I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4696 
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 18, 2023 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KEATING, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. SALA-
ZAR, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. EVANS, Mr. IVEY, and 
Mr. CLEAVER) introduced the following 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— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the term ‘foreign official’ means— 
‘‘(A)(i) any official or employee of a for-
eign government or any department, agency, or 
instrumentality thereof; or 
‘‘(ii) any senior foreign political figure, as 
defined in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any successor regula-
tion; 
‘‘(B) any official or employee of a public 
international organization; 
‘‘(C) any person acting in an official ca-
pacity for or on behalf of— 
‘‘(i) a government, department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality described in sub-
paragraph (A)(i); or 
‘‘(ii) a public international organiza-
tion; or 
‘‘(D) any person acting in an unofficial ca-
pacity for or on behalf of— 
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‘‘(i) a government, department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality described in sub-
paragraph (A)(i); or 
‘‘(ii) a public international organiza-
tion; and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘public international organization’ 
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 
‘‘(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) PROHIBITION OF DEMAND FOR A BRIBE.— 
‘‘(1) OFFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any 
foreign official or person selected to be a foreign of-
ficial to corruptly demand, seek, receive, accept, or 
agree to receive or accept, directly or indirectly, any-
thing of value personally or for any other person or 
nongovernmental entity, by making use of the mails 
or any means or instrumentality of interstate com-
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