CROOK Act
Latest action · Apr 21, 2021 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act or the CROOK Act
This bill requires various actions designed to combat public corruption in foreign countries.
The bill establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Anti-Corruption Action Fund to help foreign states fight public corruption and develop rule-of-law-based governance structures. For certain fines and penalties imposed under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an additional fine shall be imposed and deposited into the fund.
The Department of State must (1) manage U.S. government efforts to fight foreign public corruption, and (2) establish an interagency task force to assist in coordinating such efforts.
Each U.S. embassy must have a point of contact responsible for coordinating the embassy's anti-corruption efforts.
The State Department must report to Congress on its anti-corruption activities and make various reports publicly available online.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2021 to May 16, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 19, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 21, 2021Markup Apr 21, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 21, 2021Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 21, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 13, 2021H.R. 402, Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 12, January 21, 2021, page H224.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-43 | UNDERSTANDING AUTHORITARIANISM AND KLEPTOCRACY IN RUSSIA81 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | May 27, 2021 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46924 | Central Asia: Background and U.S. Relations Archived | Report | Sep 24, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote international efforts in combating corruption, kleptocracy, and illicit finance by foreign officials and other foreign persons, including through a new anti-corruption action fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CROOK Act
- Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Advisory bodies
- Asia
- Business ethics
- China
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- International organizations and cooperation
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Securities
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
