I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4737 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign official from 
demanding a bribe, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2021 
Ms. JACKSON
LEE
(for herself, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Ms. PORTER, Mr. PHILLIPS, and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign 
official from demanding a bribe, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Extortion Pre-
vention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DEMAND FOR BRIBE. 
Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘foreign official’ means— 
‘‘(A) any official or employee of a foreign 
government or any department, agency, or in-
strumentality thereof; 
‘‘(B) any official or employee of a public 
international organization; 
‘‘(C) any person acting in an official ca-
pacity for or on behalf of any such government 
or department, agency, or instrumentality, or 
for or on behalf of any such public international 
organization; or 
‘‘(D) any person acting in an unofficial ca-
pacity for or on behalf of and with authoriza-
tion from any such government or department, 
agency, or instrumentality, or for or on behalf 
of and with authorization from any such public 
international organization. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘public international organiza-
tion’ means— 
‘‘(A) an organization that is designated by 
Executive order pursuant to section 1 of the 
International Organizations Immunities Act (22 
U.S.C. 288); or 
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‘‘(B) any other international organization 
that is designated by the President by Execu-
tive order for the purposes of this section, effec-
tive as of the date of publication of such order 
in the Federal Register.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 
foreign official or person selected to be a foreign official 
to corruptly demand, seek, receive, accept, or agree to re-
ceive or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of value 
personally or for any other person or non-governmental 
entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, in return for— 
‘‘(A) being influenced in the performance of any 
official act; 
‘‘(B) being induced to do or omit to do any act 
in violation of the official duty of such official or 
person; or 
‘‘(C) conferring any improper advantage, 
in connection with obtaining or retaining business for or 
with, or directing business to, any person. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—Any person who violates 
paragraph (1) of this section shall be fined not more 
than $250,000 or three times the monetary equiva-
lent of the thing of value, or imprisoned for not 
more than fifteen years, or both. 
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