[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3874 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3874

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require 
  reports on the Rewards for Justice program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2015

  Mr. McCaul 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 require 
  reports on the Rewards for Justice 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. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF REWARD.

    (a) In General.--Section 36 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(4) Reports on rewards authorized.--Not less than 15 days 
        after a reward is authorized under this section, the Secretary 
        of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report, which may be submitted in classified form 
        if necessary, detailing information about the reward, including 
        the identity of the individual for whom the reward is being 
        made, the amount of the reward, the acts with respect to which 
        the reward is being made, and how the reward is being 
        publicized.''; and
            (2) in subsection (k)(2), by striking ``International 
        Relations'' and inserting ``Foreign Affairs''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) takes 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with 
respect to any reward authorized under section 36 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 on or after such date.
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