Sec. 136. International corruption and accountability
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Not later than June 1 of each year, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (referred to in this section as the USAID Administrator ), the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of appropriate intelligence agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a Country Report on Corruption Practices, with a classified annex, which shall include information about countries for which a corruption analysis was conducted under subsection (b).
The corruption analysis conducted under this subsection should include, among other elements— an analysis of individuals and associations that comprise corruption networks in the country, including, as applicable— government officials; private sector actors; criminals; and members of illegal armed groups; the identification of the state functions that have been captured by corrupt networks in the country, including, as applicable functions of— the judicial branch; the taxing authority; the central bank; and specific military or police units; the identification of— the key economic activities, whether licit or illicit, which are dominated by members of the corrupt network; and other revenue streams that enrich such members; and the identification of enablers of corrupt practices, within the country and outside the country.
The Secretary shall— publish the Country Report on Corruption and Accountability submitted under subsection
(a)on the website of the Department; and brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on the information contained in the report published under paragraph (1).