Stop Scamming Americans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9412 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9412

  To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to modify and improve that
                                  Act.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2026

Ms. McBride (for herself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill;
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to modify and improve that
                                  Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Scamming Americans Act''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN SCAM SYNDICATES TRAINING.

    Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Foreign Scam Syndicates Training.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may establish training for
        chiefs of mission, deputy chiefs of mission, and Foreign
        Service officers who will be assigned to a country that, as
        determined by the Secretary, is home to significant online scam
        activity targeting Americans, on appropriate training on
        matters related to online scam activity.
            ``(2) Matters to be included.--The training required under
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) should address--
                            ``(i) transnational criminal organizations
                        conducting the scams;
                            ``(ii) online scam centers and human
                        trafficking inside such centers; and
                            ``(iii) foreign government complicity and
                        corruption; and
                    ``(B) should identify diplomatic methods to
                identify, prevent, and respond to such activities.''.
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