[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4688 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4688

   To require the designation in the National Security Council of a 
 coordinator for combating foreign kleptocracy and corruption, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 11 (legislative day, July 10), 2024

 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the designation in the National Security Council of a 
 coordinator for combating foreign kleptocracy and corruption, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Counter Kleptocracy Coordination Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATOR FOR COMBATING FOREIGN KLEPTOCRACY AND CORRUPTION.

    Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) assess the national security implications of foreign 
        corruption and kleptocracy (including strategic corruption) and 
        coordinate, without assuming operational authority, the United 
        States Government efforts to counter foreign corruption and 
        kleptocracy.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) Coordinator for Combating Foreign Kleptocracy and 
Corruption.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall designate an officer 
        of the National Security Council to be responsible for--
                    ``(A) the assessment of the national security 
                implications of foreign corruption and kleptocracy 
                (including strategic corruption); and
                    ``(B) the coordination of the interagency process 
                to counter foreign corruption and kleptocracy.
            ``(2) Responsibilities.--In addition to the coordination 
        and assessment described in paragraph (1), the officer 
        designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be responsible for 
        the following:
                    ``(A) Coordinating and deconflicting anti-
                corruption and counter-kleptocracy initiatives across 
                the Federal Government, including those at the 
                Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, 
                the Department of Justice, and the United States Agency 
                for International Development.
                    ``(B) Informing deliberations of the Council by 
                highlighting the wide-ranging and destabilizing effects 
                of corruption on a variety of issues, including drug 
                trafficking, arms trafficking, sanctions evasion, 
                cybercrime, voting rights and global democracy 
                initiatives, and other matters of national security 
                concern to the Council.
                    ``(C) Updating, as appropriate, and coordinating 
                the implementation of the United States strategy on 
                countering corruption.
            ``(3) Coordination with coordinator for combating malign 
        foreign influence operations and campaigns.--The officer 
        designated under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall 
        coordinate with the employee designated under subsection 
        (g)(1).
            ``(4) Liaison.--The officer designated under paragraph (1) 
        shall serve as a liaison, for purposes of coordination 
        described in such paragraph and paragraph (2)(A), with the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The Department of State.
                    ``(B) The Department of the Treasury.
                    ``(C) The Department of Justice.
                    ``(D) The intelligence community.
                    ``(E) The United States Agency for International 
                Development.
                    ``(F) Any other Federal agency that the President 
                considers appropriate.
                    ``(G) Good government transparency groups in civil 
                society.
            ``(5) Congressional briefing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not less frequently than once 
                each year, the officer designated pursuant to paragraph 
                (1), or the officer's designee, shall provide to the 
                congressional committees specified in subparagraph (B) 
                a briefing on the responsibilities and activities of 
                the officer designated under this subsection.
                    ``(B) Committees specified.--The congressional 
                committees specified in this subparagraph are the 
                following:
                            ``(i) The Committee on Foreign Relations 
                        and the Caucus on International Narcotics 
                        Control of the Senate.
                            ``(ii) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                        the House of Representatives.''.
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