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National
Key Vote
Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that increases detection agents for explosives; expands deportation of criminal undocumented immigrants; provides more funding for deportation of suspected terrorists; allows suspected terrorists to be denied asylum; prohibits terrorist groups from fundraising in the U.S.; and limits death penalty appeals, among other provisions.
Official Title of Legislation:
S 735: A bill to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.
Highlights:
- Institutes a one-year statute of limitations for habeas corpus actions brought within the Federal Judicial Code by State prisoners petitioning for habeas corpus.
- Specifies that there shall be no right of appeal from a final order in a habeas corpus proceeding unless a circuit judge issues a certificate of appealability, and permits a certificate of appealability only if the defendant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
- Specifies that no appeal may be taken to the Court of Appeals from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State or Federal court.
- Requires a district court to render a final determination of an application for habeas corpus brought in a capital case not later than 180 days after the date on which the application is filed.
- Amends the Federal criminal code to require the courts to order restitution of the victim when a convicted defendant is being sentenced for specified offenses.
- Sets penalties for conspiring to kill, kidnap, or maim persons of a either U.S. or a foreign government.
- Increases penalties for the use of explosives or committing arson, including establishes and increases previous mandatory minimums of penalties and imprisonment for certain terrorist crimes.
- Prohibits providing assistance to the government of countries that aid terrorist states.
- Amends the Fair Credit Report Act to authorize a court judge to issue an order ex parte directing a consumer reporting agency (CRA) to furnish to the FBI the names and addresses of all financial institutions at which a consumer maintains or has maintained an account to the extent that the information is in the CRA's files.
- Prohibits any person within the U.S. from fundraising or collecting funds on behalf of an organization or person designated by the Secretary of State as a terrorist.
- Affirms that being a member of a foreign terrorist organization is a legal basis for exclusion from the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
- Declares that a Federal, State, or local government agency may not use a voter registration card or other related document that evidences registration for an election, as evidence to prove United States citizenship.
- Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for teaching or demonstrating the making of explosive materials, or distributing information pertaining to the manufacturing of such material.
- Expands the weapons of mass destruction statute to set penalties with respect to any U.S. national who uses, threatens, attempt, or conspires to use a weapon of mass destruction outside of the U.S.
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:s735:
Senate Passage: 06/07/1995 : Bill Passed: 91 - 8 (Record Vote Number 242) House Passage With Amendment: 03/14/1996 : Bill Passed
NOTE: THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE LEGISLATION. Senate Conference Report Vote: 04/17/1996 : Conference Report Adopted: 91 - 8 (Record Vote Number 71) House Conference Report Vote: 04/18/1996 : Conference Report Adopted 293 - 133 (Roll no. 126) President Passage: 04/24/1996 : Signed Became Public Law Number 104-132
Sponsor: Sen. Dole, Robert (R-KS) (out of office)
Cosponsors: Sen. Brown, Hank (R-CO) (out of office)
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA)
Sen. Gramm, William Phillip (-TX) (out of office)
| Sen. Hatch, Orrin (R-UT)
Sen. Kyl, Jon (R-AZ)
Sen. Nickles, Don (-OK) (out of office)
| Sen. Simpson, Alan (R-WY) (out of office)
Sen. Thurmond, Strom (R-SC) (out of office)
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