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★ 99–011 2001

107th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–139

A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

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

OCTOBER 29, 2001.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

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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 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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