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Calendar No. 144 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1309 

To identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system 

of countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments 

and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States 

assistance to designated countries in order to advance anti-corruption 

efforts in those countries and better serve United States taxpayers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2019 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. COONS) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JULY 11, 2019 

Reported by Mr. RISCH, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish 

a tiered system of countries with respect to levels of 

corruption by their governments and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States assistance to designated countries in order to advance anticorruption efforts in those countries and better serve 

United States taxpayers. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Global Cor5 ruption Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

12 the Senate; 

13 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of 

14 the Senate; 

15 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

16 the Senate; 

17 (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

18 the House of Representatives; 

19 (E) the Committee on Armed Services of 

20 the House of Representatives; and 

21 (F) the Committee on Appropriations of 

22 the House of Representatives. 

23 (2) CORRUPT ACTOR.—The term ‘‘corrupt 

24 actor’’ means— 


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1 (A) any foreign person or entity that is a 

2 government official or government entity re3 sponsible for, or complicit in, an act of corrup4 tion; and 

5 (B) any company, in which a person or en6 tity described in subparagraph (A) has a sig7 nificant stake, which is responsible for, or 

8 complicit in, an act of corruption. 

9 (3) CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘corruption’’ 

10 means the exercise of public power for private gain, 

11 including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, or embezzle12 ment. 

13 (4) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘foreign 

14 assistance’’ means assistance made available 

15 under— 

16 (A) the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

17 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); 

18 (B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 

19 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); or 

20 (C) title 10, United States Code. 

21 (5) GRAND CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘grand 

22 corruption’’ means corruption committed at a high 

23 level of government that— 

24 (A) distorts policies or the central func25 tioning of the country; and 


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1 (B) enables leaders to benefit at the ex2 pense of the public good. 

3 (6) PETTY CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘petty cor4 ruption’’ means the abuse of entrusted power by 

5 low- or mid-level public officials in their interactions 

6 with ordinary citizens. 

7 SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF TIERED RANKING LIST. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall an9 nually publish, on a publicly accessible website, a tiered 

10 ranking of all foreign countries. 

11 (b) TIER 1 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 

12 as a tier 1 country in the ranking published under sub13 section (a) if the government of such country is complying 

14 with the minimum standards set forth in section 4. 

15 (c) TIER 2 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 

16 as a tier 2 country in the ranking published under sub17 section (a) if the government of such country is making 

18 efforts to comply with the minimum standards set forth 

19 in section 4, but is not achieving the requisite level of com20 pliance to be ranked as a tier 1 country. 

21 (d) TIER 3 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 

22 as a tier 3 country in the ranking published under sub23 section (a) if the government of such country is making 

24 de minimis or no efforts to comply with the minimum 

25 standards set forth in section 4. 


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1 SEC. 4. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 

2 CORRUPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF EFFORTS 

3 TO COMBAT CORRUPTION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The government of a country is 

5 complying with the minimum standards for the elimi6 nation of corruption if the government— 

7 (1) has enacted laws and established govern8 ment structures, policies, and practices that prohibit 

9 corruption, including grand corruption and petty 

10 corruption; 

11 (2) enforces the laws described in paragraph (1) 

12 by punishing any person who is found, through a 

13 fair judicial process, to have violated such laws; 

14 (3) prescribes punishment for grand corruption 

15 that is commensurate with the punishment pre16 scribed for serious crimes; 

17 (4) prescribes punishment for petty corruption 

18 that— 

19 (A) provides a sufficiently stringent deter20 rent; and 

21 (B) adequately reflects the nature of the 

22 offense; and 

23 (5) is making serious and sustained efforts to 

24 eliminate corruption. 

