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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Hoax Terrorism
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. HOAXES AND RECOVERY COSTS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON HOAXES.—Chapter 47 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 1036 the following:
‘‘§ 1037. False information and hoaxes
‘‘(a) CRIMINAL VIOLATION.—Whoever engages in
any conduct, with intent to convey false or misleading in-
formation, under circumstances where such information
may reasonably be believed and where such information
concerns an activity which would constitute a violation of
section 175, 229, 831, or 2332a, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
‘‘(b) CIVIL ACTION.—Whoever engages in any con-
duct, with intent to convey false or misleading informa-
tion, under circumstances where such information con-
cerns an activity which would constitute a violation of sec-
tion 175, 229, 831, or 2332a, is liable in a civil action
to any party incurring expenses incident to any emergency
or investigative response to that conduct, for those ex-
penses.
‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—The court, in imposing a
sentence on a defendant who has been convicted of an of-
fense under subsection (a), shall order the defendant to
reimburse any party incurring expenses incident to any
emergency or investigative response to that conduct, for
those expenses. A person ordered to make reimbursement
under this subsection shall be jointly and severally liable
for such expenses with each other person, if any, who is
ordered to make reimbursement under this subsection for
the same expenses. An order of reimbursement under this
subsection shall, for the purposes of enforcement, be treat-
ed as a civil judgment.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the item for section
1036 the following:
‘‘1037. False information and hoaxes.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives December 12,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3209
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, with re-
spect to false communications about certain
criminal violations, and for other purposes.
I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3209
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to false communications
about certain criminal violations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 1, 2001
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.
WOLF, Mr. SCOTT, and Mr. FERGUSON) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
false communications about certain criminal violations,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Hoax Terrorism
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. HOAXES AND RECOVERY COSTS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON HOAXES.—Chapter 41 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 880 the following:
‘‘§ 881. False information and hoaxes
‘‘(a) CRIMINAL VIOLATION.—Whoever engages in
any conduct—
‘‘(1) knowing that the conduct is likely to im-
part the false impression that activity is or will take
place that violates section 175, 229, 831, or 2332a;
and
‘‘(2) that causes an emergency response by gov-
ernmental agencies to that activity;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
five years, or both.
‘‘(b) CIVIL ACTION.—Whoever engages in any con-
duct, knowing that the conduct imparts the false impres-
sion that activity is or will take place that violates section
175, 229, 831, or 2332a, is liable in a civil action to any
party incurring expenses incident to the investigation of
the conduct, for those expenses, including the cost of any
response made by any military or civilian agency to protect
public health or safety.
‘‘§ 882. Reimbursement of costs
‘‘(a) CONVICTED DEFENDANT.—The court, in impos-
ing a sentence on a defendant who has been convicted of
an offense under section 881(a), shall order the defendant
to reimburse any party incurring expenses incident to the
investigation of the offense, for those expenses, including
the cost of any response made by any military or civilian
agency to protect public health or safety.
‘‘(b) JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE.—A person
ordered to make reimbursement under subsection (a) shall
be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with each
other person, if any, who is ordered to make reimburse-
ment under that subsection for the same expenses.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 41 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the item for section 880
the following:
‘‘881. False information and hoaxes.
‘‘882. Reimbursement of costs.’’.
Æ
IIB
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3209
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 12, 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to
false communications about certain criminal violations,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3209 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Hoax Terrorism
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. HOAXES AND RECOVERY COSTS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON HOAXES.—Chapter 47 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 1036 the following:
‘‘§ 1037. False information and hoaxes
‘‘(a) CRIMINAL VIOLATION.—Whoever engages in
any conduct, with intent to convey false or misleading in-
formation, under circumstances where such information
may reasonably be believed and where such information
concerns an activity which would constitute a violation of
section 175, 229, 831, or 2332a, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
‘‘(b) CIVIL ACTION.—Whoever engages in any con-
duct, with intent to convey false or misleading informa-
tion, under circumstances where such information con-
cerns an activity which would constitute a violation of sec-
tion 175, 229, 831, or 2332a, is liable in a civil action
to any party incurring expenses incident to any emergency
or investigative response to that conduct, for those ex-
penses.
‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—The court, in imposing a
sentence on a defendant who has been convicted of an of-
fense under subsection (a), shall order the defendant to
HR 3209 RFS
reimburse any party incurring expenses incident to any
emergency or investigative response to that conduct, for
those expenses. A person ordered to make reimbursement
under this subsection shall be jointly and severally liable
for such expenses with each other person, if any, who is
ordered to make reimbursement under this subsection for
the same expenses. An order of reimbursement under this
subsection shall, for the purposes of enforcement, be treat-
ed as a civil judgment.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the item for section
1036 the following:
‘‘1037. False information and hoaxes.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives December 12,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
surance industry in the United States to inde-
pendently cover such losses.
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission may
make a recommendation pursuant to subsection (c) only
upon the concurrence of a majority of the members of the
Commission.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report de-
scribing the results of the study and any recommendations
developed under subsection (c).
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
60 days after submission of the report pursuant to sub-
section (e).
SEC. 17. RAILROAD AND TRUCKING INSURANCE STUDY.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a study
to determine how the Federal Government can address a
possible crisis in the availability and affordability of rail-
road and trucking insurance by making such insurance for
acts of terrorism available on commercially reasonable
terms. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act the Secretary shall submit to the Con-
gress a report regarding the results and conclusions of the
study.
the endorsement by such entity of standardized 
measures of health care provider performance. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The agreement entered 
into under this subsection shall require the National 
Quality Forum—
(A) to endorse standardized measures of 
health care provider performance for each of 
the 20 priority areas described in subsection 
(a)(1); 
(B) to endorse other such measures over 
time consistent with the priorities identified 
under subsection (a); and 
(C) to recommend aggregate measures of 
health care provider performance to create sim-
plified comparisons of health care provider per-
formance. 
SEC. 206. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘Consortium’’ means the Consor-
tium for Health Outcomes Research Priorities estab-
lished under section 202. 
(2) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
TITLE III—INCENTIVES FOR 
HEALTH CARE QUALITY 
SEC. 301. ACCESS TO MEDICARE HEALTH CARE CLAIMS 
DATABASES. 
(a) ACCESS BY HEALTH PLANS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Center for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services shall make available to a 
group health plan, that meets the condition under 
paragraph (2), all data in the possession of the Sec-
retary with respect to the most recent claims sub-
mitted to the Secretary for items and services fur-
nished to medicare beneficiaries for which payment 
is made under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. 
(2) CONDITION OF ACCESS.—The condition re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) for a group health plan 
to have access to data under that paragraph is that 
the group health plan contribute claims-based health 
care provider performance data to the health care 
provider performance database established under 
section 303. 
(b) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A request under subsection 
(a) is subject to the provisions of the Health Insur-
ance Portability and Accountability Act and the Pri-
vacy Act.
‘‘(III) Public sector employment, 
supervised work experience, or super-
vised community service. 
‘‘(IV) On-the-job training. 
‘‘(V) Job search and placement. 
‘‘(VI) Training. 
‘‘(VII) Education. 
‘‘(VIII) Other activities directed 
at the purposes of this part, as speci-
fied in the State plan submitted pur-
suant to section 402.’’; 
(7) in clause (xii), by inserting ‘‘and progress 
toward universal engagement’’ after ‘‘participation 
rates’’; 
(8) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘type and’’ be-
fore ‘‘amount of assistance’’; 
(9) in clause (xvi), by striking subclause (II) 
and redesignating subclauses (III) through (V) as 
subclauses (II) through (IV), respectively; and 
(10) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xviii) The date the family first re-
ceived assistance from the State program 
on the basis of the most recent application 
for such assistance.
H. R. 3210
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for
risks from terrorism.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorism
Risk Insurance Act of 2002’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—TERRORISM INSURANCE PROGRAM
Sec. 101. Congressional findings and purpose.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Terrorism Insurance Program.
Sec. 104. General authority and administration of claims.
Sec. 105. Preemption and nullification of pre-existing terrorism exclusions.
Sec. 106. Preservation provisions.
Sec. 107. Litigation management.
Sec. 108. Termination of Program.
TITLE II—TREATMENT OF TERRORIST ASSETS
Sec. 201. Satisfaction of judgments from blocked assets of terrorists, terrorist orga-
nizations, and State sponsors of terrorism.
TITLE III—FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Certain authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem.
TITLE I—TERRORISM INSURANCE
PROGRAM
SEC. 101. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the ability of businesses and individuals to obtain prop-
erty and casualty insurance at reasonable and predictable
prices, in order to spread the risk of both routine and cata-
strophic loss, is critical to economic growth, urban development,
and the construction and maintenance of public and private
housing, as well as to the promotion of United States exports
and foreign trade in an increasingly interconnected world;
(2) property and casualty insurance firms are important
financial institutions, the products of which allow mutualization
of risk and the efficient use of financial resources and enhance
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Congressional findings.
Sec. 3. Designation of Administrators.
Sec. 4. Submission of premium information to Administrator.
Sec. 5. Triggering determination and covered period.
Sec. 6. Federal cost-sharing for commercial insurers.
Sec. 7. Assessments.
Sec. 8. Terrorism loss repayment surcharge.
Sec. 9. Administration of assessments and surcharges.
Sec. 10. Reserve for terrorism coverage under commercial lines of business.
Sec. 11. State preemption.
Sec. 12. Consistent State guidelines for coverage for acts of terrorism.
Sec. 13. Consultation with State insurance regulators and NAIC.
Sec. 14. Sovereign immunity protections.
Sec. 15. Study of potential effects of terrorism on life insurance industry.
Sec. 16. Definitions.
Sec. 17. Extension of program.
Sec. 18. Regulations.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon of September 11, 2001, re-
sulted in a large number of deaths and injuries, the
destruction and damage to buildings, and interrup-
tion of business operations;
(2) the attacks have inflicted possibly the larg-
est losses ever incurred by insurers and reinsurers;
(3) while the insurance and reinsurance indus-
tries have committed to pay the losses arising from
the September 11 attacks, the resulting disruption
has created widespread market uncertainties with re-
gard to the risk of losses arising from possible fu-
ture terrorist attacks;
I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3210
To ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage
for risks from terrorism.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 1, 2001
Mr. OXLEY (for himself, Mr. BAKER, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. BACHUS, Mrs.
KELLY, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr.
LUCAS of Oklahoma, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. NEY, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr.
GILLMOR, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. RILEY, Mr.
JONES of North Carolina, Mr. OSE, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. GREEN of Wis-
consin, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. GARY G. MILLER
of California, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. GRUCCI, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. ROGERS
of Michigan, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. FOLEY, and Mr. ISSA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services,
and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to
provide coverage for risks from terrorism.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Terrorism Risk Protection Act’’.
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cational agencies or low-performing local educational
agencies.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Each entity described in sub-
section (a) that desires assistance under subsection (a)
shall submit an application to the Secretary containing
such 
information 
as 
the 
Secretary 
may 
require,
including—
‘‘(1) a description of the target group of career-
changing professionals upon which the applicant will
focus in carrying out its program under this part,
including a description of the characteristics of that
target group that shows how the knowledge and ex-
perience of its members are relevant to meeting the
purpose of this part;
‘‘(2) a description of how the applicant will
identify and recruit career-changing professional for
its program under this part;
‘‘(3) a description of the training that career-
changing professionals will receive in the program
and how that training will relate to their certifi-
cation as teachers;
‘‘(4) a description of how the applicant will en-
sure that career-changing professionals are placed
and teach in high-poverty local educational agencies
or low-performing local educational agencies;
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TRANSFERS OF QUALI-
FIED FINANCIAL CONTRACTS.
(a) TRANSFERS
OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CON-
TRACTS TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Section 11(e)(9)
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.
1821(e)(9)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(9) TRANSFER OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CON-
TRACTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In making any trans-
fer of assets or liabilities of a depository institu-
tion in default which includes any qualified fi-
nancial contract, the conservator or receiver for
such depository institution shall either—
‘‘(i) transfer to one financial institu-
tion, other than a financial institution for
which a conservator, receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has
been appointed or which is otherwise the
subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding—
‘‘(I) all qualified financial con-
tracts between any person or any af-
filiate of such person and the deposi-
tory institution in default;
‘‘(II) all claims of such person or
any affiliate of such person against
in the areas of New York and the contiguous
areas designated by the President as a disaster
area following the terrorist attacks on Sep-
tember 11, 2001; and
‘‘(B) $1,500,000 of which shall be used to
assist small business concerns located in areas
of Virginia and the contiguous areas designated
by the President as a disaster area following
those terrorist attacks;
‘‘(3) for fiscal year 2002, $2,000,000, to be
used under the Service Corps of Retired Executives
program authorized by section 8(b)(1) for the activi-
ties described in section 8(b)(1)(B)(ii);
‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2002, $5,000,000 for
microloan technical assistance authorized under sec-
tion 7(m)(14);
‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2002, $2,000,000 to be
used for activities of women’s business centers au-
thorized by section 29(b)(4);
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year
thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to carry
out paragraphs (2)(E), (18)(C), and (31) of section
7(a), including any funds necessary to offset fees
and amounts waived or reduced under those provi-
States Code), and shall not be stayed, avoided, or other-
wise limited by any State or Federal law (other than para-
graphs (8)(E), (8)(F), and (10)(B) of section 11(e) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act and section 5(b)(2) of the
Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970).’’.
