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emergency service departments to respond to terrorist at-
tacks. To carry out the purposes of this section, there is
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year
1996.
SEC. 702. ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO PRO-
CURE EXPLOSIVE DETECTION DEVICES AND
OTHER COUNTER-TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY.
There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed
$10,000,000 for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to the Presi-
dent to provide assistance to foreign countries facing an
imminent danger of terrorist attack that threatens the na-
tional interest of the United States or puts United States
nationals at risk—
(1) in obtaining explosive detection devices and
other counter-terrorism technology; and
(2) in conducting research and development
projects on such technology.
SEC. 703. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT
COUNTER-TERRORISM TECHNOLOGIES.
There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed
$10,000,000 to the National Institute of Justice Science
and Technology Office—
(1) to develop technologies that can be used to
combat terrorism, including technologies in the areas
of—
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(A) detection of weapons, explosives,
chemicals, and persons;
(B) tracking;
(C) surveillance;
(D) vulnerability assessment; and
(E) information technologies;
(2) to develop standards to ensure the adequacy
of products produced and compatibility with relevant
national systems; and
(3) to identify and assess requirements for tech-
nologies to assist State and local law enforcement in
the national program to combat terrorism.
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 801. STUDY OF STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE PURCHASE AND USE OF HIGH EX-
PLOSIVES.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall conduct a study
of State licensing requirements for the purchase and use
of commercial high explosives, including detonators, deto-
nating cords, dynamite, water gel, emulsion, blasting
agents, and boosters. Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-
port to Congress the results of this study, together with
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any recommendations the Secretary determines are appro-
priate.
SEC. 802. COMPENSATION OF VICTIMS OF TERRORISM.
(a) REQUIRING
COMPENSATION
FOR
TERRORIST
CRIMES.—Section 1403(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10603(d)(3)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘crimes involving terrorism,’’
before ‘‘driving while intoxicated’’; and
(2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘driving while
intoxicated’’.
(b) FOREIGN TERRORISM.—Section 1403(b)(6)(B) of
the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C.
10603(b)(6)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘are outside the
United States (if the compensable crime is terrorism, as
defined in section 2331 of title 18, United States Code),
or’’ before ‘‘are States not having’’.
SEC. 803. JURISDICTION FOR LAWSUITS AGAINST TERROR-
IST STATES.
(a) EXCEPTION TO FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
FOR CERTAIN CASES.—Section 1605 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (5);
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(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (6) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(7) not otherwise covered by paragraph (2), in
which money damages are sought against a foreign
state for personal injury or death that was caused
by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft
sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of mate-
rial support or resources (as defined in section
2339A of title 18) for such an act if such act or pro-
vision of material support is engaged in by an offi-
cial, employee, or agent of such foreign state while
acting within the scope of his or her office, employ-
ment, or agency, except that—
‘‘(A) an action under this paragraph shall
not be instituted unless the claimant first af-
fords the foreign state a reasonable opportunity
to arbitrate the claim in accordance with ac-
cepted international rules of arbitration;
‘‘(B) an action under this paragraph shall
not be maintained unless the act upon which
the claim is based occurred while the individual
bringing the claim was a national of the United
States (as that term is defined in section
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101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act); and
‘‘(C) the court shall decline to hear a claim
under this paragraph if the foreign state
against whom the claim has been brought es-
tablishes that procedures and remedies are
available in such state which comport with fun-
damental fairness and due process.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e) For purposes of paragraph (7) of subsection
(a)—
‘‘(1) the terms ‘torture’ and ‘extrajudicial kill-
ing’ have the meaning given those terms in section
3 of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991;
‘‘(2) the term ‘hostage taking’ has the meaning
given that term in Article 1 of the International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘aircraft sabotage’ has the mean-
ing given that term in Article 1 of the Convention
for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the
Safety of Civil Aviation.’’.
(b) EXCEPTION
TO
IMMUNITY
FROM
ATTACH-
MENT.—