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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5344

Introduced

Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program Act

Sponsor
DStephen F. Lynch· Massachusetts
Introduced
September 15, 2025
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.November 4, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5344 Reported in House (RH)]

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Union Calendar No. 322
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5344

[Report No. 119-370]

To amend the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act to extend the 
Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program, and for other 
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 15, 2025

Mr. Lynch (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

November 4, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
September 15, 2025]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act to extend the 
Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program, and for other 
purposes.

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 ``Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards 
Program Act''.

SEC. 2. KLEPTOCRACY ASSET RECOVERY REWARDS PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Section 9703 of the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery 
Rewards Act (31 U.S.C. note prec. 9701) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``kleptocracy asset 
recovery rewards pilot program'' and inserting ``kleptocracy 
asset recovery rewards program'';
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ```Kleptocracy Asset 
Recovery Rewards Pilot Program''' and inserting ```Kleptocracy 
Asset Recovery Rewards Program'';
(3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``for 3 years''; and
(4) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following:
``(i) Sunset.--This section shall cease to have any force or effect 
after the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program Act.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2(b) 
and in title XCVII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 are each amended, in the item relating to section 9703, by 
striking ``Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program'' and 
inserting ``Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program''.
Union Calendar No. 322

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5344

[Report No. 119-370]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act to extend the 
Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Pilot Program, and for other 
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

November 4, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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