New bill would allow freezing assets of suspected terrorists

Congressman Josh Gottheimer on Saturday announced that he will introduce a bill on Tuesday that will allow law enforcement to freeze the financial assets of suspected terrorists.

Gottheimer (D-5th District) said the bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by republicans Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-8) and Tom Reed (NY-23), dubbed the FASTER Act (Freezing Assess of Suspected Terrorists and Enemy Recruits) will fill a gap in preventing domestic terrorism.  

"There's legislation on the books to stop foreign terrorists and freeze their assets to prevent further funding of terroristic activity but there was no resources to actually stop and prevent homegrown, lone wolf, ISIS-inspired terrorists from committing further crimes using resources," he said. 

The announcement was made Saturday afternoon in front of the 9/11 memorial beside the Oradell Firehouse on Kinderkamack Road, just days before the 16th anniversary of the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.

Read more at NJ.com.