Tools to Fight Terrorism Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2679
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2004-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air piracy
Aircraft
Alien property
Aliens
Americans in foreign countries
Antiaircraft missiles
Armed Forces and National Security
Arson
Assassination
Assault
Aviation safety
Bail
Bank fraud
Bank records
Biological warfare
Bribery
Bridges
Business records
Capital punishment
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Classified defense information
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Compensation for victims of crime
Conspiracy
Consumer credit
Counterintelligence
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal negligence
Criminal procedure
Department of Justice
Deportation
Destruction of property
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic surveillance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Evidence (Law)
Ex-offenders
Explosives
Export controls
Extraterritoriality
Federal aid programs
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign agents
Foreign banks and banking
Forfeiture
Fraud
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Grand jury
Grants-in-aid
Guided missiles
Harbors
Health
Homicide
Identification devices
Immigration
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International Affairs
Investments
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Marine pollution
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Maritime law
Mass rapid transit
Merchant seamen
Military training
Missing in action
Money
Money laundering
Murder
Navigation
Navigational aids
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapons
Obstruction of justice
Organized crime
Postal service
Prisoners of war
Probation
Prosecution
Radar
Radioactive wastes
Railroad employees
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Right of privacy
Sabotage
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Subpoena
Telephone
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation safety
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Violence
Virus diseases
Warrants (Law)
Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Waste disposal in the ocean
Weapons
Weapons of mass destruction
Wiretapping
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-16
text: 
Tools to Fight Terrorism Act of 2004 - Anti-Terrorism Investigative Tools Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends: (1) the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to treat individuals who engage in international terrorism as foreign agents; (2) the Federal criminal code to prohibit hoaxes relating to terrorist offenses; (3) the USA PATRIOT Act to allow the disclosure of counterintelligence information obtained as part of a national security investigation; (4) the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize deporting aliens who have received military training from terrorist organizations; and (5) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding nuclear threats.
 
Prevention of Terrorist Access to Special Weapons Act of 2004 - Prohibits producing, acquiring, transferring, possessing, or using: (1) a missile system designed to destroy aircraft; (2) any weapon designed to release radiation at dangerous levels; and (3) the variola virus. 
 
Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004 - Rewrites Federal criminal code provisions prohibiting acts of destruction and violence against trains and mass transportation to add as an aggravated offense the commission of the prohibited act under circumstances in which the railroad on-track equipment or mass transportation vehicle was carrying high-level radioactive waste.
 
Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2004 - Prohibits: (1) willfully disabling a passenger vehicle; and (2) bribery affecting port security. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase penalties for noncompliance with manifest requirements.
 
Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2004 - Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to cover acts involving burglary, embezzlement, and fraud in the purchase of securities. Provides for civil forfeiture of the assets of those who plan or perpetrate terrorist acts against international organizations or foreign governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645.
action_date: 2004-07-16
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-07-16
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate