SHORT TITLE(S) AS ENACTED: 
  Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
  Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
  International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 
  2001
  First Responders Assistance Act
  Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act of 2001
  Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001

SUMMARY AS OF: 
10/24/2001--Passed House, without amendment.    (There is 1 other summary) 
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 - Title I: 
Enhancing Domestic Security Against Terrorism - Establishes in the Treasury the 
Counterterrorism Fund.
(Sec. 102) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the civil rights and 
liberties of all Americans, including Arab Americans, must be protected, and 
that every effort must be taken to preserve their safety; (2) any acts of 
violence or discrimination against any Americans be condemned; and (3) the 
Nation is called upon to recognize the patriotism of fellow citizens from all 
ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds.
(Sec. 103) Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 
(FBI) Technical Support Center.
(Sec. 104) Authorizes the Attorney General to request the Secretary of Defense 
to provide assistance in support of Department of Justice (DOJ) activities 
relating to the enforcement of Federal criminal code (code) provisions regarding 
the use of weapons of mass destruction during an emergency situation involving a 
weapon (currently, chemical weapon) of mass destruction.
(Sec. 105) Requires the Director of the U.S. Secret Service to take actions to 
develop a national network of electronic crime task forces throughout the United 
States to prevent, detect, and investigate various forms of electronic crimes, 
including potential terrorist attacks against critical infrastructure and 
financial payment systems.
(Sec. 106) Modifies provisions relating to presidential authority under the 
International Emergency Powers Act to: (1) authorize the President, when the 
United States is engaged in armed hostilities or has been attacked by a foreign 
country or foreign nationals, to confiscate any property subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction of a foreign person, organization, or country that he determines 
has planned, authorized, aided, or engaged in such hostilities or attacks (the 
rights to which shall vest in such agency or person as the President may 
designate); and (2) provide that, in any judicial review of a determination made 
under such provisions, if the determination was based on classified information 
such information may be submitted to the reviewing court ex parte and in camera.
Title II: Enhanced Surveillance Procedures - Amends the Federal criminal code to 
authorize the interception of wire, oral, and electronic communications for the 
production of evidence of: (1) specified chemical weapons or terrorism offenses; 
and (2) computer fraud and abuse.
(Sec. 203) Amends rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (FRCrP) to 
permit the sharing of grand jury information that involves foreign intelligence 
or counterintelligence with Federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective, 
immigration, national defense, or national security officials (such officials), 
subject to specified requirements.
Authorizes an investigative or law enforcement officer, or an attorney for the 
Government, who, by authorized means, has obtained knowledge of the contents of 
any wire, oral, or electronic communication or evidence derived therefrom to 
disclose such contents to such officials to the extent that such contents 
include foreign intelligence or counterintelligence.
Directs the Attorney General to establish procedures for the disclosure of 
information (pursuant to the code and the FRCrP) that identifies a United States 
person, as defined in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA).
Authorizes the disclosure of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence 
obtained as part of a criminal investigation to such officials.
(Sec. 204) Clarifies that nothing in code provisions regarding pen registers 
shall be deemed to affect the acquisition by the Government of specified foreign 
intelligence information, and that procedures under FISA shall be the exclusive 
means by which electronic surveillance and the interception of domestic wire and 
oral (current law) and electronic communications may be conducted.
(Sec. 205) Authorizes the Director of the FBI to expedite the employment of 
personnel as translators to support counter-terrorism investigations and 
operations without regard to applicable Federal personnel requirements. 
Requires: (1) the Director to establish such security requirements as necessary 
for such personnel; and (2) the Attorney General to report to the House and 
Senate Judiciary Committees regarding translators.
(Sec. 206) Grants roving surveillance authority under FISA after requiring a 
court order approving an electronic surveillance to direct any person to furnish 
necessary information, facilities, or technical assistance in circumstances 
where the Court finds that the actions of the surveillance target may have the 
effect of thwarting the identification of a specified person.
(Sec. 207) Increases the duration of FISA surveillance permitted for non-U.S. 
persons who are agents of a foreign power.
(Sec. 208) Increases (from seven to 11) the number of district court judges 
designated to hear applications for and grant orders approving electronic 
surveillance. Requires that no fewer than three reside within 20 miles of the 
District of Columbia.
(Sec. 209) Permits the seizure of voice-mail messages under a warrant.
(Sec. 210) Expands the scope of subpoenas for records of electronic 
communications to include the length and types of service utilized, temporarily 
assigned network addresses, and the means and source of payment (including any 
credit card or bank account number).