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1 er a government is making serious and sustained efforts 

2 to eliminate corruption, the Secretary of State shall con3 sider— 

4 (1) whether the government of the country vig5 orously investigates and prosecutes acts of corrup6 tion and convicts and sentences persons responsible 

7 for such acts that take place wholly or partly within 

8 such country, including, as appropriate, requiring in9 carceration of individuals convicted of such acts; 

10 (2) whether the government of the country vig11 orously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, and sen12 tences public officials who participate in or facilitate 

13 corruption, including nationals of the country who 

14 are deployed in foreign military assignments, trade 

15 delegations abroad, or other similar missions, who 

16 engage in or facilitate severe forms of corruption; 

17 (3) whether the government of the country has 

18 adopted measures to prevent corruption, such as 

19 measures to inform and educate the public, including 

20 potential victims, about the causes and consequences 

21 of corruption; 

22 (4) what steps the government of the country 

23 has taken to prohibit government officials from par24 ticipating in, facilitating, or condoning corruption, 


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1 including the investigation, prosecution, and convic2 tion of such officials; 

3 (5) the extent to which the country provides ac4 cess, or, as appropriate, makes adequate resources 

5 available, to civil society organizations and other in6 stitutions to combat corruption, including reporting, 

7 investigating, and monitoring; 

8 (6) whether an independent judiciary or judicial 

9 body in the country responsible for, and effectively 

10 capable of, deciding corruption cases impartially, on 

11 the basis of facts and in accordance with the law, 

12 without any restrictions, improper influences, in13 ducements, pressures, threats, or interferences (di14 rect or indirect) from any quarter or for any reason; 

15 (7) whether the government of the country is 

16 assisting in international investigations of 

17 transnational corruption networks and in other coop18 erative efforts to combat grand corruption, including 

19 cooperating with the governments of other countries 

20 to extradite corrupt actors; 

21 (8) whether the government of the country rec22 ognizes the rights of victims of corruption, ensures 

23 their access to justice, and takes steps to prevent 

24 victims from being further victimized or persecuted 

25 by corrupt actors, government officials, or others; 


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1 (9) whether the government of the country re2 frains from prosecuting victims of corruption or 

3 whistleblowers due to such persons having assisted 

4 in exposing corruption, and refrains from other dis5 criminatory treatment of such persons; and 

6 (10) such other information relating to corrup7 tion as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. 

8 SEC. 5. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after pub10 lishing the report required under section 3(a), and prior 

11 to obligation by any United States agency of foreign as12 sistance to the government of a country ranked as a tier 

13 3 country under section 3(d), the Secretary of State, in 

14 coordination with the Administrator of the United States 

15 Agency for International Development (referred to in this 

16 Act as the ‘‘USAID Administrator’’) and the Secretary 

17 of Defense, as appropriate, shall— 

18 (1) conduct a corruption risk assessment and 

19 create a corruption mitigation strategy for all United 

20 States foreign assistance programs to that country; 

21 (2) require the inclusion of anti-corruption 

22 clauses for all foreign assistance contracts, grants, 

23 and cooperative agreements, which allow for the ter24 mination of the contract, grant, or cooperative 


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1 agreement without penalty if credible indicators of 

2 corruption are discovered; 

3 (3) require the inclusion of appropriate 

4 clawback clauses for all foreign assistance contracts, 

5 grants, and cooperative agreements to recover 

6 United States taxpayer funds that have been mis7 appropriated from the prime contractor, grantee, or 

8 cooperative agreement participant through corrup9 tion; 

10 (4) require the disclosure of the beneficial own11 ership of all contractors, subcontractors, grantees, 

12 cooperative agreement participants, and other orga13 nizations receiving funding from the United States 

14 Government for foreign assistance programs; and 

15 (5) establish a mechanism for investigating alle16 gations of misappropriated foreign assistance funds 

17 or equipment. 

18 (b) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVER.— 

19 (1) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not 

20 apply to humanitarian assistance, disaster assist21 ance, or assistance to combat corruption. 

