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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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 |
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 Mar 18, 2019Markup Oct 30, 2019 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Dec 7, 2020 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Dec 3, 2020Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 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, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6082)
- Dec 3, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 30, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 30, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Debate and remarks H6082, H6083Text printed H6082 | Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Michael T. McCaul R-TX | Dec 3, 2020 |
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
- Dec 5, 2019H.R. 1819, War Crimes Rewards Expansion ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 48, March 18, 2019, page H2755.
Printed hearings 1
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. 116-76 | MARKUP OF H.R. 2153, H.Res. 189, H.Res. 230, H.R. 1771, H.Res. 410, H.Res. 349, H.R. 4754, S. 178, H.Res. 585, H.R. 554, H.R. 2881, H.R. 3763, H.Res. 446, H.R. 1819, H.R. 4802, H.R. 4862, H.Res. 649, H.Res. 546198 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Oct 30, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4250 | War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 27, 2022 |
Titles 4
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- 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.
- Dec 7, 2020Referred in Senate
- Dec 3, 2020Engrossed in House
- Mar 18, 2019Introduced 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.
