Amendment109th Congress
Amendment establishes a new criminal offense of narco-terrorism.
- Amendment Number
- 504
- Description
- Amendment establishes a new criminal offense of narco-terrorism.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 16 printed in part B of House Report 109-178 to establish a new criminal offense of narco-terrorism, which prohibits any person from manufacturing, distributing or possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or listed chemical, or attempting or conspiring to do so, knowing or intendingthat such activity, directly or indirectly, aids, or provides support, resources or anything of value to: (a) a foreign terrorist organization; or(b) any person or group involved in the planning, preparation for, or carrying out of a terrorist offense. The penalty for such an offense is a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life. The provision states Congress' intent to establish broad extra-territorial jurisdiction to enforce this new criminal offense; and makes it clear that the government need not prove that the defendant knew that an organization is a designated`foreign terrorist organization.' The provision also defines the terms `anything of pecuniary value,' `terrorist offense,' and `terrorist organization.'.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jul 21, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Hyde amendment (A016) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 19:36:10
- Submitted Date
- Jul 21, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022