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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2172

To require the Secretary of State to report on United States citizens injured

or killed by certain terrorist groups.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 10, 1999

Mr. SALMON (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. FORBES, Mr.

MCGOVERN, and Mr. GILMAN) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To require the Secretary of State to report on United States

citizens injured or killed by certain terrorist groups.

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

3 SECTION 1. REPORT ON TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN WHICH

4 UNITED STATES CITIZENS WERE KILLED AND

5 RELATED MATTERS.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 1999,

7 and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall

8 prepare and submit a report, with a classified annex as

9 necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees re10 garding terrorist attacks in Israel, in territory adminis-
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1 tered by Israel, and in territory administered by the Pales2 tinian Authority. The report shall contain the following

3 information:

4 (1) A list of formal commitments the Pales5 tinian Authority has made to combat terrorism.

6 (2) A list of terrorist attacks, occurring between

7 October 1, 1992 and the date of the report, against

8 Israeli or United States citizens in Israel, in terri9 tory administered by Israel, or in territory adminis10 tered by the Palestinian Authority, including—

11 (A) a list of all citizens of the United

12 States killed or injured in such attacks;

13 (B) a list of all citizens of Israel killed or

14 injured in such attacks;

15 (C) the date of each attack, the total num16 ber of people killed or injured in each attack,

17 and the name and nationality of each victim;

18 (D) the person or group claiming responsi19 bility for the attack and where such person or

20 group has found refuge or support;

21 (E) a list of suspects implicated in each at22 tack and the nationality of each suspect, includ23 ing information on—
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1 (i) which suspects are in the custody

2 of the Palestinian Authority and which

3 suspects are in the custody of Israel;

4 (ii) which suspects are still at large in

5 areas controlled by the Palestinian Author6 ity or Israel; and

7 (iii) the whereabouts (or suspected

8 whereabouts) of suspects implicated in

9 each attack.

10 (3) Of the suspects implicated in the attacks

11 described in paragraph (2) and detained by Pales12 tinian or Israeli authorities, information on—

13 (A) the date each suspect was incarcer14 ated;

15 (B) whether any suspects have been re16 leased, the date of such release, whether the

17 Secretary considers the release justified based

18 on the evidence against the suspect, and wheth19 er any released suspect was implicated in subse20 quent acts of terrorism; and

21 (C) the status of each case pending against

22 a suspect, including information on whether the

23 suspect has been indicted, prosecuted, or con24 victed by the Palestinian Authority or Israel.
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1 (4) Statistics on the release by the Palestinian

2 Authority of terrorist suspects compared to the re3 lease of suspects in other violent crimes.

4 (5) The policy of the Department of State with

5 respect to offering rewards for information on ter6 rorist suspects, including any determination by the

7 Department of State as to whether a reward should

8 be posted for suspects involved in terrorist attacks

9 in which United States citizens were either killed or

10 injured, and, if not, an explanation of why a reward

11 should not or has not been posted for a particular

12 suspect.

13 (6) A list of each request by the United States

14 for assistance in investigating terrorist attacks

15 against United States citizens, a list of each request

16 by the United States for the transfer of terrorist

17 suspects from the Palestinian Authority and Israel,

18 and the response to each request from the Pales19 tinian Authority and Israel.

20 (7) A list of meetings and trips made by United

21 States officials to the Middle East to investigate

22 cases of terrorist attacks in the 7 years preceding

23 the date of the report.

24 (8) A list of any terrorist suspects or those aid25 ing terrorists who are members of Palestinian police
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1 or security forces, the Palestine Liberation Organi2 zation, or any Palestinian governing body.

3 (9) A list of all United States citizens killed or

4 injured in terrorist attacks in Israel or in territory

5 administered by Israel between 1948 and October 1,

6 1992, and a comprehensive list of all suspects in7 volved in such attacks and their whereabouts.

8 (10) The amount of compensation the United

9 States has requested for United States citizens, or

10 their families, injured or killed in attacks by terror11 ists in Israel, in territory administered by Israel, or

12 in territory administered by the Palestine Authority,

13 and, if no compensation has been requested, an ex14 planation of why such requests have not been made.

15 (b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.—

16 The Secretary of State shall, in preparing the report re17 quired by this section, consult and coordinate with all

18 other Government officials who have information nec19 essary to complete the report.

20 (c) INITIAL REPORT.—Except as provided in sub21 section (a)(9), the initial report filed under this section

22 shall cover the 7 years preceding October 1, 1999.

23 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—

24 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con25 gressional Committee’’ means the Committees on Foreign
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1 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter2 national Relations of the House of Representatives.

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