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or agency of the United States, whether the property
is within or outside of the United States,
shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life, and
if death results, shall be punished by death or imprisoned
for any term of years or for life.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘national of the United States’
has the meaning given in section 101(a)(22) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(22)); and
‘‘(2) the term ‘chemical weapon’ means any
weapon that is designed to cause death or serious
bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or
impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their pre-
cursors.
‘‘(c)(1) MILITARY
ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Attorney General may re-
quest that the Secretary of Defense provide technical as-
sistance in support of Department of Justice activities re-
lating to the enforcement of this section in situations in-
volving chemical weapon emergencies. Department of De-
fense resources, including civilian personnel and members
of the uniformed services, may be used to provide such
technical assistance if:
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‘‘(A) The Secretary of Defense and the Attor-
ney General determine that an emergency situation
involving chemical weapons of mass destruction ex-
ists; and
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense determines that
the provision of such assistance will not adversely af-
fect the military preparedness of the United States.
‘‘(2) As used in this section, ‘emergency situation’
means a circumstance—
‘‘(A) that poses a serious threat to the interests
of the United States; and
‘‘(B) in which—
‘‘(i) enforcement of the law would be seri-
ously impaired if the assistance were not pro-
vided;
‘‘(ii) military technical assistance and ex-
pertise is needed to counter the threat posed by
the chemical agent involved; and
‘‘(iii) civilian law enforcement expertise is
not available to provide the required technical
assistance.
‘‘(3) As used in this section, ‘technical assistance’
means the provision of equipment and technical expertise
to law enforcement officials in the investigation of viola-
tions of this section, such as technical assistance in con-
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ducting searches that seek evidence or instrumentalities
of violations of this section, technical assistance in taking
and collecting evidence related to violations of this section,
and technical assistance in disarming and disabling indi-
viduals in possession of contraband under this section. It
does not include authority to apprehend or arrest.
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense may require reim-
bursement as a condition of assistance under this section.
‘‘(5) The Attorney General may delegate the Attorney
General’s function under this subsection only to a Deputy,
Associate, or Assistant Attorney General.’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis
for chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding after the item relating to section
2332a the following:
’’§ 2332b. Use of chemical weapons’’.
(d) Section 2332a of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting between the words ‘‘A person
who’’ and ‘‘uses, or attempts’’, the words ‘‘without lawful
authority’’, at the beginning of subsection (a).
SEC. 112. GENERAL REWARD AUTHORITY OF THE ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL.
Chapter 203 of title 18, United States Code, is here-
by amended by adding after section 3059A the following
section:
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‘‘§ 3059B. General reward authority
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Attorney General may pay rewards and receive from any
department or agency, funds for the payment of rewards
under this section, to any individual who assists the De-
partment of Justice in performing its functions.
‘‘(b) If the reward exceeds $100,000, the Attorney
General, within thirty (30) days of having authorized the
payment of such a reward, shall give notice to the respec-
tive Chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations and
the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
‘‘(c) A determination made by the Attorney General
as to whether to authorize an award under this section
and as to the amount of any reward authorized shall be
final and conclusive, and no court shall have power or ju-
risdiction to review it.’’.
TITLE II—SUBSTANTIVE PROSECUTIVE
ENHANCEMENT
SEC. 201. POSSESSION OF STOLEN EXPLOSIVES.
Section 842(h) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(h) It shall be unlawful for any person to receive,
possess, transport, ship, conceal, store, barter, sell, dispose
of, or pledge or accept as security for a loan, any stolen
explosive materials which are moving as, which are part
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of, which constitute, or which have been shipped or trans-
ported in, interstate or foreign commerce, either before or
after such materials were stolen, knowing or having rea-
sonable cause to believe that the explosive materials were
stolen.’’.
SEC. 202. PROTECTION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ON AC-
COUNT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OF-
FICIAL DUTIES.
(a) Section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1114. Protection of officers and employees of the
United States
‘‘(a) Whoever kills or attempts to kill any United
States official, United States judge, Federal law enforce-
ment officer, or member of the uniformed services, or any
other officer or employee of the United States or any agen-
cy of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch thereof,
while such officer or employee is engaged in or on account
of the performance of official duties or any person assist-
ing such an official, judge, officer, or employee in, or on
account of the person’s assistance in, the performance of
such duties shall be punished, in the case of murder, as
provided under section 1111, or in the case of man-
slaughter, as provided under section 1112, except that any
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such person who is found guilty of attempted murder shall
be imprisoned for not more than twenty years.