22 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, on a pro23 gram-by-program basis, may waive the requirement 

24 to delay foreign assistance under subsection (a) if 

25 the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 


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1 congressional committees that such waiver is impor2 tant to the national security interests of the United 

3 States. 

4 SEC. 6. RESOURCES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

7 submit an annual report to the appropriate congres8 sional committees that outlines the resources needed 

9 to meet the objectives and reports under sections 3 

10 through 5, including— 

11 (A) intelligence data collection needs; 

12 (B) personnel needs; 

13 (C) information technology requirements; 

14 and 

15 (D) a description of the bureaucratic struc16 ture of the offices within the Department of 

17 State and the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development (‘‘USAID’’) that are en19 gaged in anti-corruption activities. 

20 (2) FORM.—The report submitted under para21 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

22 but may include a classified annex. 

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1 ports with anti-corruption components into one online, 

2 public platform, which shall— 

3 (1) include— 

4 (A) the Human Rights Report; 

5 (B) the Fiscal Transparency Report; 

6 (C) the Investment Climate Statement re7 ports; 

8 (D) the International Narcotics Control 

9 Strategy Report; and 

10 (E) any other relevant public reports; and 

11 (2) link to third-party indicators used by the 

12 United States Government to inform policy and pro13 gramming, such as— 

14 (A) the World Bank’s Control of Corrup15 tion Indicator; 

16 (B) the World Bank’s Actionable Govern17 ance Index Data Portal; 

18 (C) the International Finance Corpora19 tion’s Doing Business surveys; 

20 (D) the International Budget Partnership’s 

21 Open Budget Index; 

22 (E) the Global Integrity Index; and 

23 (F) multilateral peer review anti-corruption 

24 compliance mechanisms, such as the 

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1 Development’s Working Group on Bribery in 

2 International Business Transactions and the 

3 United Nations Convention Against Corruption, 

4 done at New York October 31, 2003, to further 

5 highlight expert international views on country 

6 challenges and country efforts. 

7 (c) TRAINING.—To increase the ability of Depart8 ment of State and USAID personnel to support anti-cor9 ruption as a foreign policy and development priority, and 

10 strengthen their ability to design, implement, and evaluate 

11 more effective anti-corruption programming around the 

12 world, including enhancing skills to better evaluate and 

13 mitigate corruption risks in assistance programs, the Sec14 retary of State and the USAID Administrator shall incor15 porate anti-corruption components into existing Foreign 

16 Service and Civil Service training courses. 

17 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) CORRUPT ACTOR.—The term ‘‘corrupt actor’’ 

20 means— 

21 (A) any foreign person or entity that is a 

22 government official or government entity respon23 sible for, or complicit in, an act of public cor24 ruption; and 


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1 (B) any company, in which a person or en2 tity described in subparagraph (A) has a signifi3 cant stake, which is responsible for, or complicit 

4 in, an act of public corruption. 

5 (2) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘foreign 

6 assistance’’ means assistance made available under— 

7 (A) the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); or 

9 (B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 

10 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 

11 (3) GRAND CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘grand cor12 ruption’’ means public corruption committed at a 

13 high level of government that— 

14 (A) distorts policies or the central func15 tioning of the country; and 

16 (B) enables leaders to benefit at the expense 

17 of the public good. 

18 (4) PETTY CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘petty cor19 ruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 

20 public power for private gain by low- or mid-level 

21 public officials in their interactions with ordinary 

22 citizens, including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, or em23 bezzlement. 

24 (5) PUBLIC CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘public cor25 ruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 


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1 public power for private gain, including by bribery, 

2 nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. 

3 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) it is in the foreign policy interest of the 

6 United States to help other countries promote good 

7 governance and combat public corruption, particu8 larly grand corruption; 

9 (2) multiple departments and agencies across the 

10 United States Government operate programs that pro11 mote good governance in foreign countries and en12 hance foreign countries’ ability to combat public cor13 ruption; 

14 (3) the Department of State should promote co15 ordination among programs described in paragraph 

16 (2) to improve their effectiveness and efficiency; and 

17 (4) the Department of State should identify 

18 areas in which United States efforts to help other 

19 countries promote good governance and combat public 

20 corruption could be enhanced. 

