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1	1	II
2	2	118THCONGRESS
3	3	1
4	4	STSESSION S. 2347
5	5	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign official from
6	6	demanding a bribe, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JULY18, 2023
9	9	Mr. W
10	10	HITEHOUSE(for himself, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. KEN-
11	11	NEDY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
12	12	to the Committee on the Judiciary
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign
15	15	official from demanding a bribe, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Extortion Pre-4
20	20	vention Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DEMAND FOR BRIBE. 6
22	22	Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is 7
23	23	amended— 8
24	24	(1) in subsection (a)— 9
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28	28	(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1
29	29	the end; 2
30	30	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-3
31	31	riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 4
32	32	(C) by adding at the end the following: 5
33	33	‘‘(4) the term ‘foreign official’ means— 6
34	34	‘‘(A)(i) any official or employee of a for-7
35	35	eign government or any department, agency, or 8
36	36	instrumentality thereof; or 9
37	37	‘‘(ii) any senior foreign political figure, as 10
38	38	defined in section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of 11
39	39	Federal Regulations, or any successor regula-12
40	40	tion; 13
41	41	‘‘(B) any official or employee of a public 14
42	42	international organization; 15
43	43	‘‘(C) any person acting in an official ca-16
44	44	pacity for or on behalf of— 17
45	45	‘‘(i) a government, department, agen-18
46	46	cy, or instrumentality described in sub-19
47	47	paragraph (A)(i); or 20
48	48	‘‘(ii) a public international organiza-21
49	49	tion; or 22
50	50	‘‘(D) any person acting in an unofficial ca-23
51	51	pacity for or on behalf of— 24
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55	55	‘‘(i) a government, department, agen-1
56	56	cy, or instrumentality described in sub-2
57	57	paragraph (A)(i); or 3
58	58	‘‘(ii) a public international organiza-4
59	59	tion; and 5
60	60	‘‘(5) the term ‘public international organization’ 6
61	61	means— 7
62	62	‘‘(A) an organization that is designated by 8
63	63	Executive order pursuant to section 1 of the 9
64	64	International Organizations Immunities Act (22 10
65	65	U.S.C. 288); or 11
66	66	‘‘(B) any other international organization 12
67	67	that is designated by the President by Execu-13
68	68	tive order for the purposes of this section, effec-14
69	69	tive as of the date of publication of such order 15
70	70	in the Federal Register.’’; and 16
71	71	(2) by adding at the end the following: 17
72	72	‘‘(f) P
73	73	ROHIBITION OFDEMAND FOR ABRIBE.— 18
74	74	‘‘(1) O
75	75	FFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for any 19
76	76	foreign official or person selected to be a foreign of-20
77	77	ficial to corruptly demand, seek, receive, accept, or 21
78	78	agree to receive or accept, directly or indirectly, any-22
79	79	thing of value personally or for any other person or 23
80	80	nongovernmental entity, by making use of the mails 24
81	81	or any means or instrumentality of interstate com-25
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84	84	•S 2347 IS
85	85	merce, from any person (as defined in section 104A 1
86	86	of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 2
87	87	U.S.C. 78dd–3), except that that definition shall be 3
88	88	applied without regard to whether the person is an 4
89	89	offender) while in the territory of the United States, 5
90	90	from an issuer (as defined in section 3(a) of the Se-6
91	91	curities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a))), 7
92	92	or from a domestic concern (as defined in section 8
93	93	104 of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 9
94	94	(15 U.S.C. 78dd–2)), in return for— 10
95	95	‘‘(A) being influenced in the performance 11
96	96	of any official act; 12
97	97	‘‘(B) being induced to do or omit to do any 13
98	98	act in violation of the official duty of such for-14
99	99	eign official or person; or 15
100	100	‘‘(C) conferring any improper advantage, 16
101	101	in connection with obtaining or retaining business 17
102	102	for or with, or directing business to, any person. 18
103	103	‘‘(2) P
104	104	ENALTIES.—Any person who violates 19
105	105	paragraph (1) shall be fined not more than 20
106	106	$250,000 or 3 times the monetary equivalent of the 21
107	107	thing of value, imprisoned for not more than 15 22
108	108	years, or both. 23
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112	112	‘‘(3) JURISDICTION.—An offense under para-1
113	113	graph (1) shall be subject to extraterritorial Federal 2
114	114	jurisdiction. 3
115	115	‘‘(4) R
116	116	EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 4
117	117	date of enactment of the Foreign Extortion Preven-5
118	118	tion Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney Gen-6
119	119	eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 7
120	120	of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary 8
121	121	of the House of Representatives, and post on the 9
122	122	publicly available website of the Department of Jus-10
123	123	tice, a report— 11
124	124	‘‘(A) focusing, in part, on demands by for-12
125	125	eign officials for bribes from entities domiciled 13
126	126	or incorporated in the United States, and the 14
127	127	efforts of foreign governments to prosecute such 15
128	128	cases; 16
129	129	‘‘(B) addressing United States diplomatic 17
130	130	efforts to protect entities domiciled or incor-18
131	131	porated in the United States from foreign brib-19
132	132	ery, and the effectiveness of those efforts in 20
133	133	protecting such entities; 21
134	134	‘‘(C) summarizing major actions taken 22
135	135	under this section in the previous year, includ-23
136	136	ing enforcement actions taken and penalties im-24
137	137	posed; 25
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141	141	‘‘(D) evaluating the effectiveness of the 1
142	142	Department of Justice in enforcing this section; 2
143	143	and 3
144	144	‘‘(E) detailing what resources or legislative 4
145	145	action the Department of Justice needs to en-5
146	146	sure adequate enforcement of this section. 6
147	147	‘‘(5) R
148	148	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—This sub-7
149	149	section shall not be construed as encompassing con-8
150	150	duct that would violate section 30A of the Securities 9
151	151	Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78dd–1) or sec-10
152	152	tion 104 or 104A of the Foreign Corrupt Practices 11
153	153	Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. 78dd–2; 15 U.S.C. 78dd– 12
154	154	3) whether pursuant to a theory of direct liability, 13
155	155	conspiracy, complicity, or otherwise.’’. 14
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