US Congress House Bill 3843 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)
Status: Introduced on July 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-12-18 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of State to take various actions designed to combat public corruption in foreign countries. The State Department shall establish the Anti-Corruption Action fund to help foreign states fight public corruption and develop rule-of-law-based governance structures. A portion (5%) of fines and penalties imposed under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act shall be deposited into the fund. The State Department shall (1) take primary responsibility in managing U.S. government efforts to fight foreign public corruption, and (2) establish an interagency task force to assist in coordinating such efforts. Each U.S. embassy shall have a point of contact responsible for coordinating the embassy's anti-corruption efforts. The State Department shall report to Congress on its anti-corruption activities and make various reports publicly available online.

CROOK Act Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act

Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-18	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2019-12-18	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-07-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-07-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-07-18	House	Introduced in House

SB3026 (Related) 2019-12-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3843/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3843/BILLS-116hr3843ih.pdf