Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004
Latest action · Sep 20, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 13, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the jurisdictional bases and scope of the prohibition against the use of, and threat, attempt, or conspiracy to use, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to cover such actions against property within the United States under specified circumstances, including property owned, leased, or used by a foreign government.
Restores the coverage of chemical weapons under the prohibition.
Expands the categories of restricted persons subject to prohibitions relating to select agents to cover persons acting for or on behalf of, or operating subject to the direction or control of: (1) a government or official of a country that Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; or (2) a terrorist organization.
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit participation in the development or production of any special nuclear material or atomic weapon except as authorized by that Act.
Prohibits anyone within the United States or subject to U.S. jurisdiction from willfully participating in or providing material support or resources to a nuclear weapons program or other WMD program of a foreign terrorist power (or attempting or conspiring to do so). Establishes extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over such offense.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Sep 13, 2004Introduced in House
- Sep 13, 2004Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2665 | Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004 | Identical bill | Jul 15, 2004 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control
- Biological warfare
- Chemical warfare
- Commerce
- Conspiracy
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- EBB Terrorism
- Extraterritoriality
- Fines (Penalties)
- Foreign agents
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
- Interstate commerce
- Jurisdiction
- Law
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- State-sponsored terrorism
- Terrorism
- Weapons of mass destruction
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2004Introduced in House
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