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US HB5490
Bill
Status
9/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jefferson Shreve
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AI Summary
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Establishes an interagency Task Force within 30 days of enactment, chaired by the Secretary of State, to combat transnational criminal syndicates operating "pig butchering" online scam centers primarily in Burma, Laos, and Cambodia that use hundreds of thousands of human trafficking victims as forced labor
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Requires the Task Force to develop a comprehensive government strategy within 180 days to shut down scam centers, disrupt criminal networks, and hold accountable corrupt officials and foreign governments complicit in these operations that cost Americans at least $10 billion in 2024
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Mandates sanctions determinations within 180 days on 52 named foreign persons and entities under Global Magnitsky, trafficking, and transnational crime authorities, with annual reporting to Congress on sanctioned individuals, stolen funds, trafficking victims, and known scam centers
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Authorizes $30 million for FY2026-2027 to implement the strategy, including programs for trauma-informed care and support services for trafficking victims rescued from scam compounds
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Task Force terminates after seven years and must consult quarterly with state/local law enforcement and private sector partners including banks, social media platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and telecommunications carriers
Legislative Description
Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act
Crime and law enforcement
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
9/18/2025