[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 352. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 10__. 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, Russia, or any other country of 
     concern 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--
       ``(A) the coordination of the interagency process for 
     identifying and seizing assets that are the proceeds of 
     corruption pertaining to China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or 
     any other country of concern; and
       ``(B) identifying the national security implications of 
     strategic corruption in such countries.
       ``(2) Responsibilities.--In addition to coordination and 
     identification described in paragraph (1), the employee 
     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 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 concern to the Council.
       ``(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 and paragraph (2)(A), 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) The United States Agency for International 
     Development.
       ``(G) Good government transparency groups in civil 
     society.''.
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