Sec. 7204. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO TRACK AND CURTAIL TERRORIST TRAVEL THROUGH THE USE OF FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED DOCUMENTS
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## SEC. 7204 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO TRACK AND CURTAIL TERRORIST TRAVEL THROUGH THE USE OF FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED DOCUMENTS **[**[22 U.S.C. 2656 note](/us/usc/t22/s2656)**]** ###
(a)Findings Congress makes the following findings: ####
(1)International terrorists travel across international borders to raise funds, recruit members, train for operations, escape capture, communicate, and plan and carry out attacks. ####
(2)The international terrorists who planned and carried out the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, the attack on the embassies of the United States in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, the attack on the USS Cole on October 12, 2000, and the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, traveled across international borders to plan and carry out these attacks. ####
(3)The international terrorists who planned other attacks on the United States, including the plot to bomb New York City landmarks in 1993, the plot to bomb the New York City subway in 1997, and the millennium plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on December 31, 1999, traveled across international borders to plan and carry out these attacks. ####
(4)Many of the international terrorists who planned and carried out large-scale attacks against foreign targets, including the attack in Bali, Indonesia, on October 11, 2002, and the attack in Madrid, Spain, on March 11, 2004, traveled across international borders to plan and carry out these attacks. ####
(5)Throughout the 1990s, international terrorists, including those involved in the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, the plot to bomb New York City landmarks in 1993, and the millennium plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on December 31, 1999, traveled on fraudulent passports and often had more than 1 passport. ####
(6)Two of the September 11, 2001, hijackers were carrying passports that had been manipulated in a fraudulent manner. ####
(7)The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, (commonly referred to as the 9/11 Commission), stated that “Targeting travel is at least as powerful a weapon against terrorists as targeting their money.”. ###
(b)International Agreements To Track and Curtail Terrorist Travel ####
(1)International agreement on lost, stolen, or falsified documents The President should lead efforts to track and curtail the travel of terrorists by supporting the drafting, adoption, and implementation of international agreements, and relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions to track and stop international travel by terrorists and other criminals through the use of lost, stolen, or falsified documents to augment United Nations and other international anti-terrorism efforts. ####
(2)Contents of international agreement The President should seek, as appropriate, the adoption or full implementation of effective international measures to— #####
(A)share information on lost, stolen, and fraudulent passports and other travel documents for the purposes of preventing the undetected travel of persons using such passports and other travel documents that were obtained improperly; #####
(B)establish and implement a real-time verification system of passports and other travel documents with issuing authorities; #####
(C)share with officials at ports of entry in any such country information relating to lost, stolen, and fraudulent passports and other travel documents; #####
(D)encourage countries— ######
(i)to criminalize— ######
(I)the falsification or counterfeiting of travel documents or breeder documents for any purpose; ######
(II)the use or attempted use of false documents to obtain a visa or cross a border for any purpose; ######
(III)the possession of tools or implements used to falsify or counterfeit such documents; ######
(IV)the trafficking in false or stolen travel documents and breeder documents for any purpose; ######
(V)the facilitation of travel by a terrorist; and ######
(VI)attempts to commit, including conspiracies to commit, the crimes specified in subclauses
(I)through (V); ######
(ii)to impose significant penalties to appropriately punish violations and effectively deter the crimes specified in clause (i); and ######
(iii)to limit the issuance of citizenship papers, passports, identification documents, and similar documents to persons— ######
(I)whose identity is proven to the issuing authority; ######
(II)who have a bona fide entitlement to or need for such documents; and ######
(III)who are not issued such documents principally on account of a disproportional payment made by them or on their behalf to the issuing authority; #####
(E)provide technical assistance to countries to help them fully implement such measures; and #####
(F)permit immigration and border officials— ######
(i)to confiscate a lost, stolen, or falsified passport at ports of entry; ######
(ii)to permit the traveler to return to the sending country without being in possession of the lost, stolen, or falsified passport; and ######
(iii)to detain and investigate such traveler upon the return of the traveler to the sending country. ####
(3)International civil aviation organization The United States shall lead efforts to track and curtail the travel of terrorists by supporting efforts at the International Civil Aviation Organization to continue to strengthen the security features of passports and other travel documents. ###
(c)Report ####
(1)In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and at least annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on progress toward achieving the goals described in subsection (b). ####
(2)Termination Paragraph
(1)shall cease to be effective when the President certifies to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the goals described in subsection
(b)have been fully achieved.
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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO TRACK AND CURTAIL TERRORIST TRAVEL THROUGH THE USE OF FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED DOCUMENTS
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