[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2894 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2894

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase 
   the maximum amount of an award paid under the Department of State 
rewards program in connection with the attacks on the United States on 
              September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2001

Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cooksey, 
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Shimkus, Mrs. Biggert, Mr. Johnson of 
 Illinois, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Graham, Mr. Issa, 
 Mr. Ose, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Engel, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Pence, Mr. Crane, 
 and Mr. Platts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase 
   the maximum amount of an award paid under the Department of State 
rewards program in connection with the attacks on the United States on 
              September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

    (a) Increase in Maximum Amount of Reward.--Section 36(e)(1) of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(e)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``No reward'' and inserting ``(A) Except as 
        provided in subparagraph (B), no reward''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) A reward paid under this section in connection with 
        the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, may not 
        exceed $25,000,000.''.
    (b) Increase in Funding Limitation.--Section 36(d)(2) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(d)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``$15,000,000'' and inserting ``$50,000,000''.
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