Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization Act

Summary

Creates a U.S. whole-of-government response to international “scam compounds” that traffic and coerce people into cyber-enabled fraud. It requires the State Department (with Justice, Treasury, and other agencies) to produce a global strategy within 180 days, stand up an interagency Task Force to implement and monitor that strategy, and gives the President limited authority to sanction foreign persons who materially support or operate scam compounds. The Attorney General must report on using forfeited assets to compensate U.S. victims. The law sunsets seven years after enactment.

• Requires a U.S. interagency global strategy to counter international “scam compounds” within 180 days.
• Creates an interagency Task Force to implement the strategy, monitor operations, and report annually; the Task Force ends after six years.
• Authorizes the President to impose IEEPA blocking sanctions on foreign persons who materially support or operate scam compounds, starting 180 days after enactment, with waiver and notice rules.
• Directs a DOJ report within 90 days assessing how forfeited assets could be used to provide financial redress to U.S. victims and recommending legal changes and administration methods.
• Emphasizes victim‑centered support for trafficking survivors forced into criminality and calls for international cooperation and private‑sector engagement.
• Requires semiannual and annual reporting to Congress, with possible classified annexes; the President must report sanctioned persons semiannually.
• Defines key terms for the statute but states those definitions do not alter other U.S. law.
• Includes a seven‑year sunset for the Act’s authorities.