[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 57 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 57

 To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to permit 
 eligibility in certain circumstances for an officer or employee of a 
 foreign government to receive a reward under the Department of State 
                            Rewards Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

   Mr. Kirk introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to permit 
 eligibility in certain circumstances for an officer or employee of a 
 foreign government to receive a reward under the Department of State 
                            Rewards Program.

    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 ``Terrorist Rewards Enhancement Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR AN AGENCY OF A FOREIGN 
              GOVERNMENT TO RECEIVE A REWARD UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligibility.--Subsection (f) of section 36 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(f)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(f) Ineligibility.--An officer'' and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(f) Ineligibility.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an 
        officer''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Exception in certain circumstances.--The Secretary 
        may pay a reward to an officer or employee of a foreign 
        government (or any entity thereof) who, while in the 
        performance of his or her official duties, furnishes 
        information described in such subsection, if the Secretary 
        determines that such payment satisfies the following 
        conditions:
                    ``(A) Such payment is appropriate in light of the 
                exceptional or high-profile nature of the information 
                furnished pursuant to such subsection.
                    ``(B) Such payment may aid in furnishing further 
                information described in such subsection.
                    ``(C) Such payment is formally requested by such 
                agency.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of such section (22 
U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
inserting ``or to an officer or employee of a foreign government in 
accordance with subsection (f)(2)'' after ``individual''.
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