I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2942
To establish a national clearinghouse for information on incidents of environ-
mental terrorism and to establish a program to reduce environmental 
terrorism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a national clearinghouse for information on inci-
dents of environmental terrorism and to establish a pro-
gram to reduce environmental 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Ter-
rorism Reduction Act’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TERRORISM CLEAR-
INGHOUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish and maintain a national clearinghouse for information 
on incidents of crime and terrorism—
(1) committed against or directed at any com-
mercial activity because of the perceived impact or 
effect of such commercial activity on the environ-
ment; or 
(2) committed against or directed at any person 
because of such person’s perceived connection with 
or support of any activity described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The clearinghouse established 
under subsection (a) shall—
(1) accept, collect, and maintain information on 
incidents described in subsection (a) that is sub-
mitted to the clearinghouse by Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies, by law enforcement 
agencies of foreign countries, and by victims of such 
incidents; 
(2) collate and index such information for pur-
poses of cross-referencing; and 
(3) upon request from a Federal, State, or local 
law enforcement agency, or from a law enforcement 
agency of a foreign country, provide such informa-
tion to assist in the investigation of an incident de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL TERRORISM REDUCTION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department of Justice a program to be known as the En-
vironmental Terrorism Reduction Program. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The Attorney General, upon con-
sultation with the heads of Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement agencies and the Governor of each applicable 
State, may designate any specified area of the United 
States as a high intensity environmental terrorism area. 
After making such a designation and in order to provide 
Federal assistance to the area so designated, the Attorney 
General may—
(1) obligate such sums as appropriated for the 
Environmental Terrorism Reduction Program; 
(2) direct the temporary reassignment of Fed-
eral personnel to such area, subject to the approval 
of the head of the department or agency that em-
ploys such personnel; and 
(3) coordinate activities under this subsection 
(specifically administrative, recordkeeping, and funds 
management activities) with State and local officials.
(c) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In considering 
whether to designate an area under this section as a high 
intensity environmental terrorism area, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall consider, in addition to such other criteria as 
the Attorney General considers to be appropriate, the ex-
tent to which—
(1) the area is a center of crimes committed in 
the name of the environment; 
(2) State and local law enforcement agencies 
have committed resources to respond to the environ-
mental terrorism problem in the area, thereby indi-
cating a determination to respond aggressively to the 
problem; 
(3) environmental terrorism activities in the 
area are having a harmful impact in other areas of 
the country; and 
(4) a significant increase in allocation of Fed-
eral resources is necessary to respond adequately to 
environmental terrorism activities in the area.
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