Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act
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Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act
This bill establishes an interagency task force to shut down criminal syndicates perpetuating mass online scams. This bill also explicitly authorizes sanctions against foreign individuals or entities operating or providing support to scam compounds. (Scam compounds target individuals for financial fraud and are concentrated in Southeast Asia.)
The President must 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 submit to Congress and oversee implementation of a strategy to combat scam centers, dismantle the criminal elements involved with them, and hold corrupt officials accountable. The task force must periodically report to Congress, including a list of foreign persons sanctioned by the United States for their involvement with online financial scams from Southeast Asia against U.S. nationals.
The President is explicitly authorized to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on (1) any foreign individual or entity that owns, controls, directs, or provides significant support to a significant scam compound operation or an enabling service; and (2) foreign government officials who knowingly enable or benefit from scam compound operations within their jurisdiction.
The Department of State is authorized to provide (1) trauma-informed care and other support services for trafficked persons within online scam centers, and (2) high-resolution satellite imagery to nongovernmental organizations and research institutions for the purposes of monitoring and documenting human rights abuses related to online scam centers in Southeast Asia.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 18, 2025. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
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The record's latest action, on December 3, 2025: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
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Has anyone actually voted on it?
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Who is behind it?
Jefferson Shreve (R-IN) introduced it on September 18, 2025, and 73 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 29 Democrats, 44 Republicans.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 18, 2025, 422 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 346 days ago, on December 3, 2025.
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Vote history
- HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action