[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 555 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 555

 To require the Secretary of State to offer rewards for information on 
the kidnapping and murder of James Foley, Peter Kassig, Steven Sotloff, 
    Kayla Mueller, or any other United States citizen by a foreign 
                        terrorist organization.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2015

   Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Coats, Mr. 
 McCain, Mr. Flake, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Cruz, and Ms. Ayotte) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of State to offer rewards for information on 
the kidnapping and murder of James Foley, Peter Kassig, Steven Sotloff, 
    Kayla Mueller, or any other United States citizen by a foreign 
                        terrorist organization.

    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 ``Bringing Terrorists to Justice Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. REWARDS AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with the Rewards for Justice program 
authorized under section 36(b) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), the Secretary of State 
shall offer a reward to any individual who furnishes information 
leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual 
for committing, conspiring or attempting to commit, or aiding or 
abetting in the commission of--
            (1) the kidnapping and murder of James Foley, Peter Kassig, 
        Steven Sotloff, or Kayla Mueller; or
            (2) the kidnapping and murder, on or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, of any other citizen of the United 
        States by a foreign terrorist organization.
    (b) Limitations.--
            (1) Affiliates of foreign terrorist organizations.--The 
        Secretary of State shall not offer a reward under subsection 
        (a) in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a citizen 
        of the United States described in subsection (a)(2) who the 
        Secretary of State determines was affiliated with or supportive 
        of a foreign terrorist organization.
            (2) Total awards for an individual.--The total amount of 
        rewards offered under subsection (a) in connection with the 
        kidnapping and murder of any one of the individuals named in 
        such subsection or any other citizen of the United States 
        described in such subsection may not exceed $5,000,000.
    (c) Foreign Terrorist Organization.--The term ``foreign terrorist 
organization'' means an organization designated by the Secretary of 
State as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance with section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
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