22 U.S.C. § 10433 — Appropriate congressional committees

Page 2343 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 10502 (Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XIII, § 1353, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 519.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropria- tions Act, 2023, referred to in subsec. (e)(1)(B), is section 8005 of Pub. L. 117–328, div. C, title VIII, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 4585, which is not classified to the Code. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions and authorities vested in the President under subsecs. (d), (h), and (i) of this section delegated to Secretary of Defense for funds allocated to the De- partment of Defense account and to Secretary of En- ergy for funds allocated to the Department of Energy account, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, by Memorandum of Presi- dent of the United States, § 1(c)(vi), July 9, 2024, 89 F.R. 57337, set out in a note under section 10413 of this title. Functions and authorities vested in the President under subsecs. (c) and (e)(1)(D) and (3) of this section delegated to the Secretary of Defense for funds trans- ferred to Department of Defense accounts and to the Secretary of Energy for funds transferred to Depart- ment of Energy accounts, in coordination with the Di- rector of the Office of Management and Budget, and under subsecs. (a), (e)(1)(A), (2), and (f)(1) of this section delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretaries of De- fense and Energy, as appropriate, by Memorandum of President of the United States, § 1(d), (e), Dec. 11, 2024, 89 F.R. 101835, set out in a note under section 10431 of this title. § 10433. Appropriate congressional committees and leadership defined In this chapter, the term ‘‘appropriate con- gressional committees and leadership’’ means— (1) the Speaker of the House of Representa- tives and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the majority leader of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com- mittee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XIII, § 1354, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 522.) CHAPTER 112—COMBATING GLOBAL CORRUPTION Sec. 10501. Definitions. 10502. Publication and provision of lists regarding progress on anti-corruption efforts. 10503. Minimum standards for the elimination of corruption and assessment of efforts to combat corruption. 10504. Imposition of sanctions under Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. 10505. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact. § 10501. Definitions In this chapter: (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the Com- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- fairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Com- mittee on Financial Services, and the Com- mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep- resentatives. (2) The term ‘‘corrupt actor’’ means— (A) any foreign person or entity that is a government official or government entity responsible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption; and (B) any company, in which a person or en- tity described in subparagraph (A) has a sig- nificant stake, which is responsible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption. (3) The term ‘‘corruption’’ means the unlaw- ful exercise of entrusted public power for pri- vate gain, including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. (4) The term ‘‘significant corruption’’ means corruption committed at a high level of gov- ernment that has some or all of the following characteristics: (A) Illegitimately distorts major decision- making, such as policy or resource deter- minations, or other fundamental functions of governance. (B) Involves economically or socially large-scale government activities. (Pub. L. 118–31, div. E, title LIV, § 5402, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 944.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 118–31, div. E, title LIV, § 5401, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 944, provided that: ‘‘This subtitle [subtitle A (§§ 5401–5406) of title LIV of div. E of Pub. L. 118–31, en- acting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Combating Global Corruption Act’.’’ § 10502. Publication and provision of lists regard- ing progress on anti-corruption efforts (a) Public list The Secretary of State shall publish annually, on a publicly accessible website, a list of foreign countries where the government is sustaining or making good progress on anti-corruption efforts in accordance with the minimum standards set forth in section 10503 of this title. Such list shall include a brief description of each such coun- try’s progress or justification for being on such list. (b) Classified list The Secretary of State shall provide to the ap- propriate congressional committees a classified list of countries where the government is mak- ing limited or no efforts to comply with min- imum standards set forth in section 10503 of this title, and are not achieving meaningful progress