[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1819 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1819

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide 
 for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals 
   who have committed genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2019

 Ms. Foxx of North Carolina (for herself and Mr. Engel) 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 provide 
 for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals 
   who have committed genocide or war crimes, 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 ``War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

    Paragraph (10) of section 36(b) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended by striking 
``defined under the statute of such tribunal;'' and inserting the 
following: ``defined under--
                    ``(A) the statute of such country or tribunal, as 
                the case may be; or
                    ``(B) United States law;''.
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