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 118 STAT. 3808 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 (d) DETERMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.—Sub- section (e) of section 112b of title 1, United States Code, as redesig- nated, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘(e) The Secretary of State’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2)(A) An arrangement shall constitute an international agree- ment within the meaning of this section (other than subsection (c)) irrespective of the duration of activities under the arrangement or the arrangement itself. ‘‘(B) Arrangements that constitute an international agreement within the meaning of this section (other than subsection (c)) include the following: ‘‘(i) A bilateral or multilateral counterterrorism agreement. ‘‘(ii) A bilateral agreement with a country that is subject to a determination under section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)), sec- tion 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)), or section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)).’’. (e) ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.—Section 139(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of the 911 Commission Implementation Act of 2004 and shall apply during fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007.’’. SEC. 7122. EFFECTIVE DATE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this subtitle shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Subtitle B—Terrorist Travel and Effective Screening SEC. 7201. COUNTERTERRORIST TRAVEL INTELLIGENCE. (a) FINDINGS.—Consistent with the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Congress makes the following findings: (1) Travel documents are as important to terrorists as weapons since terrorists must travel clandestinely to meet, train, plan, case targets, and gain access to attack sites. (2) International travel is dangerous for terrorists because they must surface to pass through regulated channels, present themselves to border security officials, or attempt to circumvent inspection points. (3) Terrorists use evasive, but detectable, methods to travel, such as altered and counterfeit passports and visas, specific travel methods and routes, liaisons with corrupt government officials, human smuggling networks, supportive travel agen- cies, and immigration and identity fraud. (4) Before September 11, 2001, no Federal agency systematically analyzed terrorist travel strategies. If an agency had done so, the agency could have discovered the ways in which the terrorist predecessors to al Qaeda had been 8 USC 1776 note. 1 USC 112a note. 1 USC 112b note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00342 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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