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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. 

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 

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.

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’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE COUNTER-TERRORIST AND 

2 NARCO-TERRORIST REWARDS PROGRAM. 

3 (a) PROGRAM NAME.—Section 36 of the State De4 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) 

5 is amended—

6 (1) in the section heading by inserting 

7 ‘‘COUNTER-TERRORIST AND NARCO-TER8 RORIST’’ after ‘‘STATE’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (a)(1) by adding at the end 

10 the following new sentence: ‘‘The program shall be 

11 known as the ‘Department of State Terrorist and 

12 Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program’.’’. 

13 (b) DISRUPTION OF TERRORIST FINANCING NET14 WORK.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended—

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

16 end; 

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

18 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

20 paragraph: 

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

22 a terrorist organization, including the use by the or23 ganization of illicit narcotics production or inter24 national narcotics trafficking—

25 ‘‘(A) to finance acts of international ter26 rorism; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) to sustain or support any terrorist or2 ganization.’’. 

3 (c) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF REWARD.—Subsection 

4 (e)(1) of such section is amended—

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

6 ‘‘$25,000,000’’; 

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

8 and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new sen10 tence: ‘‘The Secretary may authorize a reward of up 

11 to $50,000,000 for the capture or information lead12 ing to the capture of Usama bin Laden.’’. 

13 (d) FORMS OF REWARD PAYMENT.—Subsection (e) 

14 of such section is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(6) FORMS OF PAYMENT.—The Secretary may 

17 make a reward under this section in the form of 

18 money, a nonmonetary item (including such items as 

19 automotive vehicles), or a combination thereof.’’. 

20 (e) MEDIA SURVEYS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.—Such 

21 section is amended—

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

23 (k) and (l), respectively; and 

24 (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol25 lowing new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(i) MEDIA SURVEYS AND ADVERTISEMENTS AU2 THORIZED.—

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

4 of more effectively disseminating information about 

5 the rewards program, the Secretary may use the re6 sources of the rewards program to conduct media 

7 surveys, including analyses of media markets, means 

8 of communication, and levels of literacy, in countries 

9 determined by the Secretary to be associated with 

10 acts of international terrorism. 

11 ‘‘(2) CREATION AND PURCHASE OF ADVERTISE12 MENTS.—After the surveys authorized under para13 graph (1) have been conducted and in accordance 

14 with their findings, the Secretary may use the re15 sources of the rewards program to create advertise16 ments to disseminate information about the rewards 

17 program among populations in countries identified 

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 ‘‘(3) ADVERTISEMENT FOR CAPTURE OF USAMA

23 BIN LADEN.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of the Counter-Terrorist and 

25 Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act, the Sec-
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1 retary shall submit to the Committee on Inter2 national Relations of the House of Representatives 

3 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen4 ate a report documenting a plan to increase adver5 tising to maximize awareness of the reward available 

6 for the capture or information leading to the capture 

7 of Usama bin Laden.’’.

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