Kyl, Cornyn Introduce Terrorism Prevention Bill

U.S. Senators Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced S. 3848, the Terrorism Prevention Act of 2006, which makes it a crime to reward suicide bombings & increases penalties for existing terrorist offenses.

The bill specifically expands the reach of statutes punishing material support for terrorism, making it a crime to reward the family of a suicide bomber or other terrorist with the intent to facilitate terrorism, & increases penalties for existing material support offenses; improves the Classified Information Procedures Act in light of the lessons learned in the Moussaoui trial by, for example, clarifying the reach of the statute & the authority to appeal under the statute; expands the reach of the terrorist hoax statute to additional terrorist crimes, & increases penalties for hoaxes about the death of U.S. soldiers during wartime; increases penalties for terrorist murders, kidnappings, & assaults committed overseas against U.S. nationals, & increases penalties for terrorist crimes resulting in death; & improves the United States’ ability to investigate terrorist crimes by protecting the confidentiality of FISA investigations, authorizing multi-district search warrants in terrorism cases, & increasing penalties for obstruction of justice in terrorism cases.

Senator Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) is also a cosponsor of the bill.