HR 275

The Patriotic American

H.R. 275 Summary & Status Information

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H.R.275

SPONSOR: Rep Schumer, (introduced 01/07/97)
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TITLE(S):

   * SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:

     Effective Antiterrorism Tools for Law Enforcement Act of 1997

   * OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:

     A bill to combat domestic terrorism.

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STATUS: Floor Actions

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STATUS: Detailed Legislative History

                              House Action(s)

Jan 7, 97:
     Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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STATUS: Congressional Record Page References

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COMMITTEE(S):

   * COMMITTEE(S) OF REFERRAL:

     House Judiciary

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AMENDMENT(S):

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SUBJECT(S):

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COSPONSOR:

 Rep Conyers - 01/07/97

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DIGEST:

(AS INTRODUCED)

Effective Antiterrorism Tools for Law Enforcement Act of 1997 - Amends the
Federal criminal code to apply provisions regarding pen registers and trap
and trace devices to foreign counterintelligence and international
terrorism investigations conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI).

Requires any common carrier, public accommodation facility, physical
storage facility, or vehicle rental facility to comply with a request for
records in its possession by the FBI under specified circumstances.

Provides that provisions prohibiting the use as evidence of intercepted
wire or oral communications in violation of the Federal criminal code shall
not apply to the disclosure by the United States in a criminal trial or
hearing or before a grand jury of the contents of a wire or oral
communication, or evidence derived therefrom, unless the violation involved
an interception under provisions covering specified emergency situations or
bad faith by law enforcement.

Grants: (1) wiretap authority in cases of terrorism-related or explosives
felonies; and (2) temporary emergency wiretap authority involving terrorism
crimes.

Expands authority for multi-point wiretaps .

Authorizes the Attorney General to request, and the Secretary of Defense to
provide (if specified conditions are met), technical assistance in support
of Department of Justice activities in situations involving biological or
chemical weapon emergencies. Sets penalties for the use without lawful
authority of, or attempts or conspiracy to use, chemical weapons.

Modifies Federal prohibitions against the use of weapons of mass
destruction to prohibit and penalize only such use without lawful
authority.