H.R. 5490 · In committee · International Affairs

Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act

What it does

Direct the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons determined responsible for or complicit in online financial scams targeting U.S. nationals.
Establish an interagency task force to develop and execute a strategy to shut down transnational criminal syndicates operating scam centers and using trafficked labor.
Require the task force to submit a comprehensive strategy to Congress within 360 days and annual reports for five years documenting actions taken and persons sanctioned.

Official summary

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…

Latest action

Dec 3, 2025: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.

Committee: House Foreign Affairs