Title: Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice Act
This bill expands the Department of State's rewards program to allow rewards for providing information that leads to the identification or location of an entity or individual that knowingly violates U.S. or United Nations sanctions.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1036 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1036

    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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2021

 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Deutch) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bassam Barabandi Rewards for Justice 
Act''.

SECTION 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 amended--
            (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 individual or 
        entity that--
                    ``(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, 
                exports, or reexports to, into, or from any country any 
                goods, services, or technology controlled for export by 
                the United States because 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, provides 
                training, advice, or other services or assistance, or 
                engages in significant financial transactions, relating 
                to any such goods, services, or technology in 
                contravention of such sanction.''.
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