Eliminate PRC Organized Crime Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4723 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4723

To establish a program to provide assistance to strengthen the capacity
   of law enforcement agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean to
  prosecute Chinese organized criminal groups and Chinese government-
           linked organizations engaged in criminal activity.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2026

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL

To establish a program to provide assistance to strengthen the capacity
   of law enforcement agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean to
  prosecute Chinese organized criminal groups and Chinese government-
           linked organizations engaged in criminal activity.

    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 ``Eliminate Chinese Organized Crime
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF LATIN
              AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO
              DISRUPT CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS.

    Chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 490A. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF
              LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO
              DISRUPT CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 660, the Secretary of
State may establish a program to provide assistance to strengthen the
capacity of law enforcement agencies of the countries described in
subsection (c) to help such agencies collect information on, disrupt,
and prosecute China-linked transnational criminal organizations that
are engaged in narcotics trafficking, money laundering, illicit
finance, transnational repression, foreign interference, and other
related activities the Secretary determines are appropriate.
    ``(b) Coordination.--Assistance authorized under subsection (a)
shall be provided in coordination with the Attorney General and, if
appropriate, the Director of National Intelligence.
    ``(c) Assistance Described.--Assistance authorized under subsection
(a) may include--
            ``(1) consultation between law enforcement agencies in the
        countries described in subsection (e) and Federal, State, and
        local law enforcement agencies with experience investigating,
        disrupting, and prosecuting China-linked transnational criminal
        organizations that are operating in the United States or
        abroad;
            ``(2) training regarding financial investigations, money
        laundering and illicit finance prosecution, and asset
        forfeiture related to China-linked transnational criminal
        organizations;
            ``(3) technical assistance, including digital forensics,
        telecommunications intercept coordination, and all-source and
        open-source intelligence relevant to China-linked transnational
        criminal organizations; and
            ``(4) support for vetting and screening programs to ensure
        foreign law enforcement agencies receiving assistance are not
        compromised by China-linked transnational criminal
        organizations, in accordance with the prohibition under section
        487.
    ``(d) Relationship Certain Certifications.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding a determination under
        section 490(a)(1) that a country has demonstrably failed to
        adhere to its obligations under applicable international
        counternarcotics agreements, assistance authorized under
        subsection (a) may be provided to such country if the Secretary
        of State determines that providing such assistance is in the
        national interest of the United States.
            ``(2) Notification.--The Secretary of State may not provide
        assistance pursuant to paragraph (1) unless not later than 15
        days before providing such assistance, the Secretary submits to
        the appropriate congressional committees a determination that
        providing such assistance is in the national interest of the
        United States.
    ``(e) Countries Described.--The foreign countries described in this
subsection are countries in Latin America and the Caribbean where
China-linked transnational criminal organizations engage in criminal
activities, including narcotics trafficking, money laundering, illicit
finance, and foreign interference.
    ``(f) Report on Chinese Organized Crime in Latin America.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
        Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretary of State,
        shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional
        committees that--
                    ``(A) identifies all United States assistance
                provided to countries under this section, including
                each country that received assistance and a description
                of the assistance provided;
                    ``(B) summarizes known organized criminal activity
                by China-linked transnational criminal organizations
                taking place in Latin American or the Caribbean; and
                    ``(C) summarizes all known instances of the
                People's Republic of China providing law enforcement
                assistance or support to the countries described in
                subsection (c) to facilitate or disrupt such criminal
                activity; and
                    ``(D) identifies any mutual legal assistance treaty
                requests or other such assistance submitted by each
                county that receives assistance described in
                subparagraph (A), and the status of such requests.
            ``(2) Classified form.--To the extent possible, the report
        required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified
        form, with a classified annex, if necessary.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
        `appropriate congressional committees' means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
                Senate;
                    ``(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
                Senate;
                    ``(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the
                Senate;
                    ``(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                    ``(E) the Caucus on International Narcotics Control
                of the Senate;
                    ``(F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
                of Representatives;
                    ``(G) the Permanent Select Committee on
                Intelligence of the House of Representatives;
                    ``(H) the Committee on Appropriations of the House
                of Representatives; and
                    ``(I) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
                of Representatives.
            ``(2) China-linked transnational criminal organization.--
        The term `China-linked transnational criminal organization'
        means an organization that--
                    ``(A) includes 1 or more foreign person;
                    ``(B) engages in or facilitates an ongoing pattern
                of serious criminal activity involving the
                jurisdictions of at least 2 foreign states, including
                the People's Republic of China, or 1 foreign state and
                the United States;
                    ``(C) threatens the national security, foreign
                policy, or economy of the United States; and
                    ``(D) meets any other criteria the Secretary
                determines to be appropriate.''.
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