IIB 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3782

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2004

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT

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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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counter-Terrorist and 

5 Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE COUNTER-TERRORIST AND 

7 NARCO-TERRORIST REWARDS PROGRAM. 

8 (a) DISRUPTION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST FINANC9 ING NETWORK.—Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State 

10 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2708) is amended—

12 (1) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

13 end; 

14 (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period and 

15 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(7) the disruption of financial mechanisms of 

19 a foreign terrorist organization, including the use by 

20 the organization of illicit narcotics production or 

21 international narcotics trafficking—

22 ‘‘(A) to finance acts of international ter23 rorism; or 

24 ‘‘(B) to sustain or support any terrorist or25 ganization.’’. 
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1 (b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF REWARD.—Subsection 

2 (e)(1) of such section is amended—

3 (1) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘$25,000,000’’; 

5 (2) by striking the second period at the end; 

6 and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen8 tence: ‘‘Without first making such determination, 

9 the Secretary may authorize a reward of up to twice 

10 the amount specified in this paragraph for the cap11 ture or information leading to the capture of a lead12 er of a foreign terrorist organization.’’. 

13 (c) CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.—Sub14 section (e) of such section is amended by adding at the 

15 end the following new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(6) FORMS OF REWARD PAYMENT.—The Sec17 retary may make a reward under this section in the 

18 form of money, a nonmonetary item (including such 

19 items as automotive vehicles), or a combination 

20 thereof.’’. 

21 (d) MEDIA SURVEYS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.—Such 

22 section is amended—

23 (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 

24 subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and 
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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol2 lowing new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(i) MEDIA SURVEYS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.—

4 ‘‘(1) SURVEYS CONDUCTED.—For the purpose 

5 of more effectively disseminating information about 

6 the rewards program, the Secretary may use the re7 sources of the rewards program to conduct media 

8 surveys, including analyses of media markets, means 

9 of communication, and levels of literacy, in countries 

10 determined by the Secretary to be associated with 

11 acts of international terrorism. 

12 ‘‘(2) CREATION AND PURCHASE OF ADVERTISE13 MENTS.—The Secretary may use the resources of 

14 the rewards program to create advertisements to dis15 seminate information about the rewards program. 

16 The Secretary may base the content of such adver17 tisements on the findings of the surveys conducted 

18 under paragraph (1). The Secretary may purchase 

19 radio or television time, newspaper space, or make 

20 use of any other means of advertisement, as appro21 priate.’’. 

22 (e) PLAN OF ACTION.—Not later than 90 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

24 State shall submit to the Committee on International Re25 lations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
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1 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan to maxi2 mize awareness of the reward available under section 36 

3 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

4 (22 U.S.C. 2708 et seq.) for the capture or information 

5 leading to the capture of a leader of a foreign terrorist 

6 organization who may be in Pakistan or Afghanistan. The 

7 Secretary may use the resources of the rewards program 

8 to prepare the plan.

Passed the House of Representatives March 18, 

2004. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.