War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
Latest action · Feb 8, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedSep 27, 2017
- Passed HouseFeb 7, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Department of State to offer awards under its war crimes rewards program for the arrest or conviction in any country of a foreign national accused of a war crime, a crime against humanity, or genocide as such crime is defined under: (1) U.S. law, or (2) the statutes of such country or an international criminal tribunal. (Currently, the reference to such crime is as defined only by an international criminal tribunal.)
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 61 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed407–0 | Feb 7, 2018 |
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2017 to Feb 7, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Sep 27, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Sep 27, 2017 |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Original | Sep 27, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Dec 13, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Dec 13, 2017 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Dec 14, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Feb 7, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2017Markup Dec 14, 2017 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2018 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Feb 7, 2018Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H965-966)
- Feb 7, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 61). (text: CR 2/5/2018 H760)
- Feb 7, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 5, 2018Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Feb 5, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H760-761)
- Feb 5, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3851.
- Feb 5, 2018At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Royce (CA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Dec 14, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Dec 14, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 27, 2017Introduced in House
- Sep 27, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H965enact | — | Feb 7, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E141 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ | Feb 6, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H760, H761Text printed H760 | Brendan F. Boyle D-PA, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Virginia Foxx R-NC | Feb 5, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1701 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ | Dec 14, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 26, 2018H.R. 3851, War Crimes Rewards Expansion ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 14, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 155, September 27, 2017, page H7588.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-93 | UKRAINE CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION ACT OF 2017; END BANKING FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ACT OF 2017; UNITED STATES-JORDAN DEFENSE COOPERATION EXTENSION ACT; AND WAR CRIMES REWARDS EXPANSION ACT56 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Dec 14, 2017 |
| — | The International Tribunal and Beyond: Pursing Justice for Atrocities in the Western Balkans48 pages | Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) | Jan 31, 2017–Dec 12, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide or war crimes, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2018Referred in Senate
- Feb 7, 2018Engrossed in House
- Sep 27, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
