Pretrial Detention and Lifetime Supervision of Terrorists Act of 2003 (Introduced in House)

HR 3040 IH

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3040

To strengthen to enhance public safety through pretrial detention and postrelease supervision of terrorists, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 9, 2003

Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. CARTER, and Mr. FORBES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To strengthen to enhance public safety through pretrial detention and postrelease supervision of terrorists, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Pretrial Detention and Lifetime Supervision of Terrorists Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION FOR PRETRIAL DETENTION IN CASES INVOLVING TERRORISM.

Section 3142 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (e)--

(A) by inserting `or' before `the Maritime'; and

(B) by inserting after `or 2332b of title 18 of the United States Code' the following: `, or an offense listed in section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18 of the United States Code, if the Attorney General certifies that the offense appears by its nature or context to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnaping, or an offense involved in or related to domestic or international terrorism as defined in section 2331 of title 18 of the United States Code'; and

(2) in subsections (f)(1)(A) and (g)(1), by inserting after `violence' the following: `, or an offense listed in section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18 of the United States Code, if the Attorney General certifies that the offense appears by its nature or context to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnaping, or an offense involved in or related to domestic or international terrorism as defined in section 2331 of title 18 of the United States Code'.

SEC. 3. POSTRELEASE SUPERVISION OF TERRORISTS.

Section 3583(j) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in subsection (j), by striking `, the commission' and all that follows through `person,'.