(Sec. 211) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit specified disclosures 
to Government entities, except for records revealing cable subscriber selection 
of video programming from a cable operator.
(Sec. 212) Permits electronic communication and remote computing service 
providers to make emergency disclosures to a governmental entity of customer 
electronic communications to protect life and limb.
(Sec. 213) Authorizes Federal district courts to allow a delay of required 
notices of the execution of a warrant if immediate notice may have an adverse 
result and under other specified circumstances.
(Sec. 214) Prohibits use of a pen register or trap and trace devices in any 
investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine 
intelligence activities that is conducted solely on the basis of activities 
protected by the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Director of the FBI (or designee) to apply for a court 
order requiring production of certain business records for foreign intelligence 
and international terrorism investigations. Requires the Attorney General to 
report to the House and Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees 
semi-annually.
(Sec. 216) Amends the code to: (1) require a trap and trace device to restrict 
recoding or decoding so as not to include the contents of a wire or electronic 
communication; (2) apply a court order for a pen register or trap and trace 
devices to any person or entity providing wire or electronic communication 
service in the United States whose assistance may facilitate execution of the 
order; (3) require specified records kept on any pen register or trap and trace 
device on a packet-switched data network of a provider of electronic 
communication service to the public; and (4) allow a trap and trace device to 
identify the source (but not the contents) of a wire or electronic 
communication.
(Sec. 217) Makes it lawful to intercept the wire or electronic communication of 
a computer trespasser in certain circumstances.
(Sec. 218) Amends FISA to require an application for an electronic surveillance 
order or search warrant to certify that a significant purpose (currently, the 
sole or main purpose) of the surveillance is to obtain foreign intelligence 
information.
(Sec. 219) Amends rule 41 of the FRCrP to permit Federal magistrate judges in 
any district in which terrorism-related activities may have occurred to issue 
search warrants for searches within or outside the district.
(Sec. 220) Provides for nationwide service of search warrants for electronic 
evidence.
(Sec. 221) Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 
to extend trade sanctions to the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the 
Taliban.
(Sec. 222) Specifies that: (1) nothing in this Act shall impose any additional 
technical obligation or requirement on a provider of a wire or electronic 
communication service or other person to furnish facilities or technical 
assistance; and (2) a provider of such service, and a landlord, custodian, or 
other person who furnishes such facilities or technical assistance, shall be 
reasonably compensated for such reasonable expenditures incurred in providing 
such facilities or assistance.
(Sec. 223) Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for administrative 
discipline of Federal officers or employees who violate prohibitions against 
unauthorized disclosures of information gathered under this Act. Provides for 
civil actions against the United States for damages by any person aggrieved by 
such violations.
(Sec. 224) Terminates this title on December 31, 2005, except with respect to 
any particular foreign intelligence investigation beginning before that date, or 
any particular offense or potential offense that began or occurred before it.
(Sec. 225) Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit 
a cause of action in any court against a provider of a wire or electronic 
communication service, landlord, custodian, or any other person that furnishes 
any information, facilities, or technical assistance in accordance with a court 
order or request for emergency assistance under such Act (for example, with 
respect to a wiretap).
Title III: International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing 
Act of 2001 - International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial 
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001- Sunsets this Act after the first day of FY 2005 if 
Congress enacts a specified joint resolution to that effect.
Subtitle A: International Counter Money Laundering and Related Measures - Amends 
Federal law governing monetary transactions to prescribe procedural guidelines 
under which the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) may require domestic 
financial institutions and agencies to take specified measures if the Secretary 
finds that reasonable grounds exist for concluding that jurisdictions, financia1 
institutions, types of accounts, or transactions operating outside or within the 
United States, are of primary money laundering concern. Includes mandatory 
disclosure of specified information relating to certain correspondent accounts.
(Sec. 312) Mandates establishment of due diligence mechanisms to detect and 
report money laundering transactions through private banking accounts and 
correspondent accounts.
(Sec. 313) Prohibits U.S. correspondent accounts with foreign shell banks.
(Sec. 314) Instructs the Secretary to adopt regulations to encourage further 
cooperation among financial institutions, their regulatory authorities, and law 
enforcement authorities, with the specific purpose of encouraging regulatory 
authorities and law enforcement authorities to share with financial institutions 
information regarding individuals, entities, and organizations engaged in or 
reasonably suspected (based on credible evidence) of engaging in terrorist acts 
or money laundering activities. Authorizes such regulations to create procedures 
for cooperation and information sharing on matters specifically related to the 
finances of terrorist groups as well as their relationships with international 
narcotics traffickers.
