[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 81 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S5753]
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       EXPANSION OF PAYMENTS OF REWARDS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE RWANDA

  Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar 588, S. 2460.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2460) to authorize the payments of rewards to 
     individuals furnishing information relating to persons 
     subject to indictment for serious violations of international 
     humanitarian law in Rwanda, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2460) was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 2460

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF REWARDS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE RWANDA.

       Section 102 of the Act of October 30, 1998 (Public Law 105-
     323) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``OR RWANDA'' 
     after ``YUGOSLAVIA'';
       (2) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``or the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda'' after 
     ``Yugoslavia''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' immediately after ``Reference.--
     ''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) For the purposes of subsection (a), the statute of 
     the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda means the 
     statute contained in the annex to Security Council Resolution 
     955 of November 8, 1994.''.

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