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 118 STAT. 3776 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 (2) To win the war on terrorism, the United States must assign to economic and diplomatic capabilities the same stra- tegic priority that is assigned to military capabilities. (3) The legislative and executive branches of the Govern- ment of the United States must commit to robust, long-term investments in all of the tools necessary for the foreign policy of the United States to successfully accomplish the goals of the United States. (4) The investments referred to in paragraph (3) will require increased funding to United States foreign affairs pro- grams in general, and to priority areas as described in this title in particular. SEC. 7102. TERRORIST SANCTUARIES. (a) FINDINGS.—Consistent with the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Congress makes the following findings: (1) Complex terrorist operations require locations that pro- vide such operations sanctuary from interference by Govern- ment or law enforcement personnel. (2) A terrorist sanctuary existed in Afghanistan before September 11, 2001. (3) The terrorist sanctuary in Afghanistan provided direct and indirect value to members of al Qaeda who participated in the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, and in other terrorist operations. (4) Terrorist organizations have fled to some of the least governed and most lawless places in the world to find sanc- tuary. (5) During the 21st century, terrorists are often focusing on remote regions and failing states as locations to seek sanc- tuary. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES POLICY ON TER- RORIST SANCTUARIES.—It is the sense of Congress that it should be the policy of the United States— (1) to identify foreign countries that are being used as terrorist sanctuaries; (2) to assess current United States resources and tools being used to assist foreign governments to eliminate such sanctuaries; (3) to develop and implement a coordinated strategy to prevent terrorists from using such foreign countries as sanc- tuaries; and (4) to work in bilateral and multilateral fora to elicit the cooperation needed to identify and address terrorist sanctuaries that may exist today, but, so far, remain unknown to govern- ments. (c) AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LAW TO INCLUDE TERRORIST SANCTUARIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: ‘‘(5)(A) As used in paragraph (1), the term ‘repeatedly pro- vided support for acts of international terrorism’ shall include 22 USC 2656f note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00310 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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