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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 regard-
ing individuals or entities engaged in activities in con-
travention of United States or United Nations sanctions, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bassam Barabandi Re-
wards for Justice Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS 
PROGRAM. 
Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) the identification or location of an indi-
vidual or entity that— 
‘‘(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, im-
ports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from 
any country any goods, services, or technology 
controlled for export by the United States be-
cause of the use of such goods, services, or 
technology in contravention of a United States 
or United Nations sanction; or 
‘‘(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro-
vides training, advice, or other services or as-
sistance, or engages in significant financial 
transactions, relating to any such goods, serv-
ices, or technology in contravention of such 
sanction.’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bassam Barabandi Re-
wards for Justice Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS 
PROGRAM. 
Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(14) the identification or location of an indi-
vidual or entity that— 
‘‘(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, im-
ports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from any 
country any goods, services, or technology con-
trolled for export by the United States because of 
the use of such goods, services, or technology in 
contravention of a United States or United Na-
tions sanction; or 
‘‘(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro-
vides training, advice, or other services or assist-
ance, or engages in significant financial trans-
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actions, relating to any such goods, services, or 
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 
Act of 1956 to authorize rewards under the De-
partment of State’s rewards program relating to 
information regarding individuals or entities en-
gaged in activities in contravention of United 
States or United Nations sanctions, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 21, 2022 
Reported with an amendment 
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