3.0.0 3026 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z Senate S 2019-12-11 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-11T23:31:09Z CROOK Act 116 3843 HR 2019-12-18 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Related bill CRS 2019-12-11 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-12-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2019-12-11 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-03-03 False International Affairs Business ethics Congressional oversight Corporate finance and management Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Foreign and international corporations Fraud offenses and financial crimes Free trade and trade barriers Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government trust funds Human rights Income tax deductions International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Latin America Rule of law and government transparency Russia Sanctions Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2019-12-11 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-30T15:34:13Z Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act or the CROOK Act

This bill requires various actions designed to combat public corruption in foreign countries.

The bill establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Anti-Corruption Action fund to help foreign states fight public corruption and develop rule-of-law-based governance structures. For certain fines and penalties imposed under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an additional fine shall be imposed and deposited into the fund.

The Department of State shall (1) manage 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 Display Title CROOK Act Short Title(s) as Introduced CROOK Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote international efforts in combating corruption, kleptocracy, and illicit finance by foreign officials and other foreign persons, including through a new anti-corruption action fund, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3026is/xml/BILLS-116s3026is.xml 2019-12-11 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.