I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4942
To prohibit certain forms of material support for terrorism, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2004
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit certain forms of material support for terrorism, 
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 ‘‘Material Support to 
Terrorism Prohibition Enhancement Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. RECEIVING MILITARY-TYPE TRAINING FROM A FOR-
EIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION
AS
TO
CITIZENS
AND
RESI-
DENTS.—Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding after section 2339C the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2339D. Receiving military-type training from a for-
eign terrorist organization 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly receives mili-
tary-type training from or on behalf of any organization 
designated at the time of the training by the Secretary 
of State under section 219(a)(1) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act as a foreign terrorist organization shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned for ten years, or 
both. To violate this subsection, a person must have 
knowledge that the organization is a designated terrorist 
organization (as defined in subsection (c)(4)), that the or-
ganization has engaged or engages in terrorist activity (as 
defined in section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act), or that the organization has engaged or engages in 
terrorism (as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 
1989). 
‘‘(b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is 
extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under 
this section. There is jurisdiction over an offense under 
subsection (a) if—
‘‘(1) an offender is a national of the United 
States (as defined in 101(a)(22) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act) or an alien lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence in the United States (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act); 
‘‘(2) an offender is a stateless person whose ha-
bitual residence is in the United States; 
‘‘(3) after the conduct required for the offense 
occurs an offender is brought into or found in the 
United States, even if the conduct required for the 
offense occurs outside the United States; 
‘‘(4) the offense occurs in whole or in part with-
in the United States; 
‘‘(5) the offense occurs in or affects interstate 
or foreign commerce; 
‘‘(6) an offender aids or abets any person over 
whom jurisdiction exists under this paragraph in 
committing an offense under subsection (a) or con-
spires with any person over whom jurisdiction exists 
under this paragraph to commit an offense under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘military-type training’ includes 
training in means or methods that can cause death 
or serious bodily injury, destroy or damage property, 
or disrupt services to critical infrastructure, or train-
ing on the use, storage, production, or assembly of 
any explosive, firearm or other weapon, including 
any weapon of mass destruction (as defined in sec-
tion 2232a(c)(2)); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1365(h)(3); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘critical infrastructure’ means 
systems and assets vital to national defense, national 
security, economic security, public health or safety 
including both regional and national infrastructure. 
Critical infrastructure may be publicly or privately 
owned; examples of critical infrastructure include 
gas and oil production, storage, or delivery systems, 
water supply systems, telecommunications networks, 
electrical power generation or delivery systems, fi-
nancing and banking systems, emergency services 
(including medical, police, fire, and rescue services), 
and transportation systems and services (including 
highways, mass transit, airlines, and airports); and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘foreign terrorist organization’ 
means an organization designated as a terrorist or-
ganization under section 219(a)(1) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act.’’. 
(b) INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS WHO HAVE RE-
CEIVED MILITARY-TYPE TRAINING FROM TERRORIST OR-