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(H) holds private sector representatives ac-
countable for their role in public corruption; and 
(I) addresses threats for civil society to 
monitor anti-corruption efforts; 
(3) further consider— 
(A) verifiable measures taken by the govern-
ment of a country identified under paragraph 
(1) to prohibit government officials from partici-
pating in, facilitating, or condoning public cor-
ruption, including the investigation, prosecution, 
and conviction of such officials; 
(B) the extent to which such government 
provides access, or, as appropriate, makes ade-
quate resources available, to civil society organi-
zations and other institutions to combat public 
corruption, including reporting, investigating, 
and monitoring; 
(C) the extent to which an independent ju-
diciary or judicial body in such country is re-
sponsible for, and effectively capable of, deciding 
public corruption cases impartially, on the basis 
of facts and in accordance with law, without any 
improper restrictions, influences, inducements, 
pressures, threats, or interferences, whether direct 
or indirect, from any source or for any reason; 
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(D) the extent to which such government co-
operates meaningfully with the United States to 
strengthen government and judicial institutions 
and the rule of law to prevent, prohibit, and 
punish public corruption; and 
(E) the extent to which such government— 
(i) is assisting in international inves-
tigations of transnational public corruption 
networks and in other cooperative efforts to 
combat serious, significant corruption, in-
cluding cooperating with the governments of 
other countries to extradite corrupt actors; 
(ii) recognizes the rights of victims of 
public corruption, ensures their access to 
justice, and takes steps to prevent such vic-
tims from being further victimized or per-
secuted by corrupt actors, government offi-
cials, or others; and 
(iii) refrains from prosecuting legiti-
mate victims of public corruption or whis-
tleblowers due to such persons having as-
sisted in exposing public corruption, and 
refrains from other discriminatory treat-
ment of such persons; and 
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(4) contain such other information relating to 
public corruption as the Secretary of State considers 
appropriate. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION.—After conducting each assess-
ment under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall iden-
tify, of the countries described in subsection (a)(1)— 
(1) which countries are meeting minimum 
standards to combat public corruption; 
(2) which countries are not meeting such min-
imum standards but are making significant efforts to 
do so; and 
(3) which countries are not meeting such min-
imum standards and are not making significant ef-
forts to do so. 
(c) REPORT.—Except as provided in subsection (d), 
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and annually thereafter through fiscal year 2027, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate a report, and make such report pub-
licly available, that— 
(1) identifies the countries described in sub-
section (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub-
section (b); 
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(2) describes the methodology and data utilized 
in the assessments under subsection (a); and 
(3) identifies the reasons for the identifications 
referred to in paragraph (1). 
(d) BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT.—The Secretary of 
State may waive the requirement to submit and make pub-
licly available a written report under subsection (c) if the 
Secretary— 
(1) determines that publication of such report 
would— 
(A) undermine existing United States anti- 
corruption efforts in one or more countries; or 
(B) threaten the national interests of the 
United States; and 
(2) provides to the appropriate congressional 
committees a briefing that— 
(A) identifies the countries described in sub-
section (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
subsection (b); 
(B) describes the methodology and data uti-
lized in the assessment under subsection (a); and 
(C) identifies the reasons for the identifica-
tions referred to in subparagraph (A). 
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SEC. 1703. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
For each country identified under paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of section 1702(b), the Secretary of State, in coordina-
tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, as appropriate, shall— 
(1) ensure that a corruption risk assessment and 
mitigation strategy is included in the integrated 
country strategy for such country; and 
(2) utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat 
corruption in such countries, including by ensuring— 
(A) the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses 
in contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements 
entered into by the Department of State or the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for or in such countries, which allow for 
the termination of such contracts, grants, or co-
operative agreements, as the case may be, with-
out penalty if credible indicators of public cor-
ruption are discovered; 
(B) the inclusion of appropriate clawback 
or flowdown clauses within the procurement in-
struments of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment that provide for the recovery of funds mis-
appropriated through corruption; 
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(C) the appropriate disclosure to the United 
States Government, in confidential form, if nec-
essary, of the beneficial ownership of contractors, 
subcontractors, grantees, cooperative agreement 
participants, and other organizations imple-
menting programs on behalf of the Department 
of State or the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development; and 
(D) the establishment of mechanisms for in-
vestigating allegations of misappropriated re-
sources and equipment. 
