Amendment · S.Amdt. 6533· Senate(119-SAMDT-6533)
S.Amdt. 6533
- Introduced
- 6/24/2026
- Sponsored by
- John Cornyn
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Changes bill
- 119-S-4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
The Scam Compound Accountability and Mobilization Act is an amendment intended to be added to bill S. 4784. Its purpose is to combat transnational criminal organizations that operate "scam compounds," which are physical locations where cyber-enabled fraud is carried out, often using victims of human trafficking and forced criminality.
The amendment aims to add the following to the bill:
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A Comprehensive Strategy: Requires the Secretary of State to create a global strategy to shut down scam compounds, dismantle the organizations running them, and hold corrupt officials accountable. This includes investigating the involvement of the People's Republic of China and the Burmese military.
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Interagency Task Force: Establishes a task force to coordinate the strategy, monitor operations, and share data across federal agencies.
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Accountability Tools: Grants the President authority to impose sanctions, block assets, and restrict visas for foreign persons who support or direct scam compound operations.
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Victim Support and Redress: Focuses on protecting human trafficking victims from inappropriate prosecution and requires a report on how to use forfeited assets to provide financial redress to U.S. citizen victims.
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Monitoring Capabilities: Authorizes the Secretary of State to provide high-resolution satellite imagery to nonprofits and NGOs to help document human rights abuses and identify human trafficking at these compounds.
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Time Limit: Sets a sunset date where this subtitle will cease to be effective 7 years after the Act is enacted.
- 6/24/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Senate amendment submitted
Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · New Hampshire