110 STAT. 1288
PUBLIC LAW 104-132—APR. 24, 1996
(1) plastic explosives were used by terrorists in the bombings of Pan American Airlines flight number 103 in December
1988 and UTA flight number 722 in September 1989;
(2) plastic explosives can be used with little likelihood
of detection for acts of unlawful interference with civil aviation,
maritime navigation, and other modes of transportation;
(3) the criminal use of plastic explosives places innocent
lives in jeopardy, endangers national security, affects domestic
tranquility, and gravely affects interstate and foreign commerce;
(4) the marking of plastic explosives for the purpose of
detection would contribute significantly to the prevention and
punishment of such unlawful acts; and
(5) for the purpose of deterring and detecting such unlawful
acts, the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for
the Purpose of Detection, Done at Montreal on 1 March 1991,
requires each contracting State to adopt appropriate measures
to ensure that plastic explosives are duly marked and controlled.
(b) PURPOSE,—The purpose of this title is to fully implement
the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose
of Detection, Done at Montreal on 1 March 1991.
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS.
Section 841 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsections:
"(o) 'Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives' means
the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose
of Detection, Done at Montreal on 1 March 1991.
"(p) 'Detection agent' means any one of the substances specified
in this subsection when introduced into a plastic explosive or formulated in such explosive as a part of the manufacturing process
in such a manner as to achieve homogeneous distribution in the
finished explosive, including—
"(1) Ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN), C2H4(N03)2, molecular weight 152, when the minimum concentration in the finished explosive is 0.2 percent by mass;
"(2) 2,3 -Dimethyl-2,3 -dinitrobutane (DMNB), C6H,2(N02)2,
molecular weight 176, when the minimum concentration in
the finished explosive is 0.1 percent by mass;
"(3) Para-Mononitrotoluene (p-MNT), C7H7NO2, molecular
weight 137, when the minimum concentration in the finished
explosive is 0.5 percent by mass;
"(4) Ortho-Mononitrotoluene (o-MNT), C7H7NO2, molecular
weight 137, when the minimum concentration in the finished
explosive is 0.5 percent by mass; and
"(5) any other substance in the concentration specified by
the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of State
and the Secretary of Defense, that has been added to the
table in part 2 of the Technical Annex to the Convention
on the Marking of Plastic Explosives.
"(q) 'Plastic explosive' means an explosive material in flexible
or elastic sheet form formulated with one or more high explosives
which in their pure form has a vapor pressure less than 10-'^
Pa at a temperature of 25°C., is formulated with a binder material,
and is as a mixture malleable or flexible at normal room temperature.".
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