Sec. 6. Combating corruption and kleptocracy
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The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall combat authoritarianism by prioritizing governance and anti-corruption activities and programs that— enhance the transparency, accountability, and responsiveness of governments across relevant sectors; improve the detection and exposure of corruption crimes, including crimes that cross borders; improve citizen oversight and advocacy; protect free expression and civic activism; and support investigative journalism and media independence; expand the investigation and prosecution of corrupt acts; hold corrupt actors accountable; promote the adoption and implementation of anticorruption preventive measures; and promote good governance, public administration, and impartial judiciaries; address corruption in key sectors, whether at the level of— delivery of services to citizens; important governmental processes, such as procurement; or priority economic sectors; strengthen democratic norms and standards at the local, national, regional, and international levels; augment cooperation with the private sector and key industries to root out corruption that— harms competitiveness, economic growth, and development; and taints critical supply chains; address corrosive capital and the strategic use of corruption by authoritarian states to undermine democracy and good governance; and provide essential skills and resources to civil society and media— to counter corruption; and to address the weak governance and poor human rights conditions that cultivate corruption.
Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2708(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (13), by striking or at the end; in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: the restraining, seizing, forfeiting, or repatriating of stolen assets linked to foreign government corruption and the proceeds of such corruption. .
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