[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5911]
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SA 6389. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr.
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. ___. 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) coordinate, without assuming operational authority,
the United States Government efforts to identify and seize
assets that are the proceeds of corruption pertaining to
China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia and identifying the
national security implications of strategic corruption in
such countries.''.
(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
employee of the National Security Council to be responsible
for the coordination of the interagency process for
identifying and seizing assets that are that are the proceeds
of corruption pertaining to China, Iran, North Korea, or
Russia and identifying the national security implications of
strategic corruption in such countries.
``(2) Reporting.--The employee designated under paragraph
(1) shall report to the Council's Senior Director for Europe.
``(3) Coordination with coordinator for combating malign
foreign influence operations and campaigns.--The employee
designated under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall
coordinate with the employee designated under subsection
(g)(1).
``(4) Liaison.--The employee designated under paragraph (1)
shall serve as a liaison, for purposes of coordination
described in such paragraph, with the following:
``(A) The Department of the Treasury.
``(B) The Department of Justice.
``(C) The Department of Defense.
``(D) The intelligence community.
``(E) The Department of State.
``(F) Good government transparency groups in civil
society.''.
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