[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 900 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 900
Supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track
terrorists and terrorist finances conducted consistent with Federal law
and with appropriate congressional consultation.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 29, 2006
Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Ms.
Harman, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Obey, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Clay, Ms. Hooley, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms.
Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Baca, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Butterfield,
Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Israel, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Carson, Mr. Jefferson,
Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Kind, Mr. Evans, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr.
Moran of Virginia, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Lee, Mr. Reyes, Mrs. Napolitano,
Ms. Velazquez, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Watt, Mr. Ross, Mr.
Higgins, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr.
Tierney, Mr. Honda, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Skelton, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Michaud,
Mr. Capuano, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr.
Grijalva, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Levin, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Meehan,
Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Melancon, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Meeks of New
York, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr.
McNulty, Ms. Schwartz of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Udall of New
Mexico, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mrs. Davis of
California, Mr. Berman, Ms. Waters, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Solis, Mr. Berry,
Mr. Baird, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Ms.
Watson, Mr. Farr, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. McDermott,
Mr. Sabo, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Price of
North Carolina, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Andrews, Mr.
Becerra, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Delahunt, Mr.
Langevin, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. McKinney, Mr.
George Miller of California, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Holt, Ms. Slaughter, Mr.
Davis of Florida, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Matsui, Mr.
Miller of North Carolina, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Moore of
Kansas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Cramer, Mr.
Ruppersberger, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Larson of Connecticut,
Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Oberstar, Ms.
Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Stupak, Mr.
Sherman, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Tanner, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Chandler)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Financial Services
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RESOLUTION
Supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track
terrorists and terrorist finances conducted consistent with Federal law
and with appropriate congressional consultation.
Whereas the United States is currently engaged in a global war on terrorism to
prevent future attacks against American civilian and military interests
at home and abroad;
Whereas intelligence programs are essential to gathering critical information
necessary for identifying, disrupting, and capturing terrorists before
they carry out further attacks;
Whereas there is a national security imperative for maintaining the secrecy of
our legitimate intelligence capabilities;
Whereas effective intelligence depends on cooperation with foreign governments
and individuals who trust the United States to protect their
confidences;
Whereas the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive intelligence information,
including the names of clandestine service officers of the Central
Intelligence Agency, inflicts significant damage to United States
activities in the global war on terrorism;
Whereas following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Congress passed the
USA PATRIOT Act, which included anti-terrorist financing provisions that
bolster Federal Government and law enforcement capabilities to find and
disrupt the financiers of terrorist organizations;
Whereas following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the President
directed the Federal Government to use all appropriate measures to
identify, track, and pursue not only those persons who commit terrorist
acts here and abroad, but also those who provide financial or other
support for terrorist activity;
Whereas consistent with this directive, the United States Government initiated a
classified Terrorist Finance Tracking Program and the Secretary of the
Treasury issued subpoenas to gather information on suspected
international terrorists through bank transaction information;
Whereas a few Members of Congress were notified of the existence of the
Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, with most notifications taking place
only after an intent to publish stories about the program was
communicated;
Whereas Congress has authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to explore the
implementation of systems to review all cross-border wire transactions;
Whereas the bipartisan 9/11 Commission recommended that ``Vigorous efforts to
track terrorist financing must remain front and center in U.S.
counterterrorism efforts''; and
Whereas persons in positions of trust and responsibility granted access to
highly sensitive intelligence programs should not violate their solemn
obligations not to disclose classified information: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) supports efforts to identify, track, and pursue
suspected foreign terrorists and their financial supporters by
tracking terrorist money flows and uncovering terrorist
networks here and abroad in accordance with existing applicable
law, but notes that the expression of such support in this
resolution should not be construed as providing additional
authority for such efforts; and
(2) expresses concern that the unauthorized disclosure of
classified information may have made efforts to locate
terrorists and terrorist networks, and disrupt their plans,
more difficult.
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