Requires the Secretary to distribute annually to financial institutions a 
detailed analysis identifying patterns of suspicious activity and other 
investigative insights derived from suspicious activity reports and 
investigations by Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.
(Sec. 315) Amends Federal criminal law to include foreign corruption offenses as 
money laundering crimes.
(Sec. 316) Establishes the right of property owners to contest confiscation of 
property under law relating to confiscation of assets of suspected terrorists.
(Sec. 317) Establishes Federal jurisdiction over: (1) foreign money launderers 
(including their assets held in the United States); and (2) money that is 
laundered through a foreign bank.
(Sec. 319) Authorizes the forfeiture of money laundering funds from interbank 
accounts. Requires a covered financial institution, upon request of the 
appropriate Federal banking agency, to make available within 120 hours all 
pertinent information related to anti-money laundering compliance by the 
institution or its customer. Grants the Secretary summons and subpoena powers 
over foreign banks that maintain a correspondent bank in the United States. 
Requires a covered financial institution to terminate within ten business days 
any correspondent relationship with a foreign bank after receipt of written 
notice that the foreign bank has failed to comply with certain judicial 
proceedings. Sets forth civil penalties for failure to terminate such 
relationship.
(Sec. 321) Subjects to record and report requirements for monetary instrument 
transactions: (1) any credit union; and (2) any futures commission merchant, 
commodity trading advisor, and commodity pool operator registered, or required 
to register, under the Commodity Exchange Act.
(Sec. 323) Authorizes Federal application for restraining orders to preserve the 
availability of property subject to a foreign forfeiture or confiscation 
judgment.
(Sec. 325) Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to ensure that 
concentration accounts of financial institutions are not used to prevent 
association of the identity of an individual customer with the movement of funds 
of which the customer is the direct or beneficial owner.
(Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary to issue regulations prescribing minimum 
standards for financial institutions regarding customer identity in connection 
with the opening of accounts.
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) the most timely and 
effective way to require foreign nationals to provide domestic financial 
institutions and agencies with appropriate and accurate information; (2) whether 
to require foreign nationals to obtain an identification number (similar to a 
Social Security or tax identification number) before opening an account with a 
domestic financial institution; and (3) a system for domestic financial 
institutions and agencies to review Government agency information to verify the 
identities of such foreign nationals.
(Sec. 327) Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act to require consideration of the effectiveness of a company or 
companies in combating money laundering during reviews of proposed bank shares 
acquisitions or mergers.
(Sec. 328) Directs the Secretary take reasonable steps to encourage foreign 
governments to require the inclusion of the name of the originator in wire 
transfer instructions sent to the United States and other countries, with the 
information to remain with the transfer from its origination until the point of 
disbursement. Requires annual progress reports to specified congressional 
committees.
(Sec. 329) Prescribes criminal penalties for Federal officials or employees who 
seek or accept bribes in connection with administration of this title.
(Sec. 330) Urges U.S. negotiations for international cooperation in 
investigations of money laundering, financial crimes, and the finances of 
terrorist groups, including record sharing by foreign banks with U.S. law 
enforcement officials and domestic financial institution supervisors.
Subtitle B: Bank Secrecy Act Amendments and Related Improvements - Amends 
Federal law known as the Bank Secrecy Act to revise requirements for civil 
liability immunity for voluntary financial institution disclosure of suspicious 
activities. Authorizes the inclusion of suspicions of illegal activity in 
written employment references.
(Sec. 352) Authorizes the Secretary to exempt from minimum standards for 
anti-money laundering programs any financial institution not subject to certain 
regulations governing financial recordkeeping and reporting of currency and 
foreign transactions.
(Sec. 353) Establishes civil penalties for violations of geographic targeting 
orders and structuring transactions to evade certain recordkeeping requirements. 
Lengthens the effective period of geographic targeting orders from 60 to 180 
days.
(Sec. 355) Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit written employment 
references to contain suspicions of involvement in illegal activity.
(Sec. 356) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) promulgate regulations requiring 
registered securities brokers and dealers, futures commission merchants, 
commodity trading advisors, and commodity pool operators, to file reports of 
suspicious financial transactions; (2) report to Congress on the role of the 
Internal Revenue Service in the administration of the Bank Secrecy Act; and (3) 
share monetary instruments transactions records upon request of a U.S. 
intelligence agency for use in the conduct of intelligence or 
counterintelligence activities, including analysis, to protect against 
international terrorism.
(Sec. 358) Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to permit the transfer of 
financial records to other agencies or departments upon certification that the 
records are relevant to intelligence or counterintelligence activities related 
to international terrorism.
