SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Global Cor-
ruption Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CORRUPT
ACTOR.—The term ‘‘corrupt 
actor’’ means— 
(A) any foreign person or entity that is a 
government official or government entity re-
sponsible for, or complicit in, an act of corrup-
tion; and 
(B) any company, in which a person or en-
tity described in subparagraph (A) has a sig-
nificant stake, which is responsible for, or 
complicit in, an act of corruption. 
(2) 
CORRUPTION.—The 
term 
‘‘corruption’’ 
means the unlawful exercise of entrusted public 
power for private gain, including by bribery, nepo-
tism, fraud, or embezzlement. 
(3) SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘sig-
nificant corruption’’ means corruption committed at 
a high level of government that— 
(A) illegitimately distorts major decision- 
making, such as policy or resource determina-
tions, or other fundamental functions of govern-
ance; and 
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(B) involves economically or socially large- 
scale government activities. 
SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF TIERED RANKING LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall an-
nually publish, on a publicly accessible website, a tiered 
ranking of all foreign countries. 
(b) TIER 1 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 
as a tier 1 country in the ranking published under sub-
section (a) if the government of such country is complying 
with the minimum standards set forth in section 4. 
(c) TIER 2 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 
as a tier 2 country in the ranking published under sub-
section (a) if the government of such country is making 
efforts to comply with the minimum standards set forth 
in section 4, but is not achieving the requisite level of com-
pliance to be ranked as a tier 1 country. 
(d) TIER 3 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 
as a tier 3 country in the ranking published under sub-
section (a) if the government of such country is making 
de minimis or no efforts to comply with the minimum 
standards set forth in section 4. 
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SEC. 4. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
CORRUPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF EFFORTS 
TO COMBAT CORRUPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The government of a country is 
complying with the minimum standards for the elimi-
nation of corruption if the government— 
(1) has enacted and implemented laws and es-
tablished government structures, policies, and prac-
tices that prohibit and generally deter corruption, in-
cluding significant corruption; 
(2) enforces the laws described in paragraph (1) 
by punishing any person who is found, through a 
fair judicial process, to have violated such laws; 
(3) prescribes punishment for significant cor-
ruption that is commensurate with the punishment 
prescribed for serious crimes; and 
(4) is making serious and sustained efforts to 
address corruption, including through prevention. 
(b) FACTORS
FOR ASSESSING GOVERNMENT EF-
FORTS TO COMBAT CORRUPTION.—In determining wheth-
er a government is making serious and sustained efforts 
to address corruption, the Secretary of State shall con-
sider, to the extent relevant or appropriate, factors such 
as— 
(1) whether the government of the country has 
criminalized corruption, investigates and prosecutes 
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acts of corruption, and convicts and sentences per-
sons responsible for such acts over which it has ju-
risdiction, including, as appropriate, incarcerating 
individuals convicted of such acts; 
(2) whether the government of the country vig-
orously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, and sen-
tences public officials who participate in or facilitate 
corruption, including nationals of the country who 
are deployed in foreign military assignments, trade 
delegations abroad, or other similar missions, who 
engage in or facilitate significant corruption; 
(3) whether the government of the country has 
adopted measures to prevent corruption, such as 
measures to inform and educate the public, including 
potential victims, about the causes and consequences 
of corruption; 
(4) whether the government of the country has 
taken steps to prohibit government officials from 
participating in, facilitating, or condoning corrup-
tion, including the investigation, prosecution, and 
conviction of such officials; 
(5) the extent to which the country provides ac-
cess, or, as appropriate, makes adequate resources 
available, to civil society organizations and other in-
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stitutions to combat corruption, including reporting, 
investigating, and monitoring; 
(6) whether an independent judiciary or judicial 
body in the country is responsible for, and effectively 
capable of, deciding corruption cases impartially, on 
the basis of facts and in accordance with the law, 
without any improper restrictions, influences, in-
ducements, pressures, threats, or interferences (di-
rect or indirect); 
(7) whether the government of the country is 
assisting 
in 
international 
investigations 
of 
transnational corruption networks and in other coop-
erative efforts to combat significant corruption, in-
cluding, as appropriate, cooperating with the govern-
ments of other countries to extradite corrupt actors; 
(8) whether the government of the country rec-
ognizes the rights of victims of corruption, ensures 
their access to justice, and takes steps to prevent 
victims from being further victimized or persecuted 
by corrupt actors, government officials, or others; 
(9) whether the government of the country pro-
tects victims of corruption or whistleblowers from re-
prisal due to such persons having assisted in expos-
ing corruption, and refrains from other discrimina-
tory treatment of such persons; 
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(10) whether the government of the country is 
willing and able to recover and, as appropriate, re-
turn the proceeds of corruption; 
(11) whether the government of the country is 
taking steps to implement financial transparency 
measures in line with the Financial Action Task 
Force recommendations, including due diligence and 
beneficial ownership transparency requirements; 
(12) whether the government of the country is 
facilitating corruption in other countries in connec-
tion with state-directed investment, loans or grants 
for major infrastructure, or other initiatives; and 
(13) such other information relating to corrup-
tion as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. 
(c) ASSESSING GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT 
CORRUPTION
IN
RELATION
TO
RELEVANT
INTER-
NATIONAL COMMITMENTS.—In determining whether a 
government is making serious and sustained efforts to ad-
dress corruption, the Secretary of State shall consider the 
government of a country’s compliance with the following, 
as relevant: 
(1) The Inter-American Convention against 
Corruption of the Organization of American States, 
done at Caracas March 29, 1996. 
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(2) The Convention on Combating Bribery of 
Foreign Public Officials in International Business 
Transactions of the Organisation of Economic Co- 
operation and Development, done at Paris December 
21, 1997 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Anti-Brib-
ery Convention’’). 
(3) The United Nations Convention against 
Transnational Organized Crime, done at New York 
November 15, 2000. 
(4) The United Nations Convention against 
Corruption, done at New York October 31, 2003. 
(5) Such other treaties, agreements, and inter-
national standards as the Secretary of State con-
siders appropriate. 
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS UNDER GLOBAL 
MAGNITSKY 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of the Treasury, should evaluate 
whether there are foreign persons engaged in significant 
corruption for the purposes of potential imposition of 
sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac-
countability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 
114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) in all countries identified 
as tier 3 countries under section 3. 
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(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after publishing the list required by section 3(a) and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
committees specified in subsection (e) a report that in-
cludes— 
(1) a list of foreign persons with respect to 
which the President imposed sanctions pursuant to 
the evaluation under subsection (a); 
(2) the dates on which such sanctions were im-
posed; and 
(3) the reasons for imposing such sanctions. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required by sub-
section (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
include a classified annex. 
(d) BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, may provide a briefing to the committees specified 
in subsection (e) instead of submitting a written report 
required under subsection (b), if doing so would better 
serve existing United States anti-corruption efforts or the 
national interests of the United States. 
(e) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees speci-
fied in this subsection are— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
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Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services, and the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 
POINTS OF CONTACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall an-
nually designate an anti-corruption point of contact at the 
United States diplomatic post to each country identified 
as tier 2 or tier 3 under section 3, 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 enhancing coordination and promoting the imple-
mentation of a whole-of-government approach among the 
relevant Federal departments and agencies undertaking 
efforts to— 
(1) promote good governance in foreign coun-
tries; and 
(2) enhance the ability of such countries— 
(A) to combat public corruption; and 
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(B) to 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). 
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