Sponsors (9)
The bill strengthens U.S. tools, coordination, and victim support to disrupt offshore scam compounds and recover funds, but does so at the cost of heightened diplomatic friction, privacy and due‑process risks, increased public and private-sector costs, and uncertainty from time-limited authorities.
Law enforcement, federal agencies, and taxpayers: the bill creates coordinated sanctions, visa restrictions, and authority to freeze or block property of foreign persons enabling scam compounds, increasing U.S. ability to disrupt transnational fraud networks and deter future operations.
Federal agencies, Congress, and the public: the bill establishes interagency coordination (task force), regular strategy updates, and public reporting, improving information-sharing, oversight, and a unified U.S. response to scam compounds.
Immigrants and human trafficking victims: the bill clarifies that trafficking and forced-labor survivors are covered and strengthens victim-centered prevention, awareness, and survivor support, reducing risk of prosecution for acts committed under duress and improving access to services.
All Americans (via government and businesses): targeted sanctions, public designation of "enabling" countries, and emphasis on investigating specific states (including PRC links) could significantly strain diplomacy and trade, risking retaliatory measures or reduced cooperation.
Immigrants, taxpayers, and private-sector customers: expanded information-sharing, cooperation with foreign law enforcement, and increased enforcement could raise privacy, due-process, and civil-liberties risks if safeguards are not specified.
Taxpayers, federal agencies, and private firms: implementing the strategy (task force, additional foreign assistance, enforcement, and reporting) and administering sanctions/redress will increase federal administrative costs and impose compliance burdens on companies and financial institutions.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Introduced September 30, 2025 by John Cornyn · Last progress December 9, 2025
Creates a federal strategy and interagency Task Force to identify, disrupt, and hold accountable transnational "scam compounds"—fraud operations that use recruitment fraud, human trafficking, forced criminality, cyber-enabled fraud, and money laundering. Requires a State Department-led global strategy and annual public reviews, gives the President IEEPA authority to block assets and transactions of foreign persons who materially support or operate significant scam compounds, directs the Attorney General to study whether forfeited assets can be used to compensate victims, and sunsets the law after seven years. Sets firm deadlines: a Strategy due in 180 days, an interagency Task Force formed soon after, semiannual sanction reporting, an AG forfeiture report in 90 days, annual public status reviews, and a six-year Task Force life (and a seven-year statutory sunset). The bill emphasizes survivor-centered assistance and international coordination but does not appropriate funds or change tax law.