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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2172
To require the Secretary of State to report on United States citizens injured
or killed by certain terrorist groups.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 10, 1999
Mr. SALMON (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. FORBES, Mr.
MCGOVERN, and Mr. GILMAN) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To require the Secretary of State to report on United States
citizens injured or killed by certain terrorist groups.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPORT ON TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN WHICH
UNITED STATES CITIZENS WERE KILLED AND
RELATED MATTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 1999,
and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall
prepare and submit a report, with a classified annex as
necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees re-
garding terrorist attacks in Israel, in territory adminis-
tered by Israel, and in territory administered by the Pales-
tinian Authority. The report shall contain the following
information:
(1) A list of formal commitments the Pales-
tinian Authority has made to combat terrorism.
(2) A list of terrorist attacks, occurring between
October 1, 1992 and the date of the report, against
Israeli or United States citizens in Israel, in terri-
tory administered by Israel, or in territory adminis-
tered by the Palestinian Authority, including—
(A) a list of all citizens of the United
States killed or injured in such attacks;
(B) a list of all citizens of Israel killed or
injured in such attacks;
(C) the date of each attack, the total num-
ber of people killed or injured in each attack,
and the name and nationality of each victim;
(D) the person or group claiming responsi-
bility for the attack and where such person or
group has found refuge or support;
(E) a list of suspects implicated in each at-
tack and the nationality of each suspect, includ-
ing information on—
(i) which suspects are in the custody
of the Palestinian Authority and which
suspects are in the custody of Israel;
(ii) which suspects are still at large in
areas controlled by the Palestinian Author-
ity or Israel; and
(iii) the whereabouts (or suspected
whereabouts) of suspects implicated in
each attack.
(3) Of the suspects implicated in the attacks
described in paragraph (2) and detained by Pales-
tinian or Israeli authorities, information on—
(A) the date each suspect was incarcer-
ated;
(B) whether any suspects have been re-
leased, the date of such release, whether the
Secretary considers the release justified based
on the evidence against the suspect, and wheth-
er any released suspect was implicated in subse-
quent acts of terrorism; and
(C) the status of each case pending against
a suspect, including information on whether the
suspect has been indicted, prosecuted, or con-
victed by the Palestinian Authority or Israel.
(4) Statistics on the release by the Palestinian
Authority of terrorist suspects compared to the re-
lease of suspects in other violent crimes.
(5) The policy of the Department of State with
respect to offering rewards for information on ter-
rorist suspects, including any determination by the
Department of State as to whether a reward should
be posted for suspects involved in terrorist attacks
in which United States citizens were either killed or
injured, and, if not, an explanation of why a reward
should not or has not been posted for a particular
suspect.
(6) A list of each request by the United States
for assistance in investigating terrorist attacks
against United States citizens, a list of each request
by the United States for the transfer of terrorist
suspects from the Palestinian Authority and Israel,
and the response to each request from the Pales-
tinian Authority and Israel.
(7) A list of meetings and trips made by United
States officials to the Middle East to investigate
cases of terrorist attacks in the 7 years preceding
the date of the report.
(8) A list of any terrorist suspects or those aid-
ing terrorists who are members of Palestinian police
or security forces, the Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation, or any Palestinian governing body.
(9) A list of all United States citizens killed or
injured in terrorist attacks in Israel or in territory
administered by Israel between 1948 and October 1,
1992, and a comprehensive list of all suspects in-
volved in such attacks and their whereabouts.
(10) The amount of compensation the United
States has requested for United States citizens, or
their families, injured or killed in attacks by terror-
ists in Israel, in territory administered by Israel, or
in territory administered by the Palestine Authority,
and, if no compensation has been requested, an ex-
planation of why such requests have not been made.
(b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.—
The Secretary of State shall, in preparing the report re-
quired by this section, consult and coordinate with all
other Government officials who have information nec-
essary to complete the report.
(c) INITIAL REPORT.—Except as provided in sub-
section (a)(9), the initial report filed under this section
shall cover the 7 years preceding October 1, 1999.
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional Committee’’ means the Committees on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives.
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