21 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT. 

22 The Secretary shall annually submit to the appro23 priate congressional committees and publish, on a publicly 

24 accessible website, a report that— 


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1 (1) groups foreign countries, by quintile, based 

2 on— 

3 (A) the World Bank Worldwide Governance 

4 Indicator on Control of Corruption; and 

5 (B) the World Bank Worldwide Governance 

6 Indicator on Voice and Accountability; 

7 (2) adds context and commentary, as appro8 priate, to the World Bank Worldwide Governance In9 dicator on Control of Corruption and the World Bank 

10 Worldwide Governance Indicator on Voice and Ac11 countability groupings under paragraph (1), as ap12 propriate, based on the factors outlined in section 4; 

13 (3) describes, based on the World Bank World14 wide Governance Indicators and the factors outlined 

15 in section 4, the status of foreign governments’ efforts 

16 to combat public corruption; and 

17 (4) describes the status of each foreign country’s 

18 active membership in voluntary multi-sectoral global 

19 governance initiatives as evidence of the country’s 

20 government-led efforts to combat public corruption. 

21 SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL FACTORS FOR ASSESSING GOVERN22 MENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT PUBLIC CORRUP23 TION. 

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1 ment’s efforts to combat public corruption, the Secretary of 

2 State should consider, to the extent reliable information is 

3 available— 

4 (1) whether the country— 

5 (A) has enacted laws and established gov6 ernment structures, policies, and practices that 

7 prohibit public corruption, including grand cor8 ruption and petty corruption; and 

9 (B) enforces such laws through a fair judi10 cial process; 

11 (2) whether the country prescribes appropriate 

12 punishment for grand corruption that is commensu13 rate with the punishment prescribed for serious 

14 crimes; 

15 (3) whether the country prescribes appropriate 

16 punishment for petty corruption that provides a suffi17 ciently stringent deterrent and adequately reflects the 

18 nature of the offense; 

19 (4) the extent to which the government of the 

20 country— 

21 (A) vigorously investigates and prosecutes 

22 acts of public corruption; and 

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1 priate, requiring the incarceration of individuals 

2 convicted of such acts; 

3 (5) the extent to which the government of the 

4 country vigorously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, 

5 and sentences public officials who participate in or 

6 facilitate public corruption, including nationals of the 

7 country who are deployed in foreign military assign8 ments, trade delegations abroad, or other similar mis9 sions who engage in or facilitate severe forms of pub10 lic corruption; 

11 (6) the extent to which the government of the 

12 country has adopted measures to prevent public cor13 ruption, such as measures to inform and educate the 

14 public, including potential victims, about the causes 

15 and consequences of public corruption; 

16 (7) steps taken by the government of the country 

17 to prohibit government officials from participating 

18 in, facilitating, or condoning public corruption, in19 cluding the investigation, prosecution, and conviction 

20 of such officials; 

21 (8) the extent to which the country government 

22 provides access, or, as appropriate, makes adequate 

23 resources available, to civil society organizations and 

24 other institutions to combat public corruption, includ25 ing reporting, investigating, and monitoring; 


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1 (9) the extent to which an independent judiciary 

2 or judicial body in the country is responsible for, and 

3 effectively capable of, deciding public corruption cases 

4 impartially, on the basis of facts and in accordance 

5 with the law, without any improper restrictions, in6 fluences, inducements, pressures, threats, or inter7 ferences (direct or indirect) from any source or for 

8 any reason; 

9 (10) the extent to which the government of the 

10 country is assisting in international investigations of 

11 transnational public corruption networks and in 

12 other cooperative efforts to combat grand corruption, 

13 including cooperating with the governments of other 

14 countries to extradite corrupt actors; 

15 (11) the extent to which the government of the 

16 country recognizes the rights of victims of public cor17 ruption, ensures their access to justice, and takes steps 

18 to prevent victims from being further victimized or 

19 persecuted by corrupt actors, government officials, or 

20 others; 

21 (12) the extent to which the government of the 

22 country refrains from prosecuting legitimate victims 

23 of public corruption or whistleblowers due to such 

24 persons having assisted in exposing public corruption, 


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1 and refrains from other discriminatory treatment of 

2 such persons; and 

3 (13) such other information relating to public 

4 corruption as the Secretary of State considers appro5 priate. 

