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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2583
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 20, 2001
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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