Terrorist Expatriation Act (Introduced in Senate)

S 3327 IS

111th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 3327

To add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 6, 2010

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To add joining a foreign terrorist organization or engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States or its allies to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Terrorist Expatriation Act’.

SEC. 2. LOSS OF NATIONALITY.

Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481) is

amended–

(1) in subsection (a)–

(A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (6), by striking `or’ at the end;

(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; or’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

`(8)(A) providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization;

`(B) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States; or

`(C) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against any country or armed force that is–

`(i) directly engaged along with the United States in hostilities engaged in by the United States; or

`(ii) providing direct operational support to the United States in hostilities engaged in by the United States.’; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(c) For purposes of this section–

`(1) the term `foreign terrorist organization’ means an organization so designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 219(a);

`(2) the term `hostilities’ means any conflict subject to the laws of war; and

`(3) the term `material support or resources’ has the meaning given the term in section 2339A of title 18, United States Code.’.

SUMMARY AS OF:

5/6/2010–Introduced.

Terrorist Expatriation Act – Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include among those voluntary acts for which a U.S. citizen (by birth or

naturalization) will be subject to loss of U.S. nationality: (1) providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization as designated by the Secretary of State; (2) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States; or (3) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against any country or armed force that is directly engaged along with, or that is providing direct operational support to, the United States in hostilities engaged in by the United States.

Sputnik

State Chairman

THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIAL ELECTION

 To all, I think there needs to be a call to action or at the very least a reminder that Sat May 8 is the date of a special election for senate dist. 22, which covers Bosque, Coryell, Falls,Johnson, McLenan, Ellis, Hood, Navarro, and Somervell counties. Last day of early voting is today.

 Kip Averitt is retiring due to health reasons, and now is our chance to get someone in there whom we can hopefully work with. Below is a list of candidates.

My guess is that a lot of people don’t know about this, because I only recently found out about it myself.

Candidates State Senate, District 22

• Gayle R. Avant
  Democrat
  7601 Tallahassee St., Waco, Texas 76712
  Professor
  8/23/1940
  254-710-6052
  Filed with Filing Fee
• David Sibley
  Republican
  411 Woodfall, Waco, Texas 76712
  Attorney
  11/23/1947
  254-776-4204
  Filed with Filing Fee
• Brian Birdwell
  Republican
  P.O. Box 1111, Granbury, Texas 76048
  Ret. Military Officer/Speaker
  11/3/1961
  817-559-9585
  Filed with Fee
• Darren Yancy
  Republican
  P.O. Box 1808
  Burleson, Texas  76097
  817-426-5100
  11/27/1965
  Insurance & Real Estate
  Filed with fee

 ~Suds
Secretary, U.S. Defenders/COIR Division

http://usdefenders.org/

http://coctx.org/

Adding to what was said above there would have been a special election for House District 66 and House District 100, however since there was only one candidate for each position, by default they are declared the winner. Below are your new representatives.

House District 66 (Covers parts of Collin County)

Van Taylor
Republican
P.O. Box 261676, Plano, Texas 75026
972-490-5400

House District 100 (Covers part of Dallas County)

Eric Johnson
Democrat
1409 South Lamar Street, #342, Dallas, Texas 75215
Attorney
214-565-5680

 http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/motorcycle-helmet-maker-forced-to-end-production/

Motorcycle Helmet Maker Forced to End Production By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN On its Web site, the motorcycle helmet manufacturer Advanced Carbon Composites warns buyers not to trust helmets made in China or India and instead to buy its American-made models. But the company’s helmets have been recalled so many times by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, that the agency has demanded that the company never make another motorcycle helmet.

 The agency’s demand stems from what the it says is the company’s failure to properly carry out three safety recalls since 2005.

The recalls involve about 17,000 helmets that failed to meet safety standards, including puncture resistance. That resulted in the agency’s accusing the company of violating “various provisions” of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. The problem was worked out with a consent order signed at the end of March by the company’s president, Kim L. Davis, that did not deny the violations.

Mr. Davis also agreed to the agency’s demand that Advanced Carbon Composites stop designing, selling or manufacturing motorcycle helmets. In addition, motorcycle helmets can not be designed, sold or manufactured by any company of which Mr. Davis owns 3 percent or more.

Mr. Davis, whose company is based in Orlando, Fla., did not respond to several requests for comment.

According to the consent order, here’s what happened.

In 2005, the company notified the agency that during testing, it found that its EXT 001 helmet did not provide enough protection to meet safety standards.

As part of its recall effort, the company changed the interior of the helmet, which it designated as a new model, calling it the EXT 002. Then, rather than replace the defective EXT 001 helmets it had already sold, Advance Carbon Composites modified them, a move approved at the time by the safety agency.

But the modified and recalled helmets still did not meet safety standards.

Neither did the EXT 002. So in 2007 the company agreed to also recall the EXT 002.

The company then modified the construction again, called that helmet the EXT 003 and retrofitted the recalled EXT 002 helmets.

Those helmets still didn’t meet the safety standard. The company agreed to another recall in 2009, this time of the EXT 003. Once again it modified the design of the helmet, but that didn’t work, either.

About five years after the first recall, N.H.T.S.A. undertook a civil enforcement action against the company, leading to the consent order.

Under that order, the company has agreed to refund the purchase price of those helmets, and N.H.T.S.A. says “under no circumstances” is the company to try repairs. The company will also pay fines totaling $10,000. If the company does not comply, the case will go to federal district court, according to the consent order.

Meanwhile, about two weeks after the consent order was completed, Advanced Carbon Composites notified N.H.T.S.A. that its model EXT 004 didn’t meet federal safety standards, either. The company says the owners of those 645 helmets will get a refund, not a repair.

Sputnik

State Chairman