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Calendar No. 460 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1036 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2021 

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

JULY 21, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

1956 to authorize rewards under the Department of 

State’s rewards program relating to information regarding individuals or entities engaged in activities in contravention of United States or United Nations sanctions, 

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 ‘‘Bassam Barabandi Re5 wards for Justice Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department 

4 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 

7 the semicolon at the end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(13) the identification or location of an indi13 vidual or entity that— 

14 ‘‘(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, im15 ports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from 

16 any country any goods, services, or technology 

17 controlled for export by the United States be18 cause of the use of such goods, services, or 

19 technology in contravention of a United States 

20 or United Nations sanction; or 

21 ‘‘(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro22 vides training, advice, or other services or as23 sistance, or engages in significant financial 

24 transactions, relating to any such goods, serv25 ices, or technology in contravention of such 

26 sanction.’’. 


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•HR 1036 RS

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bassam Barabandi Re3 wards for Justice Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS 

5 PROGRAM. 

6 Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department 

7 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

10 semicolon at the end; 

11 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at 

12 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new para14 graph: 

15 ‘‘(14) the identification or location of an indi16 vidual or entity that— 

17 ‘‘(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, im18 ports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from any 

19 country any goods, services, or technology con20 trolled for export by the United States because of 

21 the use of such goods, services, or technology in 

22 contravention of a United States or United Na23 tions sanction; or 

24 ‘‘(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro25 vides training, advice, or other services or assist26 ance, or engages in significant financial transVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:10 Jul 21, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1036.RS H1036

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1 actions, relating to any such goods, services, or 

2 technology in contravention of such sanction.’’. 


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Calendar No. 460 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1036 

AN ACT 

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities 

other purposes. States or United Nations sanctions, and for gaged in activities in contravention of United information regarding individuals or entities enpartment of State’s rewards program relating to Act of 1956 to authorize rewards under the DeJULY 21, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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