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency to 
furnish all information in a consumer's file to a government agency upon 
certification that the records are relevant to intelligence or 
counterintelligence activities related to international terrorism.
(Sec. 359) Subjects to mandatory records and reports on monetary instruments 
transactions any licensed sender of money or any other person who engages as a 
business in the transmission of funds, including through an informal value 
transfer banking system or network (e.g., hawala) of people facilitating the 
transfer of money domestically or internationally outside of the conventional 
financial institutions system.
(Sec. 360) Authorizes the Secretary to instruct the United States Executive 
Director of each international financial institution to use his or her voice and 
vote to: (1) support the use of funds for a country (and its institutions) which 
contributes to U.S. efforts against international terrorism; and (2) require an 
auditing of disbursements to ensure that no funds are paid to persons who commit 
or support terrorism.
(Sec. 361) Makes the existing Financial Crimes Enforcement Network a bureau in 
the Department of the Treasury.
(Sec. 362) Directs the Secretary to establish a highly secure network in the 
Network that allows financial institutions to file certain reports and receive 
alerts and other information regarding suspicious activities warranting 
immediate and enhanced scrutiny.
(Sec. 363) Increases to $1 million the maximum civil penalties (currently 
$10,000) and criminal fines (currently $250,000) for money laundering. Sets a 
minimum civil penalty and criminal fine of double the amount of the illegal 
transaction.
(Sec. 364) Amends the Federal Reserve Act to provide for uniform protection 
authority for Federal Reserve facilities, including law enforcement officers 
authorized to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests.
(Sec. 365) Amends Federal law to require reports relating to coins and currency 
of more than $10,000 received in a nonfinancial trade or business.
(Sec. 366) Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on: (1) the 
possible expansion of the currency transaction reporting requirements exemption 
system; and (2) methods for improving financial institution utilization of the 
system as a way of reducing the submission of currency transaction reports that 
have little or no value for law enforcement purposes.
Subtitle C: Currency Crimes - Establishes as a bulk cash smuggling felony the 
knowing concealment and attempted transport (or transfer) across U.S. borders of 
currency and monetary instruments in excess of $10,000, with intent to evade 
specified currency reporting requirements.
(Sec. 372) Changes from discretionary to mandatory a court's authority to order, 
as part of a criminal sentence, forfeiture of all property involved in certain 
currency reporting offenses. Leaves a court discretion to order civil 
forfeitures in money laundering cases.
(Sec. 373) Amends the Federal criminal code to revise the prohibition of 
unlicensed (currently, illegal) money transmitting businesses.
(Sec. 374) Increases the criminal penalties for counterfeiting domestic and 
foreign currency and obligations.
(Sec. 376) Amends the Federal criminal code to extend the prohibition against 
the laundering of money instruments to specified proceeds of terrorism.
(Sec. 377) Grants the United States extraterritorial jurisdiction where: (1) an 
offense committed outside the United States involves an access device issued, 
owned, managed, or controlled by a financial institution, account issuer, credit 
card system member, or other entity within U.S. jurisdiction; and (2) the person 
committing the offense transports, delivers, conveys, transfers to or through, 
or otherwise stores, secrets, or holds within U.S. jurisdiction any article used 
to assist in the commission of the offense or the proceeds of such offense or 
property derived from it.
Title IV: Protecting the Border - Subtitle A: Protecting the Northern Border - 
Authorizes the Attorney General to waive certain Immigration and Naturalization 
Service (INS) personnel caps with respect to ensuring security needs on the 
Northern border.
(Sec. 402) Authorizes appropriations to: (1) triple the number of Border Patrol, 
Customs Service, and INS personnel (and support facilities) at points of entry 
and along the Northern border; and (2) INS and Customs for related border 
monitoring technology and equipment.
(Sec. 403) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Attorney 
General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the Department 
of State and INS with access to specified criminal history extracts in order to 
determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history. 
Directs the FBI to provide periodic extract updates. Provides for 
confidentiality.
Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to develop a technology 
standard to identify visa and admissions applicants, which shall be the basis 
for an electronic system of law enforcement and intelligence sharing system 
available to consular, law enforcement, intelligence, and Federal border 
inspection personnel.
(Sec. 404) Amends the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2001 to 
eliminate certain INS overtime restrictions.
(Sec. 405) Directs the Attorney General to report on the feasibility of 
enhancing the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System and other 
identification systems to better identify foreign individuals in connection with 
U.S. or foreign criminal investigations before issuance of a visa to, or 
permitting such person's entry or exit from, the United States. Authorizes 
appropriations.
