Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act

U.S. Congress · HR5490 · Reported

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HR5490 · U.S. Congress · Reported

Introduced 2025-09-18. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.

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Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act 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. 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.

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  • H.R. 5490, Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act — 2026-02-03

    As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025

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Action History

DateAction
2025-12-03Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-12-03Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
2025-09-18Introduced in House
2025-09-18Referred 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.

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