"Terrorism" and Related Terms in Statute and Regulation: Selected Language

Abstract

Congress has used the term "terrorism" often in legislation. Hundreds of federal statutes and regulations already refer to "terrorism" and related terms in a variety of other contexts. However, these statutes and regulations ultimately refer to an extremely small set of statutory definitions, current criminal law and immigration definitions among them. This report provides the current text of a few of the fundamental definitions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 05, 2006
Accession Number
ADA460679

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth C Martin

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Explosives
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Language
  • Law
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Regulations
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Violence
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design