S.Amdt. 972

SA 972. 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.

(a) In General.--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, Cuba, Venezuela, 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 may 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,
Cuba, Venezuela, 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), an 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.--An employee
designated under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall
coordinate with the employee designated under subsection
(g)(1).
``(4) Liaison.--An 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 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 twice each
year, an employee designated under paragraph (1), or the
employee's designee, shall provide to the congressional
committees specified in subparagraph (B) a briefing on the
responsibilities and activities of the employee designated
under such paragraph.
``(B) Committees specified.--The congressional committees
specified in this subparagraph are the following:
``(i) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Caucus on
International Narcotics Control of the Senate.
``(ii) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.''.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the President should designate an employee of the National
Security Council in accordance with subsection (h) of section
101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021), as
added by subsection (a) of this section.
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