HR 401 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Koby Mandell Act of 2003

Introduced Jan 28, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Robert E. Andrews D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 6, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 28, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Koby Mandell Act of 2003 - Directs the President to establish within the Department of Justice an office which shall assume responsibility for administration of the Rewards for Justice program and its website to ensure that rewards are offered to capture all terrorists involved in harming American citizens overseas, regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence.

Directs the office to take specified steps, including: (1) establishing a program which will update American victims of overseas terrorism or their families on the status of efforts to capture the terrorists; (2) undertaking a comprehensive assessment to determine the reasons for the absence of indictments of terrorists residing in some regions; (3) monitoring public actions pertaining to terrorists by governments and regimes overseas, such as naming schools, streets, or other public institutions or sites after terrorists who have harmed American citizens; (4) initiating negotiations to secure financial compensation for American citizens (or their families) who were harmed by terrorist acts overseas by an organization that subsequently became part of a governing regime with which the U.S. Government maintains diplomatic or official contacts; and (5) coordinating with other Government agencies to seek the transfer to the United States of terrorists released from incarceration abroad who are eligible for further prosecution in the United States.

Cosponsors 65

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2003 to Mar 25, 2004, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VAEdward L. SchrockOriginalJan 28, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalJan 28, 2003
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalJan 28, 2003
R-NJJim SaxtonOriginalJan 28, 2003
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJan 28, 2003
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalJan 28, 2003
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyFeb 5, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerFeb 11, 2003
R-FLMark FoleyFeb 11, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyFeb 11, 2003
D-PATim HoldenFeb 11, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerFeb 13, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanFeb 13, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostFeb 13, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyFeb 13, 2003
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 6, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
  2. Jan 28, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Jan 28, 2003Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

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