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PUBLIC LAW 107-228—SEPT. 30, 2002 116 STAT. 1363 government or other foreign entity, the Secretary may retain 1.5 percent of any amount between $100,000 and $5,000,000, and one percent of any amount over $5,000,000, received per claim under chapter 34 of the Act of February 27, 1896 (22 U.S.C. 2668a; 29 Stat. 32). "(2) TREATMENT.— Amounts retained under the authority of paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the fund under subsection (d).". SEC. 204. STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF OVERSEAS DEATHS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM NONNATURAL CAUSES. Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "SEC. 57. STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF OVERSEAS DEATHS OF 22 USC 2729. UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM NONNATURAL CAUSES. " (a) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, collect, with respect to each foreign country, the following information with respect to each United States citizen who dies in that country from a nonnatural cause on or after the date of enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003: "(1) The date of death. "(2) The locality where the death occurred (including the state or province and municipality, if available). "(3) The cause of death, including information on the circumstances of the death, and including, if the death resulted from an act of terrorism, a statement disclosing that information. "(4) Such other information as the Secretary shall prescribe. "(b) DATABASE.— The Secretary shall establish and maintain a database containing the information collected under subsection (a). "(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Beginning three months after the date of enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, the Secretary, shall make available, on a country-by-country basis, on the Internet website of the Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, the information from the database described in subsection (b) with respect to deaths occurring since the date of enactment of that Act, or occurring during the preceding three calendar years, whichever period is shorter. The information shall be updated at least every six months.". SEC. 205. FOREIGN RELATIONS HISTORICAL SERIES. (a) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. —Section 404(d) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4354(d)) is amended— (1) by striking "REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— " and inserting "ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— "; and (2) by inserting "and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives" after "Secretary of State". (b) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY. —Section 404(e) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4354(e)) is amended to read as follows: