S.Amdt. 1786

SA 1786. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ENHANCED PENALTIES AND OTHER TOOLS RELATED TO
MARITIME OFFENSES AND ACTS OF NUCLEAR
TERRORISM.

(a) Penalties for Maritime Offenses.--
(1) Penalties for violence against maritime navigation.--
Section 2280a(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended, in the undesignated matter following subparagraph
(E), by inserting ``punished by death or'' before
``imprisoned for any term''.
(2) Penalties for offenses against maritime fixed
platforms.--Section 2281a(a)(1) of such title is amended, in
the undesignated matter following subparagraph (C), by
inserting ``punished by death or'' before ``imprisoned for
any term''.
(b) Penalties for Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.--Section
2332i(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``(c) Penalties.--Any person who violates this section
shall be punished as provided under section 2332a(a).''.
(c) Providing Material Support to Terrorists Predicates.--
(1) Maritime offenses.--Section 2339A(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) by inserting ``2280a,'' after ``2280,''; and
(B) by inserting ``2281a,'' after ``2281,''.
(2) Acts of nuclear terrorism.--Section 2339A(a) of such
title, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by
inserting ``2332i,'' after ``2332f,''.
(d) Wiretap Authorization Predicates.--
(1) Maritime offenses.--Section 2516(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (p), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
(B) in paragraph (q), by inserting ``, section 2280, 2280a,
2281, or 2281a (relating to maritime safety),'' after
``weapons)''.
(2) Acts of nuclear terrorism.--Section 2516(1)(q) of such
title, as amended by subsection (a)(2), is further amended by
inserting ``, 2332i,'' after ``2332h''.
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