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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2942

To establish a national clearinghouse for information on incidents of environmental terrorism and to establish a program to reduce environmental 

terrorism. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2003

Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To establish a national clearinghouse for information on incidents of environmental terrorism and to establish a program to reduce environmental terrorism.

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 ‘‘Environmental Ter5 rorism Reduction Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TERRORISM CLEAR2 INGHOUSE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab4 lish and maintain a national clearinghouse for information 

5 on incidents of crime and terrorism—

6 (1) committed against or directed at any com7 mercial activity because of the perceived impact or 

8 effect of such commercial activity on the environ9 ment; or 

10 (2) committed against or directed at any person 

11 because of such person’s perceived connection with 

12 or support of any activity described in paragraph 

13 (1). 

14 (b) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The clearinghouse established 

15 under subsection (a) shall—

16 (1) accept, collect, and maintain information on 

17 incidents described in subsection (a) that is sub18 mitted to the clearinghouse by Federal, State, and 

19 local law enforcement agencies, by law enforcement 

20 agencies of foreign countries, and by victims of such 

21 incidents; 

22 (2) collate and index such information for pur23 poses of cross-referencing; and 

24 (3) upon request from a Federal, State, or local 

25 law enforcement agency, or from a law enforcement 

26 agency of a foreign country, provide such informa-
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1 tion to assist in the investigation of an incident de2 scribed in subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL TERRORISM REDUCTION PRO4 GRAM. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

6 Department of Justice a program to be known as the En7 vironmental Terrorism Reduction Program. 

8 (b) DESIGNATION.—The Attorney General, upon con9 sultation with the heads of Federal, State, and local law 

10 enforcement agencies and the Governor of each applicable 

11 State, may designate any specified area of the United 

12 States as a high intensity environmental terrorism area. 

13 After making such a designation and in order to provide 

14 Federal assistance to the area so designated, the Attorney 

15 General may—

16 (1) obligate such sums as appropriated for the 

17 Environmental Terrorism Reduction Program; 

18 (2) direct the temporary reassignment of Fed19 eral personnel to such area, subject to the approval 

20 of the head of the department or agency that em21 ploys such personnel; and 

22 (3) coordinate activities under this subsection 

23 (specifically administrative, recordkeeping, and funds 

24 management activities) with State and local officials. 
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1 (c) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In considering 

2 whether to designate an area under this section as a high 

3 intensity environmental terrorism area, the Attorney Gen4 eral shall consider, in addition to such other criteria as 

5 the Attorney General considers to be appropriate, the ex6 tent to which—

7 (1) the area is a center of crimes committed in 

8 the name of the environment; 

9 (2) State and local law enforcement agencies 

10 have committed resources to respond to the environ11 mental terrorism problem in the area, thereby indi12 cating a determination to respond aggressively to the 

13 problem; 

14 (3) environmental terrorism activities in the 

15 area are having a harmful impact in other areas of 

16 the country; and 

17 (4) a significant increase in allocation of Fed18 eral resources is necessary to respond adequately to 

19 environmental terrorism activities in the area.

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