Counter-Terrorist and Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act

Counter-Terrorist and Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 respecting the Department of State rewards program to: (1) authorize rewards for disruption of terrorist organization financial mechanisms, including illicit narcotics production or international narcotics trafficking used to sustain terrorist organizations or finance terrorist acts; (2) increase maximum awards to $25 million, and up to twice such amount for the capture or information leading to the capture of a foreign terrorist leader; (3) authorize monetary and/or nonmonetary rewards; (4) authorize program resource use for media surveys and advertisements to disseminate program information; and (5) direct the Secretary of State to report on a plan to maximize reward awareness for the capture or information leading to the capture of a foreign terrorist leader who may be in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3782 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3782

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase 
the maximum amount of an award available under the Department of State 
   rewards program, to expand the eligibility criteria to receive an 
 award, to authorize nonmonetary awards, to publicize the existence of 
              the rewards program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2004

    Mr. Hyde (for himself, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. Kirk) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to increase 
the maximum amount of an award available under the Department of State 
   rewards program, to expand the eligibility criteria to receive an 
 award, to authorize nonmonetary awards, to publicize the existence of 
              the rewards 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Counter-Terrorist and Narco-
Terrorist Rewards Program Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE COUNTER-TERRORIST AND NARCO-TERRORIST 
              REWARDS PROGRAM.

    (a) Program Name.--Section 36 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading by inserting ``counter-terrorist 
        and narco-terrorist'' after ``state''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)(1) by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``The program shall be known as the `Department 
        of State Terrorist and Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program'.''.
    (b) Disruption of Terrorist Financing Network.--Subsection (b) of 
such section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) the disruption of financial mechanisms of a terrorist 
        organization, including the use by the organization of illicit 
        narcotics production or international narcotics trafficking--
                    ``(A) to finance acts of international terrorism; 
                or
                    ``(B) to sustain or support any terrorist 
                organization.''.
    (c) Maximum Amount of Reward.--Subsection (e)(1) of such section is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$25,000,000'';
            (2) by striking the second period at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
        Secretary may authorize a reward of up to $50,000,000 for the 
        capture or information leading to the capture of Usama bin 
        Laden.''.
    (d) Forms of Reward Payment.--Subsection (e) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Forms of payment.--The Secretary may make a reward 
        under this section in the form of money, a nonmonetary item 
        (including such items as automotive vehicles), or a combination 
        thereof.''.
    (e) Media Surveys and Advertisements.--Such section is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as (k) and 
        (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(i) Media Surveys and Advertisements Authorized.--
            ``(1) Surveys conducted.--For the purpose of more 
        effectively disseminating information about the rewards 
        program, the Secretary may use the resources of the rewards 
        program to conduct media surveys, including analyses of media 
        markets, means of communication, and levels of literacy, in 
        countries determined by the Secretary to be associated with 
        acts of international terrorism.
            ``(2) Creation and purchase of advertisements.--After the 
        surveys authorized under paragraph (1) have been conducted and 
        in accordance with their findings, the Secretary may use the 
        resources of the rewards program to create advertisements to 
        disseminate information about the rewards program among 
        populations in countries identified under paragraph (1). The 
        Secretary may purchase radio or television time, newspaper 
        space, or make use of any other means of advertisement, as 
        appropriate.
            ``(3) Advertisement for capture of usama bin laden.--Not 
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 
        Counter-Terrorist and Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act, the 
        Secretary shall submit to the Committee on International 
        Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate a report documenting a plan to 
        increase advertising to maximize awareness of the reward 
        available for the capture or information leading to the capture 
        of Usama bin Laden.''.
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