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the terms ‘United States
Official; ‘United States judge’, and ‘Federal law enforce-
ment officer’ have the meanings prescribed in section 115
of this title.’’.
(b) Section 115(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘, or threatens to assault, kidnap,
or murder, any person who formerly served as a person
designated in paragraph (1), or’’ after ‘‘Assaults, kidnaps,
or murders, or attempts to kidnap or murder’’.
TITLE III—CRIMINAL PENALTIES
SEC. 301. MANDATORY PENALTY FOR TRANSFERRING A
FIREARM KNOWING THAT IT WILL BE USED
TO COMMIT A CRIME OF VIOLENCE.
Section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘or having reasonable cause to be-
lieve’’ after ‘‘knowing’’, and
(2) striking ‘‘not more than’’ and inserting ‘‘not
less than’’.
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SEC. 302. MANDATORY PENALTY FOR TRANSFERRING AN
EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL KNOWING THAT IT
WILL BE USED TO COMMIT A CRIME OF VIO-
LENCE.
Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end, the following:
‘‘(n) Whoever knowingly transfers an explosive mate-
rial, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that
such explosive material will be used to commit a crime
of violence (as defined in section 924(c)(3) of this title)
or drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 924(c)(2)
of this title) shall be imprisoned for not less than 10 years,
fined in accordance with this title, or both.’’.
SEC. 303. INCREASED PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL FIREARMS ACT.
Section 6531 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(26 U.S.C. 6531) is amended by amending the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘No person shall
be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any of the various
offenses arising under the internal revenue laws unless the
indictment is found or the information instituted within
3 years next after the commission of the offense, except
that the period of limitation shall be 5 years for offenses
described in section 58612 (relating to firearms and other
devices) and shall be 6 years—’’.
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TITLE IV—FUNDING
SEC. 401. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY SURCHARGE AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
CARRIER 
COMPLI-
ANCE PAYMENTS.
Public Law 103–414, October 25, 1994, 108 Stat.
4279, is amended by inserting at its conclusion a new title
IV, as follows:
‘‘TITLE IV—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY
SURCHARGE 
AND 
TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE PAY-
MENTS
‘‘SEC. 401. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY SURCHARGE.
‘‘(a) IMPOSITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, and subject to section 402(c) of this title, a
surcharge of 40 percent of the principal amount of a civil
monetary penalty shall be added to each civil monetary
penalty at the time it is assessed by the United States
or an agency thereof.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS.—Payments relat-
ing to a civil monetary penalty shall be applied in the fol-
lowing order: (1) to costs; (2) to principal; (3) to sur-
charges required by subsection (a) of this section; and (4)
to interest.
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) A surcharge under
subsection (a) of this section shall be added to all civil
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monetary penalties assessed on or after October 1, 1995,
or the date of enactment of this title, whichever is later.
‘‘(2) The authority to add a surcharge under this sec-
tion shall terminate on October 1, 1998.
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The provisions of this section
shall not apply to any civil monetary penalty assessed
under title 26, United States Code.
‘‘SEC. 402. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is hereby
established in the United States Treasury a fund to be
known as the Department of Justice Telecommunications
Carrier Compliance Fund (hereinafter referred to as ‘the
Fund’), which shall be available to the Attorney General
to the extent and in the amounts authorized by subsection
(c) of this section to make payments to telecommuni-
cations carriers, as authorized by section 109 of the Com-
munications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
‘‘(b) OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS.—Notwithstanding
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Attorney
General may credit surcharges added pursuant to section
401 of this title to the Fund as offsetting collections.
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR APPROPRIATIONS OFF-
SET.—(1) Surcharges added pursuant to section 401 of
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this title are authorized only to the extent and in the
amounts provided for in advance in appropriations acts.
‘‘(2)(A) Collections credited to the Fund are author-
ized to be appropriated in such amounts as may be nec-
essary, but not to exceed $100,000,000 in fiscal year
1996, $305,000,000 in fiscal year 1997, and $80,000,000
in fiscal year 1998.
‘‘(B) Amounts described in subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal
year limitation.
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—(1) The Attorney General may
terminate the Fund at such time as the Attorney General
determines that the Fund is no longer necessary.
‘‘(2) Any balance in the Fund at the time of its termi-
nation shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treas-
ury.
‘‘(3) A decision of the Attorney General to terminate
the Fund shall not be subject to judicial review.
‘‘SEC. 403. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title, the terms ‘agency’ and
‘civil monetary penalty’ have the meanings given to them
by section 3 of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Ad-
justment Act of 1990, Public Law 101–410, Oct. 5, 1990,
104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note).’’.
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