
———Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, S10583 [11OC]
———Jennifer M. Granholm, Michigan Attorney General, S10583 [11OC]
Money Laundering Abatement Act: Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, S8949 [3AU]
———Thomas F. Reilly, Massachusetts Attorney General, S8948 [3AU]
Protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party: Elie Wiesel, S12624 [7DE]
———Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, S12613 [7DE]
———VFW and Reserve Officers Association of the U.S., S12614 [7DE]
Protection of U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, S10042 [2OC]
———Robert E. Wallace, VFW, S10043 [2OC]
Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Laura W. Murphy and Gregory T. Nojeim, ACLU, H6772 [12OC]
U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments relative to Lloyd's of London (insurance company) lawsuits: Barbara Lyons, S2354 [15MR]
———Beverly Hudson, S2353 [15MR]
———Colin L. Powell, Sec. of State and Paul H. O'Neill, Sec. of the Treasury, S2352 [15MR]
———Edith Anthoine, S2353 [15MR]
———Howell Heflin, S2355 [15MR]
———Joan B. Wilson, S2353, S2354 [15MR]
———Laura S. Unger, SEC, S2355 [15MR]
———Representative Hyde, Committee on International Relations (House), S2355 [15MR]
———Ruth G. Tufts, S2353 [15MR]
———Senator Landrieu, S2355 [15MR]
———Shirley M. Cook, S2353 [15MR]
———Thomas O. Lind, S2354 [15MR]
Motions
Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6773 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10575, S10577, S10586 [11OC]
Petitions and memorials
National League of Cities: respond to surge in steel imports, E2409 [20DE]
Press releases
Sikhs Condemn Killings in Kashmir, Appeal to Both Communities To Exercise Restraint: Council of Khalistan, E145 [8FE]
Remarks in House
Afghanistan: actions of citizens in northern Afghanistan after removal of the Taliban regime, H8136 [14NO]
———provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime, H7112-H7119 [17OC], H7326 [25OC], H8480 [28NO]
———provide for the removal from power of the Taliban regime (H.R. 3049), E1820 [5OC]
———search for missing aid workers taken hostage by the Taliban regime, H8138 [14NO]
Bankruptcy: U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments rendered in foreign courts, E274 [5MR]
China, People's Republic of: express condolences to families of people killed in elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards (H. Res. 121), H4405-H4407 [23JY], E599 [24AP]
Courts: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, H2092, H2096, H2118-H2125 [10MY], E803 [15MY]
Crime: combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of terrorism, and protect the U.S. financial system, H6715 [12OC], H7201, H7204 [23OC], E1936 [29OC]
———combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (H.R. 1114), E397 [20MR]
———protect due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals and the International Criminal Court (H.R. 2699), E1508 [2AU]
Dept. of State: negotiate new or updated extradition treaties, H2235 [16MY]
———new or updated extradition treaties negotiation funding, H4087 [17JY]
———report on extradition efforts between the U.S. and foreign countries, H2238 [16MY]
Foreign aid: restrict assistance to countries with which the U.S. has an extradition treaty or is in negotiations to conclude an extradition treaty, H4497 [24JY]
India: designate as a state sponsor of terrorism, E144, E147 [8FE]
Indonesia: condemn criminal attacks against Christians and Muslims, H2575 [23MY]
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: conviction of Bosnian Serb individuals for rape, torture, and sexual enslavement of Muslim women, E247 [28FE]
———encourage cooperation by all governments, entities, and municipalities in the region, H4513, H4514, H4518 [24JY]
Iraq: encourage convening of U.N. war crimes tribunal relative to invasions of Iran and Kuwait and other crimes against humanity, H4785 [30JY]
———U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development (H.J. Res. 75), H10418-H10426 [19DE], H10936, H10951 [20DE], E2396 [20DE]
———U.S. use of force relative to weapons development, H10951 [20DE]
Terrorism: authorize issuance of letters of marque and reprisal to respond to acts of air piracy (H.R. 3076), E1837 [10OC], E2202 [4DE]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6691, H6702 [11OC], H6705, H6726-H6776 [12OC], H6784 [16OC], E1893, E1896, E1897, E1901, E1904 [16OC], E1916 [17OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), H6712-H6726 [12OC], E2067 [13NO]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), consideration (H. Res. 264), same-day consideration (H. Res. 263), H6706-H6712 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), corrections in engrossment, H6776 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), motion to recommit, H6774 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), unanimous-consent agreement, H6773 [12OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), H7159-H7207 [23OC], H7220 [24OC], E1921, E1922 [24OC], E1929 [25OC], E1936 [29OC], E1968 [31OC], E2064 [13NO]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), corrections in engrossment, H7225 [24OC]
———recognize threat to U.S. citizens abroad, E1172 [21JN]
———update definition of piracy to include air piracy to allow for punishment and issuance of letters of marque and reprisal (H.R. 3074), E1837 [10OC], E2202 [4DE]
———use of illegal drug money to fund terrorist activities, H6462 [10OC]
U.N.: prohibit funding to provide support or assistance to the International Criminal Court, H8547, H8548 [28NO]
Veterans: provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March and Corregidor garrison surrender, H3612-H3616 [26JN]
Yugoslavia: U.S. policy relative to the transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, H4021 [17JY]
Remarks in Senate
Bankruptcy: U.S. enforcement of certain civil judgments rendered in foreign courts, S2352-S2357 [15MR]
Courts: protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party, S9854, S9855, S9859-S9862 [26SE], S10041-S10044 [2OC], S12613-S12628 [7DE]
———protect U.S. military personnel and other U.S. officials from criminal prosecution by an international court to which the U.S. is not a party (S. 857), S4814 [10MY]
Crime: combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of terrorism, and protect the U.S. financial system, S10561-S10564, S10579-S10583, S10587, S10598 [11OC], S11026-S11029, S11039-S11042 [25OC]
———combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (S. 1371), S8942-S8945 [3AU]
———combat international money laundering and protect the U.S. financial system (S. 398), S1628-S1631 [27FE]
———protect due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals and the International Criminal Court, S9217-S9219, S9241-S9244 [10SE], S11885 [15NO]
———protect due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals and the International Criminal Court (S. 1296), S8592 [1AU]
Dept. of Labor: provide permanent authorization for the Bureau of International Labor to continue to work to alleviate child labor and improve worker rights and labor standards (S. 1827), S13153 [13DE]
Immigration: prevent admission, require removal, and authorize investigation of aliens who commit acts of torture or genocide abroad (S. 864), S4835-S4838 [10MY]
Indonesia: condemn murder of U.N. relief workers and failure of the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those persons responsible (S. Res. 91), S6531, S6532 [20JN]
———condemn violence in East Timor and urge the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal for prosecuting crimes against humanity that occurred during that conflict (S. Con. Res. 9), S1349 [13FE]
International Criminal Court: Preparatory Commission funding relative to protection of due process rights of U.S. citizens, S9370 [13SE]
Maritime crime: U.S. policy on sea piracy, S9389 [13SE]
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: congressional delegation trip to parliamentary assembly in France, S7944 [19JY]
Refugees: reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing prosecution or torture (S. 1311), S8719-S8723 [2AU]
Terrorism: assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction to apprehend indicted terrorists, S11185-S11189 [30OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, S11164 [30OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), S10791 [17OC], S11771 [14NO]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), S10990-S11060 [25OC], S13044 [12DE]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 3162), unanimous-consent agreement, S10969, S10970 [24OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), S10345, S10365-S10377 [9OC], S10427 [10OC], S10537, S10547-S10630 [11OC], S10676-S10679, S10685 [15OC], S11247 [30OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), unanimous-consent agreement, S10432 [10OC]
———deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 1510), unanimous-consent request, S10363-S10365 [9OC], S10604 [11OC]
Veterans: provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March and Corregidor garrison surrender, S11882 [15NO]
Yugoslavia: commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, S7189 [29JN]
———commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and provide aid to support economic and democratic reforms (S. Res. 122), S7260, S7261 [29JN], S7885, S7886 [18JY]
Reports filed
Commend Transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Provide Aid To Support Economic and Democratic Reforms: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 122), S7588 [12JY]
Condemn Murder of U.N. Relief Workers in Indonesia and Failure of the Indonesian Judicial System To Hold Accountable Those Persons Responsible: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 91), S5830 [5JN]
Consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 264) (H. Rept. 107-238), H6779 [12OC]
International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1511), S10388 [9OC]
Nomination of Pierre-Richard Prosper To Be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S7423 [10JY]
Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2975) (H. Rept. 107-236), H6696, H6700 [11OC]
Same-Day Consideration of H. Res. 264, Consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 263) (H. Rept. 107-237), H6779 [12OC]
Rulings of the Chair
Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (H.R. 2975), H6768 [12OC]
Statements
Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act: Executive Office of the President, S10577 [11OC]
Summaries
Money Laundering Abatement Act (S. 1371), S8948 [3AU]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act (H.R. 3162), S11056-S11058 [25OC]
———Title III on Combating International Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, S11042-S11045 [25OC]
Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act (S. 1510): Title III—International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing, S10564 [11OC]
Testimonies
Combat International Money Laundering, Thwart the Financing of Terrorism, and Protect the U.S. Financial System: Dennis M. Lormel, FBI, S10582 [11OC]
Texts of
H. Res. 121, express condolences to families of people killed in People's Republic of China elementary school explosion and enforce International Labor Organization child and forced labor standards, H4407 [23JY]
H. Res. 263, same-day consideration of H. Res. 264, consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act, H6706 [12OC]
H. Res. 264, consideration of H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act, H6712 [12OC]
H.J. Res. 75, U.N. mandated monitoring of weapons development in Iraq, H10418 [19DE]
H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act, H6726-H6739 [12OC]
H.R. 3049, Afghanistan Freedom Act, E1821 [5OC]
H.R. 3162, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act, H7159-H7196 [23OC]
S. 864, Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act, S4838 [10MY]
S. 1371, Money Laundering Abatement Act, S8945-S8948 [3AU]
S. 1510, Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act, S10307-S10333 [4OC], S10604-S10630 [11OC], S10717-S10743 [15OC]
S. Con. Res. 9, condemn violence in East Timor and urge the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal for prosecuting crimes against humanity that occurred during that conflict, S1349 [13FE]
S. Res. 91, condemn murder of U.N. relief workers in Indonesia and failure of the Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those persons responsible, S5278 [21MY], S6531 [20JN]
S. Res. 122, commend transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and provide aid to support economic and democratic reforms in Yugoslavia, S7260 [29JN], S7885, S7886 [18JY]
Transcripts
International Criminal Court: Committee on International Relations (House), H2121-H2123 [10MY]