Politiparty
Politiparty
LeaderboardCongressBills

119th Congress International Affairs

H.R. 5490: Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act

In CommitteeDec 3, 2025

  1. Introduced (completed)Sep 18, 2025
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Sep 18, 2025

This bill requires the President to (1) impose applicable sanctions on foreign persons (individuals or entities) responsible for online financial scams against U.S. nationals, and (2) establish an interagency task force to shut down the criminal syndicates perpetuating such scams.

Under the bill, the President must determine whether 43 specified foreign persons, and any other foreign persons the President determines are responsible for or complicit in online financial scams against U.S. nationals, are subject to sanctions under specified laws and Executive Order 13581. Upon such determination, the President must impose applicable sanctions (for example, blocking the sanctioned person's property transactions within the United States).

The President must also establish an interagency task force to shut down transnational criminal syndicates that use large scam centers and forced labor of trafficked persons to perpetuate mass online scams against Americans. The task force must (1) submit a comprehensive strategy to Congress to combat these scam centers and dismantle the criminal elements involved with them, and (2) coordinate and oversee implementation of the strategy. Within 360 days of submitting the strategy to Congress and annually thereafter for five years the task force must submit to Congress a report addressing various topics related to such scam centers including a list of all foreign persons sanctioned by the United States for their scam center involvement.

Read the full summary

The Department of State is authorized to provide trauma-informed care, shelter, reintegration, and support services for victims of trafficking in persons within online scam centers.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

0 votes on this bill

No roll call votes have been held on this bill.

Amendments

0 offered

No amendments were offered to this bill.

Cosponsors

72

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

30 points earned
  1. 1Jefferson Shreve R-IN SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors, marked up, reached a cosponsor milestone5 events+30
See all scorers and every scoring event

Introductions and cosponsorships count toward weekly caps and show no points.

Other bills by Jefferson Shreve

History

  1. Sep 18, 2025Introduced in the House by Jefferson Shreve.
Show the full action history (4 actions)
  1. Dec 3, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  2. Dec 3, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
  3. Sep 18, 2025Introduced in House
  4. Sep 18, 2025Referred 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.