3.0.0 853 2023-01-11T13:36:59Z 2023-01-11T13:36:59Z Senate S 2017-04-05 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-05T21:35:31Z 2017-04-05 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-04-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-04-05 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-04-05 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-04-05 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-04-05 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-04-05 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-04-05 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-04-05 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-04-05 True International Affairs Congressional oversight Corporate finance and management Crime prevention Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employment discrimination and employee rights Foreign aid and international relief Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Public contracts and procurement Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2017-04-05 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-08T20:16:42Z Combating Global Corruption Act of 2017

This bill directs the the Department of State to annually publish on a publicly accessible website a three-tiered ranking based upon the extent of compliance by a foreign country's government with the minimum anti-corruption standards prescribed in this bill.

The bill states that a government is complying with such standards if it:

  • has enacted and judicially enforces laws, and has established structures and practices, that prohibit corruption;
  • prescribes punishment for grand corruption that is commensurate with the punishment for serious crimes;
  • prescribes punishment for petty corruption that provides a sufficient deterrent and reflects the nature of the offense; and
  • is making sustained anti-corruption efforts.

The State Department shall, prior to the obligation of any foreign assistance (except humanitarian, disaster, and anti-corruption assistance) to a tier 3 country:

  • conduct a corruption risk assessment and create a corruption mitigation strategy for all foreign assistance programs to that country,
  • require the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses for all foreign assistance contracts and grants,
  • require the inclusion of clawback clauses for all foreign assistance contracts and grants to recover U.S. taxpayer funds that have been misappropriated through corruption,
  • require disclosure of the beneficial ownership of all entities receiving foreign assistance funding, and
  • establish a mechanism for investigating allegations of misappropriated foreign assistance funds or equipment.

The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development shall: (1) consolidate existing reports with anti-corruption components into one online, public platform; and (2) incorporate anti-corruption components into existing Foreign Service and Civil Service training courses.

]]> Combating Global Corruption Act of 2017 Display Title Combating Global Corruption Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States assistance to designated countries in order to advance anti-corruption efforts in those countries and better serve United States taxpayers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Combating Global Corruption Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s853is/xml/BILLS-115s853is.xml 2017-04-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.