AMENDMENT NO. __________              CALENDAR NO. ___________





Purpose: To prohibit the dissemination of information on the making

         of explosive materials with intent or knowledge that such

         information will be used for a criminal purpose.





IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES -- 104th Cong., 1st Sess.



   

                              S. 735



To prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.



Referred to the Committee on ________________________________

 and ordered to be printed



Ordered to lie on the table and be printed



AMENDMENT intended to be proposed by MRS. FEINSTEIN



VIZ:



At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following new section:



SEC ___ . PROHIBITION ON DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVE 

MATERIALS FOR A CRIMINAL PURPOSE/



(a) Section 842 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

end the following new section:



"(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to teach or demonstrate the making of 

explosive materials, or to disseminate by any means information pertatining to, 

in whole or in part, the manufacture of explosive materials, if the person 

intends, knows, or reasonably should know that such explosive materials or 

information is likely to be use for, or in furtherance of, a federal offense or 

other criminal purpose affecting interstate commerce."



(b) Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by designating 

section (a) as subsection (a)(1) and by adding the following new subsection:



"(a)(2) Any person who violates subsection (1) of section 842 of this chapter 

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned no more than twenty years, or both."