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HR 401 108th Congress House

Koby Mandell Act of 2003

Official title: To create an office within the Department of Justice to undertake certain specific steps to ensure that all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas rece… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To create an office within the Department of Justice to undertake certain specific steps to ensure that all American citizens harmed by terrorism overseas receive equal treatment by the United States government regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence, and to ensure that all terrorists involved in such attacks are pursued, prosecuted, and punished with equal vigor, regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence.

Introduced: July 10, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 28, 2003
Introduced in House
Jan 28, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Latest action March 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Koby Mandell Act of 2003 - Directs the President to establish within the Department of Justice an office which shall assume responsibility for administration of the Rewards for Justice program and its website to ensure that rewards are offered to capture all terrorists involved in harming American citizens overseas, regardless of the terrorists' country of origin or residence.

Directs the office to take specified steps, including: (1) establishing a program which will update American victims of overseas terrorism or their families on the status of efforts to capture the terrorists; (2) undertaking a comprehensive assessment to determine the reasons for the absence of indictments of terrorists residing in some regions; (3) monitoring public actions pertaining to terrorists by governments and regimes overseas, such as naming schools, streets, or other public institutions or sites after terrorists who have harmed American citizens; (4) initiating negotiations to secure financial compensation for American citizens (or their families) who were harmed by terrorist acts overseas by an organization that subsequently became part of a governing regime with which the U.S. Government maintains diplomatic or official contacts; and (5) coordinating with other Government agencies to seek the transfer to the United States of terrorists released from incarceration abroad who are eligible for further prosecution in the United States.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 401: Koby Mandell Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-401/
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