S.Amdt. 4737

SA 4737. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr.
Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 217, insert the following:
Sec. 218. (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,''.

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(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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