S.Amdt. 352Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)
S.Amdt. 352
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Submitted July 13, 2023
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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.''. ______