Subtitle B: Enhanced Immigration Provisions - Amends the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or 
deportable due to terrorist activities to include an alien who: (1) is a 
representative of a political, social, or similar group whose political 
endorsement of terrorist acts undermines U.S. antiterrorist efforts; (2) has 
used a position of prominence to endorse terrorist activity, or to persuade 
others to support such activity in a way that undermines U.S. antiterrorist 
efforts (or the child or spouse of such an alien under specified circumstances); 
or (3) has been associated with a terrorist organization and intends to engage 
in threatening activities while in the United States.
(Sec. 411) Includes within the definition of "terrorist activity" the use of any 
weapon or dangerous device.
Redefines "engage in terrorist activity" to mean, in an individual capacity or 
as a member of an organization, to: (1) commit or to incite to commit, under 
circumstances indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily injury, a 
terrorist activity; (2) prepare or plan a terrorist activity; (3) gather 
information on potential targets for terrorist activity; (4) solicit funds or 
other things of value for a terrorist activity or a terrorist organization (with 
an exception for lack of knowledge); (5) solicit any individual to engage in 
prohibited conduct or for terrorist organization membership (with an exception 
for lack of knowledge); or (6) commit an act that the actor knows, or reasonably 
should know, affords material support, including a safe house, transportation, 
communications, funds, transfer of funds or other material financial benefit, 
false documentation or identification, weapons (including chemical, biological, 
or radiological weapons), explosives, or training for the commission of a 
terrorist activity; to any individual who the actor knows or reasonably should 
know has committed or plans to commit a terrorist activity; or to a terrorist 
organization (with an exception for lack of knowledge).
Defines "terrorist organization" as a group: (1) designated under the 
Immigration and Nationality Act or by the Secretary of State; or (2) a group of 
two or more individuals, whether related or not, which engages in 
terrorist-related activities.
Provides for the retroactive application of amendments under this Act. 
Stipulates that an alien shall not be considered inadmissible or deportable 
because of a relationship to an organization that was not designated as a 
terrorist organization prior to enactment of this Act. States that the 
amendments under this section shall apply to all aliens in exclusion or 
deportation proceedings on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of State to notify specified congressional leaders seven 
days prior to designating an organization as a terrorist organization. Provides 
for organization redesignation or revocation.
(Sec. 412) Provides for mandatory detention until removal from the United States 
(regardless of any relief from removal) of an alien certified by the Attorney 
General as a suspected terrorist or threat to national security. Requires 
release of such alien after seven days if removal proceedings have not 
commenced, or the alien has not been charged with a criminal offense. Authorizes 
detention for additional periods of up to six months of an alien not likely to 
be deported in the reasonably foreseeable future only if release will threaten 
U.S. national security or the safety of the community or any person. Limits 
judicial review to habeas corpus proceedings in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. 
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or any district court with 
jurisdiction to entertain a habeas corpus petition. Restricts to the U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia the right of appeal of any final order 
by a circuit or district judge.
(Sec. 413) Authorizes the Secretary of State, on a reciprocal basis, to share 
criminal- and terrorist-related visa lookout information with foreign 
governments.
(Sec. 414) Declares the sense of Congress that the Attorney General should: (1) 
fully implement the integrated entry and exit data system for airports, 
seaports, and land border ports of entry with all deliberate speed; and (2) 
begin immediately establishing the Integrated Entry and Exit Data System Task 
Force. Authorizes appropriations.
Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, in developing the 
integrated entry and exit data system, to focus on the use of biometric 
technology and the development of tamper-resistant documents readable at ports 
of entry.
(Sec. 415) Amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management 
Improvement Act of 2000 to include the Office of Homeland Security in the 
Integrated Entry and Exit Data System Task Force.
(Sec. 416) Directs the Attorney General to implement fully and expand the 
foreign student monitoring program to include other approved educational 
institutions like air flight, language training, or vocational schools.
(Sec. 417) Requires audits and reports on implementation of the mandate for 
machine readable passports.
(Sec. 418) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) review how consular officers 
issue visas to determine if consular shopping is a problem; and (2) if it is a 
problem, take steps to address it, and report on them to Congress.
Subtitle C: Preservation of Immigration Benefits for Victims of Terrorism - 
Authorizes the Attorney General to provide permanent resident status through the 
special immigrant program to an alien (and spouse, child, or grandparent under 
specified circumstances) who was the beneficiary of a petition filed on or 
before September 11, 2001, to grant the alien permanent residence as an 
employer-sponsored immigrant or of an application for labor certification if the 
petition or application was rendered null because of the disability of the 
beneficiary or loss of employment due to physical damage to, or destruction of, 
the business of the petitioner or applicant as a direct result of the terrorist 
attacks on September 11, 2001 (September attacks), or because of the death of 
the petitioner or applicant as a direct result of such attacks.
