Fraud Accountability and Recovery Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5548 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5548 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the President from providing assistance to the government of any country that has failed to extradite an individual that has been convicted of committing fraud against the United States or that has failed to take all appropriate measures with respect to assisting the recoupment of those funds. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2025 Mr. Finstad introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the President from providing assistance to the government of any country that has failed to extradite an individual that has been convicted of committing fraud against the United States or that has failed to take all appropriate measures with respect to assisting the recoupment of those funds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fraud Accountability and Recovery Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE. Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(z) No assistance shall be furnished under this Act to the government of any country the President determines-- ``(1) has failed to extradite an individual convicted of committing fraud against the United States or benefitting from the proceeds of defrauding the United States; or ``(2) has failed to take all appropriate legal, administrative, or enforcement measures to assist in the recoupment of Federal funds fraudulently stolen from the United States by i