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This bill, the Countering Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy (CROOK) Act, aims to promote international efforts to combat corruption, kleptocracy, and illicit finance by foreign officials and other foreign persons. Key provisions include: - Establishing an Anti-Corruption Action Fund to strengthen the capacity of foreign states to prevent and fight public corruption, assist in developing rule of law-based governance structures, and support the adoption of anti-corruption best practices. The fund would be financed by additional payments imposed on persons convicted under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. - Creating an Interagency Anti-Corruption Task Force to coordinate a whole-of-government effort to promote good governance and combat public corruption in foreign states. - Requiring the designation of anti-corruption points of contact at U.S. embassies to coordinate interagency efforts and make recommendations on the use of anti-corruption funding. - Mandating periodic reports and briefings to Congress on progress in implementing the Act and combating public corruption overseas. The bill aims to leverage U.S. diplomatic engagement and foreign assistance to counter the use of corruption as a tool of malign influence by authoritarian regimes like Russia and China.

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