CROOK Act
Latest action · Feb 2, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2021 to Feb 24, 2021, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Feb 2, 2021 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Feb 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 24, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 2, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
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.
- Feb 2, 2021Introduced in Senate
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