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HAMDT 950 (104th)

An amendment, printed as amendment No. 2 in House Report 104-480, to modify a study of ammunition capable of penetrating police body armor. The amendment would also eliminate provisions of the bill which, 1. Require the disclosure of certain records to the FBI; 2. allow the admissibility of wiretapping evidence obtained in "good faith"; 3. establishes streamlined procedures for removal of alien terrorist; 4. authorizes the Executive Branch to officially identify organizations as being "Terrorist Organizations". The amendment would also delete the so-called "should have known" standard and the "reasonable cause to believe" standard for determining criminal culpability for providing material support to a terrorist or terrorist organization, excludes black or smokeless powder from the list of explosives to be reviewed by the Explosive Materials Taggants Study, and deletes provisions allowing the FBI to obtain telephone billing records of individuals.

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