AMENDMENT NO. __________              CALENDAR NO. ___________


Purpose: To prohibit the dissemination of information on the making
         of explosive materials with intent or knowledge that such
         information will be used for a criminal purpose.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES -- 104th Cong., 1st Sess.


                              S. 735

To prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on ________________________________
 and ordered to be printed

Ordered to lie on the table and be printed

AMENDMENT intended to be proposed by MRS. FEINSTEIN

VIZ:

At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following new section:

SEC ___ . PROHIBITION ON DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVE
MATERIALS FOR A CRIMINAL PURPOSE/

(a) Section 842 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:

"(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to teach or demonstrate the making of
explosive materials, or to disseminate by any means information pertaining to,
in whole or in part, the manufacture of explosive materials, if the person
intends, knows, or reasonably should know that such explosive materials or
information is likely to be used for, or in furtherance of, a federal 
offense or other criminal purpose affecting interstate commerce."

(b) Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by designating
section (a) as subsection (a)(1) and by adding the following new subsection:

"(a)(2) Any person who violates subsection (1) of section 842 of this chapter
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned no more than twenty years, or bot
h."

   
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