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Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2023
H.R. 137, 118th Congress
- Status
- In committee
- Introduced
- 01/09/2023
- Cosponsors
- 7
- Latest action
- 01/09/2023
About this bill
- Official title
- Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2023
- Sponsor
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Introduced in
- House
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Committees
- Judiciary Committee
- Latest action
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
Congressional Research Service, Introduced in House (01/09/2023)
Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish and regularly update its website with an accounting of property that is forfeited to the United States as a result of foreign government corruption. It also expresses the sense of Congress that recovered assets shall be returned for the benefit of the people harmed by the corruption.
Actions
Newest first
- 01/09/2023 · House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 01/09/2023
Introduced in House
Subjects: Accounting and auditing, Criminal justice information and records, Foreign property, Fraud offenses and financial crimes, Government ethics and transparency, public corruption, Government information and archives, Government trust funds.
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office, GovInfo Bill Status; Congressional Research Service summaries · Last updated 01/09/2023