6 SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 

7 POINTS OF CONTACT. 

8 (a) DESIGNATED COUNTRIES.—The Secretary of State 

9 shall annually designate an anti-corruption point of con10 tact at the United States Mission to each country that he 

11 or she determines is in need of such a point of contact. 

12 (b) POINTS OF CONTACT DUTIES.—Each designated 

13 anti-corruption point of contact shall be responsible for co14 ordinating a whole-of-government approach to combating 

15 public corruption in his or her posted country among rel16 evant United States Government departments or agencies 

17 with a presence in that country, including, as applicable, 

18 the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the De19 partment of the Treasury, the Department of Homeland Se20 curity, and the United States Agency for International De21 velopment. 

22 (c) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall develop 

23 and implement appropriate training for designated anti24 corruption points of contact. 


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1 (d) INTERNAL REPORTING.—Each anti-corruption 

2 point of contact shall submit an annual report to the Sec3 retary regarding anti-corruption activities within his or 

4 her posted country that— 

5 (1) evaluates the effectiveness of current pro6 grams that promote good governance and have an ef7 fect of combating public corruption; and 

8 (2) identifies areas in which the United States 

9 Government’s approach could be enhanced, including 

10 specific programs that could be used to enhance the 

11 whole-of-government approach. 

12 SEC. 6. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall have 

14 primary responsibility for managing a whole-of-government 

15 effort to improve coordination among United States Gov16 ernment departments and agencies that have a role in pro17 moting good governance in foreign countries and enhancing 

18 foreign countries’ ability to combat public corruption. 

19 (b) TASK FORCE.— 

20 (1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary of State shall establish and convene an initial 

23 meeting of an interagency task force, which shall be 

24 composed of— 


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1 (A) representatives appointed by the Presi2 dent from the departments and agency listed in 

3 section 5(b); and 

4 (B) representatives from any other United 

5 States Government departments or agencies, as 

6 determined by the Secretary. 

7 (2) ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.—The task force de8 scribed in paragraph (1) shall meet not less frequently 

9 than twice per year. 

10 (c) TASK FORCE DUTIES.—The task force established 

11 pursuant to subsection (b) shall— 

12 (1) assist the Secretary of State in managing the 

13 whole-of-government effort described in subsection (a); 

14 (2) evaluate, on a general basis, the effectiveness 

15 of current programs that have an effect of combating 

16 public corruption; 

17 (3) identify general areas in which the United 

18 States Government’s approach could be enhanced; and 

19 (4) identify specific programs for specific coun20 tries that could be used to enhance the whole-of-gov21 ernment approach. 

22 SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after pub24 lishing the report required under section 3, and prior to 

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1 ance to the government of a country ranked in the lowest 

2 2 quintiles in the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indi3 cator on Control of Corruption grouping described in sec4 tion 3(1), the Secretary, in coordination with the Adminis5 trator of USAID, as appropriate, shall— 

6 (1) conduct a corruption risk assessment and 

7 create a corruption mitigation strategy for all United 

8 States foreign assistance programs in that country; 

9 (2) require the inclusion of anti-corruption 

10 clauses for all foreign assistance contracts, grants, 

11 and cooperative agreements, which allow for the ter12 mination of the contract, grant, or cooperative agree13 ment without penalty if credible indicators of public 

14 corruption are discovered; 

15 (3) require the inclusion of appropriate clawback 

16 clauses for all foreign assistance that has been mis17 appropriated through corruption; 

18 (4) require the appropriate disclosure to the 

19 United States Government, in confidential form, if 

20 necessary, of the beneficial ownership of contractors, 

21 subcontractors, grantees, cooperative agreement par22 ticipants, and other organizations receiving funding 

23 from the United States Government for foreign assist24 ance programs; and 


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1 (5) establish a mechanism for investigating alle2 gations of misappropriated foreign assistance funds 

3 or equipment. 

