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S. 4723119th Congress
S. 4723
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The bill sets up State Department help for Latin American and Caribbean police fighting China-linked organized crime.
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The bill creates a State Department program to help police and law enforcement in Latin America and the Caribbean fight organized crime groups linked to China, covering activities like drug trafficking, money laundering, illegal finance schemes, and Chinese government intimidation efforts. Assistance could include financial investigation training, asset seizure help, digital forensics, intelligence-sharing, and vetting to ensure recipient police forces haven't been compromised by these networks. The Secretary of State could grant this aid even to countries otherwise found non-compliant with drug-control obligations, if deemed in the national interest with 15 days' notice to Congress.
Affects the State Department, Attorney General, and Director of National Intelligence, plus law enforcement agencies in Latin American and Caribbean countries receiving U.S. assistance.
The program aims to counter Chinese organized crime networks abroad, which could indirectly affect Americans through reduced drug trafficking and financial crime reaching the U.S., though it creates no new domestic laws or regulations.
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Right now: it's on the Senate floor calendar. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.