3.0.0 3137 2023-09-07T14:30:26Z 2023-09-07T14:30:26Z Senate S 2021-11-02 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-11-02T19:50:10Z Counter-Kleptocracy Act 117 5209 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS Foreign Extortion Prevention Act 117 4737 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2021-11-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-11-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2021-11-02 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-06-07 False K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2022-06-07 False Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2021-11-02 Introduced in Senate 2023-09-07T14:18:31Z Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

This bill establishes a federal criminal offense involving bribery by foreign officials.

Specifically, the bill makes it a crime for foreign officials to demand or accept anything of value personally or for another person or a nongovernmental entity to influence the performance of an official act or otherwise confer an improper advantage.

The bill explicitly grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over the offense.

A violation is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 15 years, or both.

Finally, the bill establishes a Victims of Kleptocracy Fund in the Treasury and directs fines and penalties for violations to be deposited into the fund for anti-corruption initiatives.

]]> Foreign Extortion Prevention Act Display Title Foreign Extortion Prevention Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Foreign Extortion Prevention Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign official from demanding a bribe, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3137is/xml/BILLS-117s3137is.xml 2021-11-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.