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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3781
To require an accounting of certain property forfeited to the United States,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 8, 2021
Mr. MALINOWSKI (for himself, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. FITZPATRICK,
Mr. COHEN, Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. PORTER, Mr. MEIJER, Ms. SPANBERGER,
Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require an accounting of certain property forfeited to
the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice for Victims
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of Kleptocracy Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. FORFEITED PROPERTY.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 46 of title 18, United
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States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘§ 988. Accounting of certain forfeited property
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‘‘(a) ACCOUNTING.—The Attorney General shall
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make available to the public an accounting of any property
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relating to foreign government corruption that is forfeited
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to the United States under section 981 or 982.
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‘‘(b) FORMAT.—The accounting described under sub-
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section (a) shall be published on the website of the Depart-
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ment of Justice in a format that includes the following:
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‘‘(1) A heading as follows: ‘Assets stolen from
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the people of llllll and recovered by the
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United States’, the blank space being filled with the
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name of the foreign government that is the target of
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corruption.
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‘‘(2) The total amount recovered by the United
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States on behalf of the foreign people that is the tar-
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get of corruption at the time when such recovered
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funds are deposited into the Department of Justice
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Asset Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the
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Treasury Forfeiture Fund
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‘‘(c) UPDATED WEBSITE.—The Attorney General
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shall update the website of the Department of Justice to
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include an accounting of any new property relating to for-
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eign government corruption that has been forfeited to the
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United States under section 981 or 982 not later than
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14 days after such forfeiture, unless such update would
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compromise an ongoing law enforcement investigation.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
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for chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
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by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘988. Accounting of certain forfeited property.’’.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
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It is the sense of Congress that recovered assets be
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returned for the benefit of the people harmed by the cor-
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ruption under conditions that reasonably ensure the trans-
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parent and effective use, administration and monitoring
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of returned proceeds.
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