(Sec. 422) States that an alien who was legally in a nonimmigrant status and was 
disabled as a direct result of the September attacks may remain in the United 
States until his or her normal status termination date or September, 11, 2002. 
Includes in such extension the spouse or child of such an alien or of an alien 
who was killed in such attacks. Authorizes employment during such period.
Extends specified immigration-related deadlines and other filing requirements 
for an alien (and spouse and child) who was directly prevented from meeting such 
requirements as a result of the September attacks respecting: (1) nonimmigrant 
status and status revision; (2) diversity immigrants; (3) immigrant visas; (4) 
parolees; and (5) voluntary departure.
(Sec. 423) Waives, under specified circumstances, the requirement that an alien 
spouse (and child) of a U.S. citizen must have been married for at least two 
years prior to such citizen's death in order to maintain immediate relative 
status if such citizen died as a direct result of the September attacks. 
Provides for: (1) continued family-sponsored immigrant eligibility for the 
spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of a permanent resident who died as 
a direct result of such attacks; and (2) continued eligibility for adjustment of 
status for the spouse and child of an employment-based immigrant who died 
similarly.
(Sec. 424) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa 
categorization of "child" for aliens with petitions filed on or before September 
11, 2001, for aliens whose 21st birthday is in September 2001 (90 days), or 
after September 2001 (45 days).
(Sec. 425) Authorizes the Attorney General to provide temporary administrative 
relief to an alien who, as of September, 10, 2001, was lawfully in the United 
States and was the spouse, parent, or child of an individual who died or was 
disabled as a direct result of the September attacks.
(Sec. 426) Directs the Attorney General to establish evidentiary guidelines for 
death, disability, and loss of employment or destruction of business in 
connection with the provisions of this subtitle.
(Sec. 427) Prohibits benefits to terrorists or their family members.
Title V: Removing Obstacles to Investigating Terrorism - Authorizes the Attorney 
General to pay rewards from available funds pursuant to public advertisements 
for assistance to DOJ to combat terrorism and defend the Nation against 
terrorist acts, in accordance with procedures and regulations established or 
issued by the Attorney General, subject to specified conditions, including a 
prohibition against any such reward of $250,000 or more from being made or 
offered without the personal approval of either the Attorney General or the 
President.
(Sec. 502) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to modify 
the Department of State rewards program to authorize rewards for information 
leading to: (1) the dismantling of a terrorist organization in whole or 
significant part; and (2) the identification or location of an individual who 
holds a key leadership position in a terrorist organization. Raises the limit on 
rewards if the Secretary State determines that a larger sum is necessary to 
combat terrorism or defend the Nation against terrorist acts.
(Sec. 503) Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to qualify a 
Federal terrorism offense for collection of DNA for identification.
(Sec. 504) Amends FISA to authorize consultation among Federal law enforcement 
officers regarding information acquired from an electronic surveillance or 
physical search in terrorism and related investigations or protective measures.
(Sec. 505) Allows the FBI to request telephone toll and transactional records, 
financial records, and consumer reports in any investigation to protect against 
international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities only if the 
investigation is not conducted solely on the basis of activities protected by 
the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
(Sec. 506) Revises U.S. Secret Service jurisdiction with respect to fraud and 
related activity in connection with computers. Grants the FBI primary authority 
to investigate specified fraud and computer related activity for cases involving 
espionage, foreign counter-intelligence, information protected against 
unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national defense or foreign relations, or 
restricted data, except for offenses affecting Secret Service duties.
(Sec. 507) Amends the General Education Provisions Act and the National 
Education Statistics Act of 1994 to provide for disclosure of educational 
records to the Attorney General in a terrorism investigation or prosecution.
Title VI: Providing for Victims of Terrorism, Public Safety Officers, and Their 
Families - Subtitle A: Aid to Families of Public Safety Officers - Provides for 
expedited payments for: (1) public safety officers involved in the prevention, 
investigation, rescue, or recovery efforts related to a terrorist attack; and 
(2) heroic public safety officers. Increases Public Safety Officers Benefit 
Program payments.
Subtitle B: Amendments to the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 - Amends the Victims 
of Crime Act of 1984 to: (1) revise provisions regarding the allocation of funds 
for compensation and assistance, location of compensable crime, and the 
relationship of crime victim compensation to means-tested Federal benefit 
programs and to the September 11th victim compensation fund; and (2) establish 
an antiterrorism emergency reserve in the Victims of Crime Fund.
