[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3782 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3782


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 22, 2004

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase 
the maximum amount of an award available under the Department of State 
   rewards program, to expand the eligibility criteria to receive an 
 award, to authorize nonmonetary awards, to publicize the existence of 
              the rewards program, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Counter-Terrorist and Narco-
Terrorist Rewards Program Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE COUNTER-TERRORIST AND NARCO-TERRORIST 
              REWARDS PROGRAM.

    (a) Disruption of Foreign Terrorist Financing Network.--Subsection 
(b) of section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 2708) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) the disruption of financial mechanisms of a foreign 
        terrorist organization, including the use by the organization 
        of illicit narcotics production or international narcotics 
        trafficking--
                    ``(A) to finance acts of international terrorism; 
                or
                    ``(B) to sustain or support any terrorist 
                organization.''.
    (b) Maximum Amount of Reward.--Subsection (e)(1) of such section is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$25,000,000'';
            (2) by striking the second period at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
        ``Without first making such determination, the Secretary may 
        authorize a reward of up to twice the amount specified in this 
        paragraph for the capture or information leading to the capture 
        of a leader of a foreign terrorist organization.''.
    (c) Clarification of Existing Authority.--Subsection (e) of such 
section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Forms of reward payment.--The Secretary may make a 
        reward under this section in the form of money, a nonmonetary 
        item (including such items as automotive vehicles), or a 
        combination thereof.''.
    (d) Media Surveys and Advertisements.--Such section is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections 
        (j) and (k), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(i) Media Surveys and Advertisements.--
            ``(1) Surveys conducted.--For the purpose of more 
        effectively disseminating information about the rewards 
        program, the Secretary may use the resources of the rewards 
        program to conduct media surveys, including analyses of media 
        markets, means of communication, and levels of literacy, in 
        countries determined by the Secretary to be associated with 
        acts of international terrorism.
            ``(2) Creation and purchase of advertisements.--The 
        Secretary may use the resources of the rewards program to 
        create advertisements to disseminate information about the 
        rewards program. The Secretary may base the content of such 
        advertisements on the findings of the surveys conducted under 
        paragraph (1). The Secretary may purchase radio or television 
        time, newspaper space, or make use of any other means of 
        advertisement, as appropriate.''.
    (e) Plan of Action.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan to maximize 
awareness of the reward available under section 36 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708 et seq.) for 
the capture or information leading to the capture of a leader of a 
foreign terrorist organization who may be in Pakistan or Afghanistan. 
The Secretary may use the resources of the rewards program to prepare 
the plan.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 18, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.