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“WAR CRIMES REWARDS EXPANSION ACT” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Senate section section on page S7267 on Dec. 15.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
WAR CRIMES REWARDS EXPANSION ACT
Mr. KING. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 416, H.R. 4250.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 4250) 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.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. KING. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (H.R. 4250) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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