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 110 STAT. 3009-21 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 SEC. 111. It is the sense of the Congress that the Drug Enforcement Administration, together with other appropriate Federal agencies, should take such actions as may be necessary to end the illegal importation into the United States of Rohypnol (flunitrazepam), a drug frequently distributed with the intent to facilitate sexual assault and rape. SEC. 112. Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10601), is amended at subsection (e) by deleting "2" and inserting "3", and at subsection (d) by adding a new paragraph (5) as follows: "(5) The Director may set aside up to $500,000 of the reserve fund described in paragraph (4) to make supplemental grants to United States Attorneys Offices to provide necessary assistance to victims of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, to facilitate observation of and/or participation by such victims in trial proceedings arising therefrom, including, without limitation, provision of lodging and travel assistance, and to pay such other, related expenses determined to be necessary by the Director.". SEC. 113. Section 732 of Public Law 104-132 (110 Stat. 1303; 18 U.S.C. 841 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: " (3) NEW PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES.— In addition to the study of taggants as provided herein, the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall concurrently report to the Congress on the possible use, and exploitation of technologies such as vapor detection devices, computed tomography, nuclear quadropole resonance, thermal neutron analysis, pulsed fast-neutron analysis, and other technologies upon which recommendations to the Congress may be made for further study, funding, and use of the same in preventing and solving acts of terrorism involving explosive devices."; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f) SPECIAL STUDY. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences (referred to in this section as the 'Academy*) to conduct a study of the tagging of smokeless and black powder by any viable technology for purposes of detection and identification. The study shall be conducted by an independent panel of 5 experts appointed by the Academy. "(2) STUDY ELEMENTS. — The study conducted under this subsection shall— "(A) indicate whether the tracer elements, when added to smokeless and black powder— "(i) will pose a risk to human life or safety; "(ii) will substantially assist law enforcement officers in their investigative efforts; "(iii) will impair the quality and performance of the powders (which shall include a broad and comprehensive sampling of all available powders) for their intended lawful use, including, but not limited to the sporting, defense, and handloading uses of the powders, as well as their use in display and lawful consumer pyrotechnics;

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