Title VII: Increased Information Sharing for Critical Infrastructure Protection 
- Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend Bureau 
of Justice Assistance regional information sharing system grants to systems that 
enhance the investigation and prosecution abilities of participating Federal, 
State, and local law enforcement agencies in addressing multi-jurisdictional 
terrorist conspiracies and activities. Authorizes appropriations.
Title VIII: Strengthening the Criminal Laws Against Terrorism - Amends the 
Federal criminal code to prohibit specific terrorist acts or otherwise 
destructive, disruptive, or violent acts against mass transportation vehicles, 
ferries, providers, employees, passengers, or operating systems.
(Sec. 802) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) revise the definition of 
"international terrorism" to include activities that appear to be intended to 
affect the conduct of government by mass destruction; and (2) define "domestic 
terrorism" as activities that occur primarily within U.S. jurisdiction, that 
involve criminal acts dangerous to human life, and that appear to be intended to 
intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence government policy by 
intimidation or coercion, or to affect government conduct by mass destruction, 
assassination, or kidnapping.
(Sec. 803) Prohibits harboring any person knowing or having reasonable grounds 
to believe that such person has committed or to be about to commit a terrorism 
offense.
(Sec. 804) Establishes Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed at U.S. 
facilities abroad.
(Sec. 805) Applies the prohibitions against providing material support for 
terrorism to offenses outside of the United States.
(Sec. 806) Subjects to civil forfeiture all assets, foreign or domestic, of 
terrorist organizations.
(Sec. 808) Expands: (1) the offenses over which the Attorney General shall have 
primary investigative jurisdiction under provisions governing acts of terrorism 
transcending national boundaries; and (2) the offenses included within the 
definition of the Federal crime of terrorism.
(Sec. 809) Provides that there shall be no statute of limitations for certain 
terrorism offenses if the commission of such an offense resulted in, or created 
a foreseeable risk of, death or serious bodily injury to another person.
(Sec. 810) Provides for alternative maximum penalties for specified terrorism 
crimes.
(Sec. 811) Makes: (1) the penalties for attempts and conspiracies the same as 
those for terrorism offenses; (2) the supervised release terms for offenses with 
terrorism predicates any term of years or life; and (3) specified terrorism 
crimes Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute predicates.
(Sec. 814) Revises prohibitions and penalties regarding fraud and related 
activity in connection with computers to include specified cyber-terrorism 
offenses.
(Sec. 816) Directs the Attorney General to establish regional computer forensic 
laboratories, and to support existing laboratories, to develop specified 
cyber-security capabilities.
(Sec. 817) Prescribes penalties for knowing possession in certain circumstances 
of biological agents, toxins, or delivery systems, especially by certain 
restricted persons.
Title IX: Improved Intelligence - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to 
require the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to establish requirements and 
priorities for foreign intelligence collected under the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 and to provide assistance to the Attorney General (AG) 
to ensure that information derived from electronic surveillance or physical 
searches is disseminated for efficient and effective foreign intelligence 
purposes. Requires the inclusion of international terrorist activities within 
the scope of foreign intelligence under such Act.
(Sec. 903) Expresses the sense of Congress that officers and employees of the 
intelligence community should establish and maintain intelligence relationships 
to acquire information on terrorists and terrorist organizations.
(Sec. 904) Authorizes deferral of the submission to Congress of certain reports 
on intelligence and intelligence-related matters until: (1) February 1, 2002; or 
(2) a date after February 1, 2002, if the official involved certifies that 
preparation and submission on February 1, 2002, will impede the work of officers 
or employees engaged in counterterrorism activities. Requires congressional 
notification of any such deferral.
(Sec. 905) Requires the AG or the head of any other Federal department or agency 
with law enforcement responsibilities to expeditiously disclose to the DCI any 
foreign intelligence acquired in the course of a criminal investigation.
(Sec. 906) Requires the AG, DCI, and Secretary of the Treasury to jointly report 
to Congress on the feasibility and desirability of reconfiguring the Foreign 
Asset Tracking Center and the Office of Foreign Assets Control to provide for 
the analysis and dissemination of foreign intelligence relating to the financial 
capabilities and resources of international terrorist organizations.
(Sec. 907) Requires the DCI to report to the appropriate congressional 
committees on the establishment and maintenance of the National Virtual 
Translation Center for timely and accurate translation of foreign intelligence 
for elements of the intelligence community.
