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Police State USA
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Patriot Act selected sections
SEC. 213. AUTHORITY FOR
DELAYING NOTICE OF THE EXECUTION OF A WARRANT.
Section
3103a of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting `(a) IN GENERAL- ' before `In
addition'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(b) DELAY- With respect to the issuance of any
warrant or court order under this section, or any other rule
of law, to search for and seize any property or material that
constitutes evidence of a criminal offense in violation of the
laws of the United States, any notice required, or that may be
required, to be given may be delayed if--
`(1) the
court finds reasonable cause to believe that providing
immediate notification of the execution of the warrant may
have an adverse result (as defined in section 2705);
`(2) the warrant prohibits the seizure of any tangible
property, any wire or electronic communication (as defined in
section 2510), or, except as expressly provided in chapter
121, any stored wire or electronic information, except where
the court finds reasonable necessity for the seizure; and
`(3) the warrant provides for the giving of such
notice within a reasonable period of its execution, which
period may thereafter be extended by the court for good cause
shown.'.
SEC. 802. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC
TERRORISM.
(a) DOMESTIC TERRORISM DEFINED- Section 2331
of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in
paragraph (1)(B)(iii), by striking `by assassination or
kidnapping' and inserting `by mass destruction, assassination,
or kidnapping';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking
`and';
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at
the end and inserting `; and'; and
(4) by adding at
the end the following:
`(5) the term `domestic
terrorism' means activities that--
`(A) involve acts
dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal
laws of the United States or of any State;
`(B) appear
to be intended--
`(i) to intimidate or coerce a
civilian population;
`(ii) to influence the policy of
a government by intimidation or coercion; or
`(iii) to
affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction,
assassination, or kidnapping; and
`(C) occur primarily
within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.'.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 3077(1) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
`(1) `act of terrorism' means an act of domestic or
international terrorism as defined in section 2331;'.
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