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‘tences can be challenged in feds ‘al court on constitutional grounds, The bill would limit most death W inmates to one appealed withs one year under time limits that ould conclude most cases. within 0 years of sentencing, ending the ing of rnultiple appeals that have me on as long as 17 or 18 years, A cond appeal would be allowed only wer narrow circumstances, includ: (new evidence that could not have _ Death Row Appeals Curbed in 91-8 Vote i id in a state> im,” the president sai ment. “Ie will also help us prosecute Sproves. u-Terrorism Bill A * > Senate - The Senate whelmingiy app By Helen Dewar ~~ and punish terrorists more effective— } be ey 8 Hee Bau) §* 24 oe eg Me a Hs as ¥ uf A Q ie He iL: ay age tions made vestigate home nearty all of cts at Silden in Oklaho- to strengthen the govern went’s powers to thwart, in ‘ad punisk terrorist 4 yesterday over- roved a Re Se 2r-terrorism bill that includes the t curbs ever imposed Sy Congtece on appeals by death the major recommenda xy Clinton after the 7ote of 91 to 8, includes 1g of the federal b na City ~The legislation, which passed by a row inmates. ism ned to include the GOP’s long-sought ii g@ the habeas corpus appeals See SENATE, Ai5. CoL 2 under which state-imposed death wer2 broade slation will give law en- end the tools it needs to do | (Ore,) and Bob Packwood (Ore). =F ind of tragedy from happening verything possible to prevent this J9rcem eee sou) LULU ACL OLISIL DULL WILE LiMits On Dedltl NOW ANDEal Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) argued during debate, But critics contended it would trample on one of the nation's most basic guarantees of a right to fair trial, “The perpetrators of the Oklas As recently as two weeks go, gradually added most of them back, linton opposed inclusion of the hae j beas provisions in the anti -6gigation, But he reversed himself Honday, cutting the ground out tom under Democrats resisting the homa City tragedy will have tris move, Umphed if their actions prompt us to short-circuit the Constitution,” said GOP Sen, Edward M, Kennedy (D-Mass), Nearly 3,000 prisoners are under death sentence nationwide, hun dreds for a decade or more, Many states have imposed strict legal time limits on appeals, and the federal including ew wiretap authority, ex- panded use of the military and au- thority to put tracer elements in some explosives, Civil liberties groups have com plained the bill oes too far, although ee fief Gh nar senators of both partes agreed tha Rein hed beter nan iL individual rights were protected, mi tts ea Dole and Hatch, would authorize 38, But Democrats succeeded in More than % billon ove live persuade Republicans toscrapa pro Years~Clinton proposed $1.5 til vision that Sen, Joseph R, Biden J, lon—to strengthen anti-terrorism b Courts eat narrowed habe- (D-Del, said would have lifted an ey: a8 access over the past dozen years without appreciably speeding the process, The bill would have no ef. fect on state processes that often drag on for years, The anti-terrorism bill, drafted by activities, including 1,000 new fw isting requirement that indigents he enforcement oficial guaratteed counsel in capital cases, rer While Senate Republicans origi otist crimes and conspiracies in, ‘tally eliminated some of Clinton's volving explosives, anti-tetrorism proposals, the Senate jurisdiction over ter It would inrease penalties for ter. rorist-motivated The Senate also voted unanimqs ly to make it a crime to teach, dems onstrate or distribute information on bomb-making if the person knows it would be used for criminal purposes, Unlike Clinton's proposal, the Senate COP bil bans foreign aid to Countries that aid or provide military supplies to countries deemed to:be terrorist by the United States, Ital 80 bans fund-raising for Organiza: tions on the government's terrorist list, without a Clinton-proposed 4s emption for humanitarian causes.as | Fifty-two Republicans and +39 Democrats voted for the bill, Votieg against it were Democrats Russel Feingold (Wis,), Carol Moseley Braun (Il), Daniel Patrick Moyni (N.Y.), Claiborne Pes (R.L), Paul 4. mon (Ill), Paul Wellstone (Ming) and Republicans Mark 0, Hatfield a", crimes and create a federg| ( eal for, terrorist murdert, S reconimended by Clinton ; the 1993 World Trade Center ly ing, it would streamline proce! for deporting alleged alien terra and expand government's auth toexchide suspected alien terror The bill did not po as far as ton recommended in proposing laxation of electronic surveil laws, ‘The Senate voted to mah easier {0 get “roving” wiretap multiple phones that a suspect | Dut rejected a proposal to al Emergency wiretaps without a c order, The House has included | wiretap provisions in itg legislati The Senate bill would also « broaden federal constraints on government acces credit reports and hotel records though not as much as Clinton w. ed A major difference between House and Senate bill disappes when the Senate agreed to Clint proposal, approved by the Ho that nilitary personnel be used technical assistance in cages of mestic terrorism involving bioloy and chemical weapons, The mil can help now only in cases invol iuclear weapons, The Senate also agreed to ( ton's request for authority to req that tracing agents, called lageai be included in explosive materia: make them easier to track, | Democrats had to agree to exch gunpowder for small arms ami tion to appease the National R Association and win over Dole : other GOP leaders, ‘The propo: House bill would require tag only for plastic explosives, th houses would require a n Whether fertilizers, such a ‘th used in the Oklahoma City and N ork bombings, can be made in for bomb-making purposes, }