congressional_record: CREC-1998-11-12-pt1-PgE2307-3
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| CREC-1998-11-12-pt1-PgE2307-3 | 1998-11-12 | 105 | 2 | CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4328, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999 | HOUSE | EXTENSIONS | ALLOTHER | E2307 | E2308 | [{"name": "Bill Pascrell, Jr.", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "105", "type": "HR", "number": "4328"}] | 144 Cong. Rec. E2307 | Congressional Record, Volume 144 Issue 152 (Thursday, November 12, 1998) [Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 152 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E2307-E2308] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4328, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999 ______ HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. of new jersey in the house of representatives Thursday, November 12, 1998 Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support Section 117 of the Treasury Appropriations Conference Report now part of the FY 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which passed the House of Representatives on October 20, 1998. This Section arose out of a need to assist American victims of terrorism in recovering assets of states that sponsor terrorism in order to help satisfy civil judgments against such state-sponsors. The purpose of this provision is to put teeth into the laws that this Congress has passed regarding those nations who sponsor terrorism. I would like to briefly comment and clarify the operation of Section 117. Subsection (f)(1)(A) clarifies existing law to allow the post- judgment seizure of blocked foreign assets of terrorist states to help satisfy judgments resulting from actions brought against them under Section 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7), the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's exception to immunity for acts of state sponsored terrorism involving the death or personal injury of a United States national. Subsection (f)(2)(A) establishes requirements upon the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State to assist in locating the blocked assets of terrorist states in order to facilitate attachment and execution. Section (d) [[Page E2308]] allows the President to waive the requirements of Subsection (f)(2)(A). Section (d) does not, however, allow the waiver of subsection (f)(1)(A), as that subsection modifies existing law, but imposes no ``requirement.'' The intent of Congress is clear and unambiguous. The provision under discussion, Section 117, is designed to send a message around the globe to those nations who sponsor terrorism. That message is straightforward--your assets are no longer protected from justice. The United States will no longer sit idly on the sidelines when our citizens and children are ruthlessly murdered in acts of state- sponsored terrorism. When a Court of competent jurisdiction has determined that a terrorist state has sponsored acts of terrorism resulting in the death or personal injury of a United States national, any and all of their assets in this country may be attached and executed to satisfy the judgment. The reality of significant financial loss to terrorist states will be a critical deterrent to further acts of terrorism targeted at the citizens of this country. ____________________ |