United States. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CON- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 3275 NOVEMBER 14, 2001 Serial No. 46 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/judiciary 76-122 PDF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office KF27 5858 2001b соруб よく CONTENTS NOVEMBER 14, 2001 OPENING STATEMENT Page The Honorable Lamar Smith, a Representative in Congress From the State of Texas, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Crime 1 The Honorable Robert C. Scott, a Representative in Congress From the State of Virginia, and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Crime 2 WITNESSES Mr. Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Oral Testimony Prepared Statement Mr. Samuel M. Witten, Acting Deputy Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of Oral Testimony Prepared Statement 45 79 APPENDIX STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, a Representative in Congress From the MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism ... IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:11 a.m., in Room 2237, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Lamar Smith [Chairman of the Subcommittee] presiding. Mr. SMITH. The Subcommittee on Crime will come to order. I appreciate the good attendance we have this morning, and all the Members who are here, I want to thank them for coming. I also want to say, as I said before, I always appreciate the Ranking Member, Mr. Scott, not only being on time but occasionally, as he was today, actually here before I was. I appreciate his promptness in that regard. Today we are going to have a hearing and a markup on H.R. 3275, the Implementation Legislation for the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. That will be followed by a markup on H.R. 3209, the AntiHoax Terrorism Act of 2001. I am going to recognize myself for the purposes of giving an opening statement, and my opening statement will serve for both the hearing and the markup because I hope that we will be able to proceed directly to the markup. And I would encourage Members to mention in their opening statement now what they might have mentioned in their opening statement for the markup as well. International terrorism once threatened Americans only when they were outside this country. Today, every American must live their lives conscious of the fact that the war on terrorism is being fought not only in other countries, but also in our own. International cooperation is one way to defeat terrorism and is critically important to our success. H.R. 3275 implements two treaties that have been signed by the United States and transmitted to the Senate. Both were initiated under the Clinton Administration. |