{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-4250","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 4250","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed Senate","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-273","introduced":"2021-06-30","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-09-28","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h299","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act","result":"Passed","yea":412,"nay":9,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll299.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-12-15","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-12-27"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-273.","date":"2022-12-27"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-12-27","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act 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 are 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."}],"words":91},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends paragraph (10) of section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, part of the Department of State rewards program, so that it refers to the statute of a country or tribunal, or to United States law, rather than only the statute of a tribunal.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250/text/enr#H49C7536675E54707A3F1B2C7A5E1EAB0:~:text=2.%20Department%20of%20State%20rewards%20program"}]},"core_areas":["Department of State rewards program under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250/text/enr#H3F8FE0E168294927A6F172EB5973F5DE:~:text=1.%20Short%20title"}},{"text":"Amends paragraph (10) of section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)), under the heading Department of State rewards program.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250/text/enr#H49C7536675E54707A3F1B2C7A5E1EAB0:~:text=2.%20Department%20of%20State%20rewards%20program"}},{"text":"Strikes the words \"defined under the statute of such tribunal;\" from that paragraph.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250/text/enr#H49C7536675E54707A3F1B2C7A5E1EAB0:~:text=2.%20Department%20of%20State%20rewards%20program"}},{"text":"Inserts in their place wording that refers to the statute of such country or tribunal, as the case may be, or to United States law.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250/text/enr#H49C7536675E54707A3F1B2C7A5E1EAB0:~:text=2.%20Department%20of%20State%20rewards%20program"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4250/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-4250.png","v":"40b121cf882b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4250, 117th Congress: War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act. House: 412 Yea, 9 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 27 Dec 2022."}}