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—Authorize Federal courts to require

criminal aliens to consent to their

deportation as a condition of probation.

—Permit new sanctions to be imposed against countries that refuse

to accept the deportation of their

nationals from the United States.

The proposal will allow the Secretary of State to refuse issuance

of all visas to nationals of those

countries.

—Authorize a Border Services User

Fee to help add additional inspectors at high volume ports-of-entry.

The new inspectors will facilitate

legal crossings; prevent entry by illegal aliens; and stop cross-border

drug smuggling. (Border States,

working with local communities,

would decide whether the fee

should be imposed in order to improve infrastructure.)

This legislative proposal, together

with my FY 1996 Budget and the February 7th Presidential Memorandum,

will continue this Administration’s unprecedented actions to combat illegal

immigration while facilitating legal

immigration. Our comprehensive strategy will protect the integrity of our

borders and laws without dulling the

luster of our Nation’s proud immigrant

heritage.

I urge the prompt and favorable consideration of this legislative proposal

by the Congress.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE H

fOUSE, May 3, 1995.

REPORT OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION ENTITLED ‘‘THE

ANTITERRORISM AMENDMENTS

ACT OF 1995’’—MESSAGE FROM

THE PRESIDENT—PM 45

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message

from the President of the United

States, together with an accompanying

report; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

To the Congress of the United States:

Today I am transmitting for your immediate consideration and enactment

the ‘‘Antiterrorism Amendments Act

of 1995.’’ This comprehensive Act, together with the ‘‘Omnibus

Counterterrorism Act of 1995,’’ which I

transmitted to the Congress on February 9, 1995, are critically important

components of my Administration’s effort to combat domestic and international terrorism.

The tragic bombing of the Murrah

Federal Building in Oklahoma City on

April 19th stands as a challenge to all

Americans to preserve a safe society.

In the wake of this cowardly attack on

innocent men, women, and children,

following other terrorist incidents at

home and abroad over the past several

years, we must ensure that law enforcement authorities have the legal

tools and resources they need to fight

terrorism. The Antiterrorism Amendments Act of 1995 will help us to prevent terrorism through vigorous and

effective investigation and prosecution. Major provisions of this Act

would:

—Permit law enforcement agencies

to gain access to financial and

credit reports in antiterrorism

cases, as is currently permitted

with bank records. This would

allow such agencies to track the

source and use of funds by suspected terrorists.

—Apply the same legal standard in

national security cases that is currently used in other criminal cases

for obtaining permission to track

telephone traffic with ‘‘pen registers’’ and ‘‘trap and trace’’ devices.

—Enable law enforcement agencies to

utilize the national security letter

process to obtain records critical to

terrorism investigations from hotels, motels, common carriers, storage facilities, and vehicle rental facilities.

—Expand the authority of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance, within constitutional safeguards. Examples of

this increased authority include additions to the list of felonies that

can be used as the basis for a surveillance order, and enhancement

of law enforcement’s ability to

keep pace with telecommunications technology by obtaining

multiple point wiretaps where it is

impractical to specify the number

of the phone to be tapped (such as

the use of a series of cellular

phones).

—Require the Department of the

Treasury’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to study the

inclusion of taggants (microscopic

particles) in standard explosive device raw materials to permit tracing the source of those materials

after an explosion; whether common chemicals used to manufacture explosives can be rendered

inert; and whether controls can be

imposed on certain basic chemicals

used to manufacture other explosives.

—Require the inclusion of taggants

in standard explosive device raw

materials after the publication of

implementing regulations by the

Secretary of the Treasury.

—Enable law enforcement agencies to

call on the special expertise of the

Department of Defense in addressing offenses involving chemical and

biological weapons.

—Make mandatory at least a 10-year

penalty for transferring firearms or

explosives with knowledge that

they will be used to commit a

crime of violence and criminalize

the possession of stolen explosives.

—Impose enhanced penalties for terrorist attacks against current and

former Federal employees, and

their families, when the crime is

committed because of the employee’s official duties.

—Provide a source of funds for the

digital telephone bill, which I

signed into law last year, ensuring

court-authorized law enforcement

access to electronic surveillance of

digitized communications.

These proposals are described in

more detail in the enclosed section-bysection analysis.

The Administration is prepared to

work immediately with the Congress to

enact antiterrorism legislation. My

legislation will provide an effective and

comprehensive response to the threat

of terrorism, while also protecting our

precious civil liberties. I urge the

prompt and favorable consideration of

the Administration’s legislative proposals by the Congress.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE H

fOUSE, May 3, 1995.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

At 12:46 p.m., a message from the

House of Representatives, delivered by

Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has passed the

following bill, in which it requests the

concurrence of the Senate:

H.R. 655. An act to authorize the hydrogen

research, development, and demonstration

programs of the Department of Energy, and

for other purposes.

The message also announced that the

House has agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests

the concurrence of the Senate:

H. Con. Res. 53. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding

a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui of

the Republic of China on Taiwan to the

United States.

The message further announced that

the Speaker appoints Mr. PACKARD as

an additional conferee on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the

amendment of the Senate to the bill

(H.R. 1158) making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional

disaster assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.

At 3:47 p.m., a message from the

House of Representatives, delivered by

Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that pursuant to the provisions of 22 U.S.C. 276h, the Speaker appoints the following Members of the

House as members of the United States

delegation of the Mexico-United States

Interparliamentary Group for the First

Session of the 104th Congress: Mr.

BALLENGER, vice chairman, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. DREIER, Mr. SALMON, Mr.

HAYWORTH, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. DE LA

GARZA, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. COLEMAN,

Mr. MILLER of California, and Mr. RANGEL.

MEASURES REFERRED

fThe following bill was read the first

and second times by unanimous consent and referred as indicated:

H.R. 655. An act to authorize the hydrogen

research, development, and demonstration