SEC. 1704. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 
POINTS OF CONTACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall annu-
ally designate an anti-corruption point of contact at the 
United States diplomatic post to each country identified 
under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1702(b), or which 
the Secretary otherwise determines is in need of such a 
point of contact. The point of contact shall be the chief of 
mission or the chief of mission’s designee. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each anti-corruption point 
of contact designated under subsection (a) shall be respon-
sible for coordinating and overseeing the implementation of 
a whole-of-government approach among the relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies operating programs that— 
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(1) promote good governance in foreign coun-
tries; and 
(2) enhance the ability of such countries to— 
(A) combat public corruption; and 
(B) develop and implement corruption risk 
assessment tools and mitigation strategies. 
(c) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall imple-
ment appropriate training for anti-corruption points of 
contact designated under subsection (a). 
TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 1801. CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT REFORM. 
Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘sixty’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) Each department or agency of the United States 
Government that enters into any international agreement 
described in subsection (a) on behalf of the United States, 
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shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 
who— 
‘‘(1) shall be a current employee of such depart-
ment or agency; 
‘‘(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter-
national Agreements Officer; and 
‘‘(3) subject to the authority of the head of such 
department or agency, shall have department or agen-
cy-wide responsibility for efficient and appropriate 
compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the text of 
any international agreement to the Department of 
State expeditiously after such agreement has been 
signed.’’. 
SEC. 1802. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN 
DEFAULT. 
Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2370(q)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No assistance’’ and inserting the 
following ‘‘(1) No assistance’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before ‘‘any 
country’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before ‘‘such 
country’’ each place it appears; 
(4) by striking ‘‘determines’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘determines, after consultation with the 
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Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, that assist-
ance for such country is in the national interest of the 
United States.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) No assistance shall be furnished under this Act, 
the Peace Corps Act, the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, 
the African Development Foundation Act, the BUILD Act 
of 2018, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, or sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act to the government 
of any country which is in default during a period in excess 
of 1 calendar year in payment to the United States of prin-
cipal or interest or any loan made to the government of 
such country by the United States unless the President de-
termines, following consultation with the congressional com-
mittees specified in paragraph (1), that assistance for such 
country is in the national interest of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 1803. SEAN AND DAVID GOLDMAN CHILD ABDUCTION 
PREVENTION AND RETURN ACT OF 2014 
AMENDMENT. 
Subsection (b) of section 101 of the Sean and David 
Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and 
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Return Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 9111; Public Law 113–150) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, respectively,’’ after 
‘‘access cases’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and the number of 
children involved’’ before the semicolon at 
the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘re-
spectively, the number of children involved,’’ 
after ‘‘access cases,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, and num-
ber of children involved in such cases’’ before the 
semicolon at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(4) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(10) the total number of pending cases the De-
partment of State has assigned to case officers and 
number of children involved for each country and as 
a total for all countries.’’. 
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SEC. 1804. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES OF COMMIS-
SION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3123 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 312302, by inserting ‘‘, and 
unimpeded access to those sites,’’ after ‘‘and historic 
buildings’’. 
(2) In section 312304(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and historic buildings’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and historic buildings, and 
unimpeded access to those sites’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and protected’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, protected, and made accessible’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and pro-
tecting’’ and inserting ‘‘, protecting, and making 
accessible’’. 
(3) In section 312305, by inserting ‘‘and to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate’’ after ‘‘President’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commission for the Preser-
vation of America’s Heritage Abroad shall submit to the 
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President and to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate a report that contains an evaluation 
of the extent to which the Commission is prepared to con-
tinue its activities and accomplishments with respect to the 
foreign heritage of United States citizens from eastern and 
central Europe, were the Commission’s duties and powers 
extended to include other regions, including the Middle East 
and North Africa, and any additional resources or per-
sonnel the Commission would require. 
SEC. 1805. CHIEF OF MISSION CONCURRENCE. 
In the course of providing concurrence to the exercise 
of the authority pursuant to section 127e of title 10, United 
State Code, or section 1202 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018— 
(1) each relevant chief of mission shall inform 
and consult in a timely manner with relevant indi-
viduals at relevant missions or bureaus of the Depart-
ment of State; and 
(2) the Secretary of State shall take such steps 
as may be necessary to ensure that such relevant indi-
viduals have the security clearances necessary and ac-
cess to relevant compartmented and special programs 
to so consult in a timely manner with respect to such 
concurrence. 
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