[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4737-S4738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2401. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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) 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:

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       ``(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, the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, and the Caucus on International 
     Narcotics Control of the Senate.
       ``(ii) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.''.
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