Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill extends and regularizes the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards program created in the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act. It changes the statutory heading and program name from a pilot program to the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program. It removes the prior three-year limit and replaces the sunset with a seven-year period beginning on the date this bill is enacted.
The program is designed to reward information that helps the United States identify, restrain, seize, or recover assets linked to foreign government corruption. By extending the program and removing the pilot label, the bill gives Treasury and Justice a longer runway to pay rewards, receive tips, and support asset recovery cases involving kleptocrats and illicit foreign assets.
Who Benefits and How
The Department of the Treasury benefits from a longer-lived reward tool for tracing kleptocracy assets. The Department of Justice benefits when tips help build forfeiture or asset-recovery cases. Whistleblowers providing kleptocracy asset leads benefit because the reward program remains available beyond the pilot period. Informants providing financial intelligence benefit from clearer program continuity. Victims of foreign corruption may benefit if recovered assets can support restitution or foreign-assistance policy.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Kleptocrats hiding assets face greater risk that insiders or financial intermediaries will report assets to U.S. authorities. Financial institutions holding suspicious assets may face more inquiries, subpoenas, or compliance work tied to recovery investigations. Treasury sanctions and asset-recovery staff must administer the program for a longer period. DOJ forfeiture staff must evaluate reward-backed leads and connect them to recoverable assets. Foreign officials tied to illicit wealth face reputational and legal exposure.
Key Provisions
- Renames the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program as the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program.
- Removes the prior three-year pilot limitation from the statute.
- Amends related National Defense Authorization Act table-of-contents entries to match the new program name.
- Provides a new sunset ending seven years after enactment of this bill.
- Extends the reward structure used to generate leads on kleptocracy-linked assets.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Converts the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program into a continuing Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program, removes the prior three-year pilot limit, updates related headings and table-of-contents entries, and sets a new seven-year sunset after enactment.
Key Policy Areas
Anti-Corruption, Sanctions, Financial Enforcement
Primary Purpose
Converts the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program into a continuing Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program, removes the prior three-year pilot limit, updates related headings and table-of-contents entries, and sets a new seven-year sunset after enactment.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Justice
- Whistleblowers providing kleptocracy asset leads
- Informants providing financial intelligence
- Victims of foreign corruption
Identified Costs
- Kleptocrats hiding assets
- Financial institutions holding suspicious assets
- Treasury sanctions staff
- DOJ forfeiture staff
- Foreign officials tied to illicit wealth
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: …
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mr. Lynch (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Financial institutions holding suspicious assets, Informants providing financial intelligence, Kleptocrats hiding assets
Positive-direction: Informants providing financial intelligence, Whistleblowers providing kleptocracy asset leads
Negative-direction: Financial institutions holding suspicious assets, Kleptocrats hiding assets
Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "doj"
- → Department of Justice
- "treasury"
- → Department of the Treasury
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