4 (b) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVER.— 

5 (1) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not 

6 apply to humanitarian assistance, disaster assistance, 

7 or assistance to combat corruption. 

8 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive 

9 the requirement to delay foreign assistance under sub10 section (a) if the Secretary certifies to the appropriate 

11 congressional committees that such waiver is impor12 tant to the national security interests of the United 

13 States. 

14 SEC. 8. RESOURCES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

15 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

18 thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

19 to the appropriate congressional committees that out20 lines the resources needed to meet the objectives of this 

21 Act, including— 

22 (A) personnel needs; and 

23 (B) a description of the bureaucratic struc24 ture of the offices within the Department of State 


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1 and USAID that are engaged in anti-corruption 

2 activities. 

3 (b) ANNUAL BRIEFING.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

6 thereafter, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate 

7 congressional committees on the implementation of 

8 this Act, including— 

9 (A) the designation of anti-corruption 

10 points of contact for countries under section 5(a); 

11 (B) the training implemented under section 

12 5(c); 

13 (C) the reports received from anti-corrup14 tion points of contact under section 5(d); 

15 (D) the management of the whole-of-govern16 ment effort to improve coordination under sec17 tion 6(a); 

18 (E) the establishment of the task force under 

19 section 6(b); and 

20 (F) the activities of the task force under sec21 tion 6(c). 

22 (2) FORM OF BRIEFING.—The briefings under 

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1 sional committees. Portions of the briefings may be 

2 conducted in a classified setting, as needed. 

3 (c) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The Secretary of State and 

4 the USAID Administrator shall consolidate existing reports 

5 with anti-corruption components into one online, public 

6 platform, which shall— 

7 (1) include— 

8 (A) the Human Rights Report; 

9 (B) the Fiscal Transparency Report; 

10 (C) the Investment Climate Statement re11 ports; 

12 (D) the International Narcotics Control 

13 Strategy Report; and 

14 (E) any other relevant public reports; 

15 (2) link to third-party indicators and compli16 ance mechanisms used by the United States Govern17 ment to inform policy and programming, such as— 

18 (A) the International Finance Corporation’s 

19 Doing Business surveys; 

20 (B) the International Budget Partnership’s 

21 Open Budget Index; and 

22 (C) multilateral peer review anti-corruption 

23 compliance mechanisms, such as the 

24 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 

25 Development’s Working Group on Bribery in 


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•S 1309 RS

1 International Business Transactions and the 

2 United Nations Convention Against Corruption, 

3 done at New York October 31, 2003, to further 

4 highlight expert international views on country 

5 challenges and country efforts. 

6 (d) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State and the 

7 USAID Administrator shall incorporate anti-corruption 

8 components into existing Foreign Service and Civil Service 

9 training courses— 

10 (1) to increase the ability of Department of State 

11 and USAID personnel to support anti-corruption as 

12 a foreign policy and development priority; and 

13 (2) to strengthen their ability to design, imple14 ment, and evaluate more effective anti-corruption pro15 gramming around the world, including enhancing 

16 skills to better evaluate and mitigate public corrup17 tion risks in assistance programs. 


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Calendar No. 144 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1309 

A BILL 

To identify and combat corruption in countries, to 

States taxpayers. forts in those countries and better serve United countries in order to advance anti-corruption efto assess United States assistance to designated and their efforts to combat such corruption, and spect to levels of corruption by their governments establish a tiered system of countries with reJULY 11, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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