(c) ENFORCEABILITY OF CLEARING ORGANIZATION
NETTING CONTRACTS.—Section 404 of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (12
U.S.C. 4404) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of State or Federal law (other than paragraphs
(8)(E), (8)(F), and (10)(B) of section 11(e) of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act and any order authorized under
section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Investor Protection Act
of 1970), the covered contractual payment obligations and
the covered contractual payment entitlements of a member
of a clearing organization to and from all other members
of a clearing organization shall be netted in accordance
with and subject to the conditions of any applicable net-
ting contract (except as provided in section 561(b)(2) of
title 11, United States Code).’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
or transaction referred to in any such
subclause.’’.
(e) DEFINITION
OF REPURCHASE AGREEMENT.—
Section 11(e)(8)(D)(v) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(e)(8)(D)(v)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(v) REPURCHASE AGREEMENT.—The
term ‘repurchase agreement’ (which defini-
tion also applies to a reverse repurchase
agreement)—
‘‘(I) means an agreement, includ-
ing related terms, which provides for
the transfer of one or more certifi-
cates of deposit, mortgage-related se-
curities (as such term is defined in
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934),
mortgage loans, interests in mortgage-
related securities or mortgage loans,
eligible bankers’ acceptances, qualified
foreign government securities or secu-
rities that are direct obligations of, or
that are fully guaranteed by, the
United States or any agency of the
United States against the transfer of
funds by the transferee of such certifi-
‘‘(VII) means any combination of
the agreements or transactions re-
ferred to in this clause;
‘‘(VIII) means any option to
enter into any agreement or trans-
action referred to in this clause;
‘‘(IX) means a master agreement
that provides for an agreement or
transaction referred to in subclause
(I), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), or
(VIII), together with all supplements
to any such master agreement, with-
out regard to whether the master
agreement provides for an agreement
or transaction that is not a securities
contract under this clause, except that
the master agreement shall be consid-
ered to be a securities contract under
this clause only with respect to each
agreement or transaction under the
master agreement that is referred to
in subclause (I), (III), (IV), (V), (VI),
(VII), or (VIII); and
‘‘(X) means any security agree-
ment or arrangement or other credit
Union Calendar No. 181
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3210
[Report No. 107–300, Parts I and II]
A BILL
To ensure the continued financial capacity of insur-
ers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism.
NOVEMBER 19, 2001
Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with
an amendment
Referral to the Committee on the Budget extended for a
period ending not later than November 26, 2001
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary for a period
ending not later than November 26, 2001, for consid-
eration of such provisions of the bill and amendment
as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursu-
ant to clause 1(k), rule X
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with
an amendment
NOVEMBER 26, 2001
Committees on the Budget and the Judiciary discharged;
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
(A) to appoint local ombudsmen and make
available at least 1 such ombudsman for each
State; and
(B) to evaluate and take personnel actions
(including dismissal) with respect to any em-
ployee of any local office of the Ombudsman.
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Ombudsman may
consult with the appropriate supervisory personnel of
the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
in carrying out the Ombudsman’s responsibilities
under this subsection.
(e) RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUREAU OF CITIZENSHIP
AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES.—The Director of the Bu-
reau of Citizenship and Immigration Services shall estab-
lish procedures requiring a formal response to all rec-
ommendations submitted to such director by the Ombuds-
man within 3 months after submission to such director.
(f) OPERATION OF LOCAL OFFICES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each local ombudsman—
(A) shall report to the Ombudsman or the
delegate thereof;
(B) may consult with the appropriate su-
pervisory personnel of the Bureau of Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services regarding the