War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act Public Law 117–273 War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act 273 117–273 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2023-01-20 War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act 17185 117 2022-12-27 War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act [(Public Law 117–273)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 117–273. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [22 U.S.C. 2651 note] 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;” .