Material support to terrorists "concealing or disguising?"

Aimee Farr aimee.farr at pobox.com
Fri Sep 14 16:16:36 PDT 2001


[Any previous discussion of this? Summary/Conclusions?]

Sec. 2339A. (FOOTNOTE 1) Providing material support to terrorists

(a) Offense. - Whoever, within the United States, provides material support
or resources or conceals or disguises the nature, location, source, or
ownership of material support or resources, knowing or intending that they
are to be used in preparation for, or in carrying out, a violation of
section 32, 37, 81, 175, 351, 831, 842(m) or (n), 844(f) or (i), 930(c),
956, 1114, 1116, 1203, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1366, 1751, 1992, 2155, 2156, 2280,
2281, 2332, 2332a, 2332b, 2332c, [2] or 2340A of this title or section 46502
of title 49, or in preparation for, or in carrying out, the concealment or
an escape from the commission of any such violation, shall be fined under
this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

(b) Definition. - In this section, the term ''material support or
resources'' means currency or other financial securities, financial
services, lodging, training, safehouses, false documentation or
identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal
substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical
assets, except medicine or religious materials.

(d) Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. - There is extraterritorial Federal
jurisdiction over an offense under this section.

Sec. 2339B. Providing material support or resources to designated foreign
terrorist organizations

(a) Prohibited Activities. -
(1) Unlawful conduct. - Whoever, within the United States or
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, knowingly
provides material support or resources to a foreign terrorist
organization, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

(4) the term ''material support or resources'' has the same
meaning as in section 2339A;
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(6) the term ''terrorist organization'' means an organization
designated as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act.





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