Combating Terrorism Financing Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3016
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2003-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alien labor
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Classified defense information
Criminal investigation
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Immigration
International Affairs
International agencies
Jurisdiction
Labor and Employment
Law
Money laundering
Organized crime
Right of property
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Terrorism
Underground economy

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-05
text: 
Combating Terrorism Financing Act of 2003 - Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to increase penalties for violating a license, order, or regulation under the Act.
 
Amends the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to expand its scope to include offenses relating to the financing of terrorism and violations of the Social Security Act relating to obtaining funds through the misuse of a social security number. Authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to investigate violations of money laundering and related offenses. Directs that a transaction or transfer of funds be considered to involve the proceeds of specified unlawful activity if it is part of a set of parallel or dependent transactions involving such proceeds.
 
Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) provide for civil forfeiture to the United States of the assets of any individual or organization engaged in planning or perpetrating an act of international terrorism against any international organization or against any foreign government; and (2) establish procedures for contesting the confiscation of assets of suspected international terrorists.
 
Amends the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in any judicial review of a finding of the existence of a primary money laundering concern the designation of which was based on classified information, to submit such information to the reviewing court ex parte and in camera.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2003-09-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-05
text: Introduced in House