I 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2376 

To prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings, to prohibit terrorist 

kidnappings and sexual assaults, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2007 

Mr. FRANKS of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings, to prohibit 

terrorist kidnappings and sexual assaults, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorism Prevention 

5 and Deterrence Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PREVENTION AND DETERRENCE OF TERRORIST 

7 SUICIDE BOMBINGS. 

8 (a) OFFENSE OF REWARDING OR FACILITATING

9 INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 113B of title 18, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following: 

4 ‘‘§ 2339E. Providing material support to international 

5 terrorism 

6 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) The term ‘facility of interstate or foreign 

8 commerce’ has the same meaning as in section 

9 1958(b)(2). 

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘international terrorism’ has the 

11 same meaning as in section 2331. 

12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘material support or resources’ 

13 has the same meaning as in section 2339A(b). 

14 ‘‘(4) The term ‘perpetrator of an act’ includes 

15 any person who— 

16 ‘‘(A) commits the act; 

17 ‘‘(B) aids, abets, counsels, commands, in18 duces, or procures its commission; or 

19 ‘‘(C) attempts, plots, or conspires to com20 mit the act. 

21 ‘‘(5) The term ‘serious bodily injury’ has the 

22 same meaning as in section 1365. 

23 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION.—Whoever, in a circumstance de24 scribed in subsection (c), provides, or attempts or con25 spires to provide, material support or resources to the perVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:04 May 19, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2376.IH H2376

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1 petrator of an act of international terrorism, or to a family 

2 member or other person associated with such perpetrator, 

3 with the intent to facilitate, reward, or encourage that act 

4 or other acts of international terrorism, shall be fined 

5 under this title, imprisoned not more than 25 years, or 

6 both, and, if death results, shall be imprisoned for any 

7 term of years or for life. 

8 ‘‘(c) JURISDICTIONAL BASES.—A circumstance re9 ferred to in subsection (b) is that— 

10 ‘‘(1) the offense occurs in or affects interstate 

11 or foreign commerce; 

12 ‘‘(2) the offense involves the use of the mails or 

13 a facility of interstate or foreign commerce; 

14 ‘‘(3) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 

15 encourage an act of international terrorism that af16 fects interstate or foreign commerce or would have 

17 affected interstate or foreign commerce had it been 

18 consummated; 

19 ‘‘(4) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 

20 encourage an act of international terrorism that vio21 lates the criminal laws of the United States; 

22 ‘‘(5) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 

23 encourage an act of international terrorism that is 

24 designed to influence the policy or affect the conduct 

25 of the United States Government; 


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1 ‘‘(6) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 

2 encourage an act of international terrorism that oc3 curs in part within the United States and is de4 signed to influence the policy or affect the conduct 

5 of a foreign government; 

6 ‘‘(7) an offender intends to facilitate, reward, or 

7 encourage an act of international terrorism that 

8 causes or is designed to cause death or serious bod9 ily injury to a national of the United States while 

10 that national is outside the United States, or sub11 stantial damage to the property of a legal entity or12 ganized under the laws of the United States (includ13 ing any of its States, districts, commonwealths, ter14 ritories, or possessions) while that property is out15 side of the United States; 

16 ‘‘(8) the offense occurs in whole or in part with17 in the United States, and an offender intends to fa18 cilitate, reward or encourage an act of international 

19 terrorism that is designed to influence the policy or 

20 affect the conduct of a foreign government; or 

21 ‘‘(9) the offense occurs in whole or in part out22 side of the United States, and an offender is a na23 tional of the United States, a stateless person whose 

24 habitual residence is in the United States, or a legal 

25 entity organized under the laws of the United States 


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1 (including any of its States, districts, common2 wealths, territories, or possessions).’’. 

3 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND4 MENTS.— 

5 (A) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

6 sections for chapter 113B of title 18, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

‘‘2339D. Receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization. 

‘‘2339E. Providing material support to international terrorism.’’. 

9 (B) OTHER AMENDMENT.—Section 

10 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of title 18, United States 

11 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘2339E (relating 

12 to providing material support to international 

13 terrorism),’’ before ‘‘or 2340A (relating to tor14 ture)’’. 

15 (b) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR PROVIDING MATE16 RIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS.— 

17 (1) PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO DES18 IGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.— 

19 Section 2339B(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘25 

21 years’’. 

22 (2) PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RE23 SOURCES IN AID OF A TERRORIST CRIME.—Section 


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1 2339A(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amend2 ed by striking ‘‘15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘40 years’’. 

3 (3) RECEIVING MILITARY-TYPE TRAINING FROM

4 A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—Section 

5 2339D(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amend6 ed by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years’’. 

7 (4) ADDITION OF ATTEMPTS AND CONSPIR8 ACIES TO AN OFFENSE RELATING TO MILITARY

9 TRAINING.—Section 2339D(a) of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or attempts 

11 or conspires to receive,’’ after ‘‘receives’’. 

12 SEC. 3. TERRORIST MURDERS, KIDNAPPINGS, AND AS13 SAULTS. 

14 (a) PENALTIES FOR TERRORIST MURDER AND MAN15 SLAUGHTER.—Section 2332(a) of title 18, United States 

16 Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fined under 

18 this title’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘pun19 ished as provided under section 1111(b);’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fined under 

21 this title’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘pun22 ished as provided under section 1112(b); and’’. 

23 (b) ADDITION OF OFFENSE OF TERRORIST KIDNAP24 PING.—Section 2332 of title 18, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

2 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(c) KIDNAPPING.—Whoever outside the United 

6 States unlawfully seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kid7 naps, abducts, or carries away, or attempts or conspires 

8 to seize, confine, inveigle, decoy, kidnap, abduct or carry 

9 away, a national of the United States shall be punished 

10 as provided under section 1201(a).’’. 

11 (c) ADDITION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TO DEFINITION

12 OF OFFENSE OF TERRORIST ASSAULT.—Section 2332(d) 

13 of title 18, United States Code, as redesignated by sub14 section (b) of this section, is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(as defined 

16 in section 1365, including any conduct that, if the 

17 conduct occurred in the special maritime and terri18 torial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate 

19 section 2241 or 2242)’’ after ‘‘injury’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(as defined 

21 in section 1365, including any conduct that, if the 

22 conduct occurred in the special maritime and terri23 torial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate 

24 section 2241 or 2242)’’ after ‘‘injury’’; and 


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1 (3) by striking the matter following paragraph 

2 (2) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘shall be punished as provided under section 2242.’’. 

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