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 ‘‘Counter-Terrorist and
Narco-Terrorist Rewards Program Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE COUNTER-TERRORIST AND
NARCO-TERRORIST REWARDS PROGRAM.
(a) DISRUPTION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST FINANC-
ING NETWORK.—Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2708) 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 foreign terrorist organization, including the use by
the organization of illicit narcotics production or
international narcotics trafficking—
‘‘(A) to finance acts of international ter-
rorism; or
‘‘(B) to sustain or support any terrorist or-
ganization.’’.
(b) 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 sen-
tence: ‘‘Without first making such determination,
the Secretary may authorize a reward of up to twice
the amount specified in this paragraph for the cap-
ture or information leading to the capture of a lead-
er of a foreign terrorist organization.’’.
(c) CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.—Sub-
section (e) of such section is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) FORMS OF REWARD PAYMENT.—The Sec-
retary 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.’’.
(d) MEDIA SURVEYS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.—Such
section is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as
subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(i) MEDIA SURVEYS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) SURVEYS CONDUCTED.—For the purpose
of more effectively disseminating information about
the rewards program, the Secretary may use the re-
sources 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 ADVERTISE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may use the resources of
the rewards program to create advertisements to dis-
seminate information about the rewards program.
The Secretary may base the content of such adver-
tisements on the findings of the surveys conducted
under paragraph (1). The Secretary may purchase
radio or television time, newspaper space, or make
use of any other means of advertisement, as appro-
priate.’’.
(e) PLAN OF ACTION.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State shall submit to the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan to maxi-
mize awareness of the reward available under section 36
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2708 et seq.) for the capture or information
leading to the capture of a leader of a foreign terrorist
organization who may be in Pakistan or Afghanistan. The
Secretary may use the resources of the rewards program
to prepare the plan.
Passed the House of Representatives March 18,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.