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H.R. 402: CROOK Act

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H.R. 402: CROOK Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-21 · International Affairs · Latest: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

CROOK Act

Plain summary

Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act or the CROOK Act This bill requires various actions designed to combat public corruption in foreign countries. The bill establishes within the Department of the Treasury the Anti-Corruption Action Fund to help foreign states fight public corruption and develop rule-of-law-based governance structures. For certain fines and penalties imposed under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an additional fine shall be imposed and deposited into the fund. The Department of State must (1) manage U.S. government efforts to fight foreign public corruption, and (2) establish an interagency task force to assist in coordinating such efforts. Each U.S. embassy must have a point of contact responsible for coordinating the embassy's anti-corruption efforts. The State Department must report to Congress on its anti-corruption activities and make various reports publicly available online.

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Official text

CROOK Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] · 21 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 402, Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act (2021-05-13)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Dina Titus (D-NV), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] reported raising $553,690 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr402 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117