(Sec. 908) Requires the AG to provide a program of training to Government 
officials regarding the identification and use of foreign intelligence.
Title X: Miscellaneous - Directs the Inspector General of the Department of 
Justice to designate one official to review allegations of abuse of civil 
rights, civil liberties, and racial and ethnic profiling by government employees 
and officials.
(Sec. 1002) Expresses the sense of Congress condemning acts of violence or 
discrimination against any American, including Sikh-Americans. Calls upon local 
and Federal law enforcement authorities to prosecute to the fullest extent of 
the law all those who commit crimes.
(Sec. 1004) Amends the Federal criminal code with respect to venue in money 
laundering cases to allow a prosecution for such an offense to be brought in: 
(1) any district in which the financial or monetary transaction is conducted; or 
(2) any district where a prosecution for the underlying specified unlawful 
activity could be brought, if the defendant participated in the transfer of the 
proceeds of the specified unlawful activity from that district to the district 
where the financial or monetary transaction is conducted.
States that: (1) a transfer of funds from one place to another, by wire or any 
other means, shall constitute a single, continuing transaction; and (2) any 
person who conducts any portion of the transaction may be charged in any 
district in which the transaction takes place.
Allows a prosecution for an attempt or conspiracy offense to be brought in the 
district where venue would lie for the completed offense, or in any other 
district where an act in furtherance of the attempt or conspiracy took place.
(Sec. 1005) First Responders Assistance Act - Directs the Attorney General to 
make grants to State and local governments to improve the ability of State and 
local law enforcement, fire department, and first responders to respond to and 
prevent acts of terrorism. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 1006) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make inadmissible into 
the United States any alien engaged in money laundering. Directs the Secretary 
of State to develop a money laundering watchlist which: (1) identifies 
individuals worldwide who are known or suspected of money laundering; and (2) is 
readily accessible to, and shall be checked by, a consular or other Federal 
official before the issuance of a visa or admission to the United States.
(Sec. 1007) Authorizes FY 2002 appropriations for regional antidrug training in 
Turkey by the Drug Enforcement Administration for police, as well as increased 
precursor chemical control efforts in South and Central Asia.
(Sec. 1008) Directs the Attorney General to conduct a feasibility study and 
report to Congress on the use of a biometric identifier scanning system with 
access to the FBI integrated automated fingerprint identification system at 
overseas consular posts and points of entry to the United States.
(Sec. 1009) Directs the FBI to study and report to Congress on the feasibility 
of providing to airlines access via computer to the names of passengers who are 
suspected of terrorist activity by Federal officials. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 1010) Authorizes the use of Department of Defense funds to contract with 
local and State governments, during the period of Operation Enduring Freedom, 
for the performance of security functions at U.S. military installations.
(Sec. 1011) Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act of 2001 - Amends the 
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to cover fraudulent 
charitable solicitations. Requires any person engaged in telemarketing for the 
solicitation of charitable contributions, donations, or gifts to disclose 
promptly and clearly the purpose of the telephone call.
(Sec. 1012) Amends the Federal transportation code to prohibit States from 
licensing any individual to operate a motor vehicle transporting hazardous 
material unless the Secretary of Transportation determines that such individual 
does not pose a security risk warranting denial of the license. Requires 
background checks of such license applicants by the Attorney General upon State 
request.
(Sec. 1013) Expresses the sense of the Senate on substantial new U.S. investment 
in bioterrorism preparedness and response.
(Sec. 1014) Directs the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support 
of the Office of Justice Programs to make grants to enhance State and local 
capability to prepare for and respond to terrorist acts. Authorizes 
appropriations for FY 2002 through 2007.
(Sec. 1015) Amends the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 to extend it 
through FY 2007 and provide for antiterrorism grants to States and localities. 
Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 1016) Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 - Declares it is 
U.S. policy: (1) that any physical or virtual disruption of the operation of the 
critical infrastructures of the United States be rare, brief, geographically 
limited in effect, manageable, and minimally detrimental to the economy, human 
and government services, and U.S. national security; (2) that actions necessary 
to achieve this policy be carried out in a public-private partnership involving 
corporate and non-governmental organizations; and (3) to have in place a 
comprehensive and effective program to ensure the continuity of essential 
Federal Government functions under all circumstances.
Establishes the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center to serve 
as a source of national competence to address critical infrastructure protection 
and continuity through support for activities related to counterterrorism, 
threat assessment, and risk mitigation.
Defines critical infrastructure as systems and assets, whether physical or 
virtual, so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction 
would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, 
national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
Authorizes appropriations.