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 pro-
gram, 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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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.’’.
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(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
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(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-
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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: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.