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tion must have occurred within the juris-
diction of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 405. MONEY LAUNDERING THROUGH HAWALAS. 
Section 1956 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j)(1) For the purposes of subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2), a transaction, transportation, transmission, or 
transfer of funds shall be considered to be one involving 
the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, if the trans-
action, transportation, transmission, or transfer is part of 
a set of parallel or dependent transactions, any one of 
which involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activity. 
‘‘(2) As used in this section, a ‘dependent trans-
action’ is one that completes or complements another 
transaction or one that would not have occurred but for 
another transaction.’’. 
SEC. 406. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RE-
LATING TO THE USA PATRIOT ACT. 
(a) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) Section 322 of Public Law 107–56 is 
amended by striking ‘‘title 18’’ and inserting ‘‘title 
28’’. 
(2) Section 5332(a)(1) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘article of lug-
gage’’ and inserting ‘‘article of luggage or mail’’.
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(3) Section 1956(b)(3) and (4) of title 18, 
United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘de-
scribed in paragraph (2)’’ each time it appears; and 
(4) Section 981(k) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘foreign bank’’ each 
time it appears and inserting ‘‘foreign bank or fi-
nancial institution’’. 
(b) CODIFICATION OF SECTION 316 OF THE USA 
PATRIOT ACT.—
(1) Chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended—
(A) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 987. Anti-terrorist forfeiture protection 
‘‘(a) RIGHT TO CONTEST.—An owner of property 
that is confiscated under this chapter or any other provi-
sion of law relating to the confiscation of assets of sus-
pected international terrorists, may contest that confisca-
tion by filing a claim in the manner set forth in the Fed-
eral Rules of Civil Procedure (Supplemental Rules for Cer-
tain Admiralty and Maritime Claims), and asserting as an 
affirmative defense that—
‘‘(1) the property is not subject to confiscation 
under such provision of law; or 
‘‘(2) the innocent owner provisions of section 
983(d) apply to the case.
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‘‘(b) EVIDENCE.—In considering a claim filed under 
this section, a court may admit evidence that is otherwise 
inadmissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence, if the 
court determines that the evidence is reliable, and that 
compliance with the Federal Rules of Evidence may jeop-
ardize the national security interests of the United States. 
‘‘(c) CLARIFICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) PROTECTION OF RIGHTS.—The exclusion 
of certain provisions of Federal law from the defini-
tion of the term ‘civil forfeiture statute’ in section 
983(i) shall not be construed to deny an owner of 
property the right to contest the confiscation of as-
sets of suspected international terrorists under—
‘‘(A) subsection (a) of this section; 
‘‘(B) the Constitution; or 
‘‘(C) subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘Administrative Procedure Act’). 
‘‘(2) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section 
shall limit or otherwise affect any other remedies 
that may be available to an owner of property under 
section 983 or any other provision of law.’’; and 
(B) in the chapter analysis, by inserting at 
the end the following:
‘‘987. Anti-terrorist forfeiture protection.’’.
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(2) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 316 
of Public Law 107–56 are repealed. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS CONCERNING CON-
SPIRACIES.—
(1) Section 33(a) of title 18, United States 
Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or conspires’’ before 
‘‘to do any of the aforesaid acts’’. 
(2) Section 1366(a) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘attempts’’ each time it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘attempts or conspires’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, or if the object of the 
conspiracy had been achieved,’’ after ‘‘the at-
tempted offense had been completed’’. 
SEC. 407. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO FINANCING OF 
TERRORISM STATUTE. 
Section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘)’’ after ‘‘2339C (relating 
to financing of terrorism’’. 
SEC. 408. CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION. 
Section 5318(n)(4)(A) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘National Intelligence Re-
form Act of 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004’’.
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SEC. 409. AMENDMENT TO AMENDATORY LANGUAGE. 
Section 6604 of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 is amended (effective on 
the date of the enactment of that Act)—
(1) by striking ‘‘Section 2339c(c)(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Section 2339C(c)(2)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Section 2339c(e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Section 2339C(e)’’. 
SEC. 410. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL MONEY LAUN-
DERING PREDICATE. 
Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, or section 2339D (relating 
to receiving military-type training from a foreign 
terrorist organization)’’ after ‘‘section 2339A or 
2339B (relating to providing material support to 
terrorists)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘section 2339A or 
2339B’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.