War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
Latest action · Dec 7, 2020 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.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 3, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
This bill expands the Department of State's rewards program to authorize rewards for providing information leading to the arrest, conviction, or transfer of a foreign national accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide as such crimes as defined under the law of an international criminal tribunal, the applicable country, or the United States. Currently, rewards are authorized for information leading to the arrest, conviction, or transfer of a foreign national accused of such crimes only as defined under the statutes of the relevant tribunal.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2019 to Dec 2, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Mar 18, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Oct 29, 2019 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Oct 29, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Oct 29, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Oct 29, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 30, 2019 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Nov 30, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Dec 2, 2020 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Dec 3, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6082-6083)
- Dec 3, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1819.
- Dec 3, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 3, 2020Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2020Referred in Senate
- Dec 3, 2020Engrossed in House
- Mar 18, 2019Introduced in House
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