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House Prepares Draft 9/11 Legislation; Democrats Complain of Extraneous Measures
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are looking to add controversial antiterrorism measures to legislation implementing the intelligence reform recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, Sept. 23). House and Senate Democrats opposing the plan say that provisions on enhanced penalties for chemical or nuclear attacks, pretrial detention for terrorism suspects, warrants and others go beyond what the commission called for in its report, according to AP (see GSN, July 23). Some groups have complained that many of the proposals are similar to a rumored expansion of the USA Patriot Act. “Nowhere in its recommendations does the 9/11 commission ask Congress to pass a sequel to the Patriot Act,” said Laura Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington legislative office. House Judiciary Committee spokesman Jeff Lungren said the “draft bill deals directly with the recommendations of the 9/11 commission report.” Representatives Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), however, called on Congress not to “cloud” the issue with extraneous matters (Jesse Holland, Associated Press/New York Newsday, Sept. 24).
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