New “Patriot” Act text a perfect example of Dysfunctional US Govt
Page after Page of inserting short words and phrases, even semi-colons and parentheses- so you can’t even read the true bill, (This is the US Government:)
SEC. 112. SECTION 2332b(g)(5)(B) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF FEDERAL CRIME OF TERRORISM.
(a) Additional Offenses- Section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended–
(1) in clause (i), by inserting `, 2339D (relating to military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization)’ before `, or 2340A’;
(2) in clause (ii), by striking `or’ after the semicolon;
(3) in clause (iii), by striking the period and inserting `; or’; and
(4) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
`(iv) section 1010A of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (relating to narco-terrorism).’.
(b) Clerical Correction- Section 2332b(g)(5)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting `)’ after `2339C (relating to financing of terrorism’.
Does Congress really read thru all this stuff- no, especially for the Big $$ bills, those are the ones the Repubs ram thru fast.
This is the bill you’d have to insert the above into, again hard to read- glaringly obvious that they should be using the web consolidate and clarify the code, this page should link to all the “relating to wmds, relating to aircraft, etc” that pepper the bill- it could be formatted in such a way as to facilitate clarification- but it’s the opposite.
Of course more important is that this is the Gestapo Bill, but it’s a good insight into how Congress is dysfunctional.



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