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S. 151 · 118th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Countering Corporate Corruption in China Act of 2023

Died in committee4.7k words Introduced Jan 30, 2023 · Latest action Jan 30, 2023

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  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
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What it does

This bill expands the activity prohibited under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) applicable to issuers of securities, domestic concerns, and others. (The FCPA generally prohibits bribes to foreign officials.)

For example, the bill includes as prohibited corrupt practices

• certain activity supporting human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and members of other predominately Muslim ethnic groups;

• certain activity supporting censorship or human rights abuses by China with respect to individuals in Hong Kong;

• supporting certain territorial claims by China;

• political advocacy in favor of the Chinese Communist Party; and

• investing in specified Chinese entities.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in Senate” version · Jan 30, 2023

Who lobbies on it

No lobbying filing on file names S. 151.

Organizations that named S. 151 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Jan 30, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Jan 30, 2023Introduced in Senate