5 October 1998
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

Excerpt from HR4651; full bill: http://jya.com/hr4651.txt

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105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4651

To make minor and technical amendments relating to Federal criminal law 
                             and procedure.
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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 1998

  Mr. McCollum (for himself and Mr. Conyers) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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                                 A BILL
 
To make minor and technical amendments relating to Federal criminal law 
                             and procedure.

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      TITLE IV--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO VIOLENT CRIME AND TERRORISM

SEC. 401. AMENDMENTS TO ANTI-TERRORISM STATUTES.

    (a) Modification of Definition of ``Biological Agent''.--Section 
178 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``means any 
        microorganism, virus, or infectious substance, or biological 
        product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, or 
        any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any such 
        microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological 
        product'' and inserting the following: ``means any 
        microorganism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiae, 
        or protozoa), or infectious substance, or any naturally 
        occurring, bioengineered or synthesized component of any such 
        microorganism or infectious substance'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``means the toxic 
        material of plants, animals, microorganisms, viruses, fungi, or 
        infectious substances, or a recombinant molecule, whatever its 
        origin or method of production, including'' and inserting the 
        following: ``means the toxic material or product of plants, 
        animals, microorganisms (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, 
        rickettsiae or protozoa), or infectious substances, or a 
        recombinant or synthesized molecule, whatever their origin and 
        method of production, and includes''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``recombinant molecule, 
        or biological product that may be engineered as a result of 
        biotechnology'' and inserting ``recombinant or synthesized 
        molecule''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2332a of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``, including any 
        biological agent, toxin, or vector (as those terms are defined 
        in section 178)''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking ``a disease 
        organism'' and inserting ``any biological agent, toxin, or 
        vector (as those terms are defined in section 178 of this 
        title)''.
    (c) Addition of Threat Offense.--Section 2332c(a)(1) is amended by 
striking ``uses, or attempts'' and inserting ``uses, or threatens, 
attempts''.

