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.

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 4802 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 30, 2020 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:06 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H4802.RFS H4802 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 HR 4802 RFS Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE RE- 3 WARDS PROGRAM. 4 Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department 5 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amend- 6 ed— 7 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 8 the semicolon at the end; 9 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 10 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 12 paragraph: 13 ‘‘(13) the identification or location of an indi- 14 vidual or entity that— 15 ‘‘(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, im- 16 ports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from 17 any country any goods, services, or technology 18 controlled for export by the United States be- 19 cause of the use of such goods, services, or 20 technology in contravention of a United States 21 or United Nations sanction; or 22 ‘‘(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro- 23 vides training, advice, or other services or as- 24 sistance, or engages in significant financial 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:06 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4802.RFS H4802 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 HR 4802 RFS transactions, relating to any such goods, serv- 1 ices, or technology in contravention of such 2 sanction.’’. 3 Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 2020. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:06 Dec 01, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4802.RFS H4802 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS