§10502 Publication and provision of lists regarding progress on anti-corruption efforts

Summary

The Secretary of State must post each year on a public website a list of foreign countries that are sustaining or making good progress on anti-corruption standards in section 10503. Each country on the public list must have a short note explaining the progress or why it is listed. The Secretary must also give the appropriate congressional committees a classified list of countries that are making little or no effort and are not showing meaningful progress, with a short explanation for each. The Secretary must provide an annual classified update to those committees on U.S. efforts to fight corruption, the main obstacles, and short- and long-term strategies. All lists and the update must first be done no later than 2 years after December 22, 2023, and then yearly for seven years. Within 1 year after December 22, 2023, the Secretary must send Congress the method used to sort countries and a proposed budget for making the first lists. If publishing a particular country would harm U.S. national interests, the Secretary may give that country’s information and a written justification to the committees in classified form on the same date the public list is released.