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119-hr-7649119th Congress

Humanitarian Theft Enforcement Act

Sponsored By: Representative McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]

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Summary

This bill would create liability for foreign persons or entities that divert or destroy U.S. humanitarian assistance. It focuses on recovering the value of stolen or destroyed aid and lets the Secretary of State return recovered funds to the agency that originally funded the assistance.

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  • Foreign actors: Any foreign person or entity the Secretary of State determines responsible would owe the United States the value of the diverted or destroyed assistance. This applies even when the assistance was provided by an international organization.
  • Recovery and accounting: The Secretary would take steps to recover the value and may credit recovered funds to an appropriate State Department account. Those funds would remain available until expended and may be transferred to another federal agency if that agency paid for the aid.
  • Waiver: The Secretary of State may waive liability when doing so is in the national interest.

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Foreign actors liable for diverted U.S. aid

If enacted, the Secretary of State would be able to find a foreign person or group responsible for unauthorized diversion or destruction of U.S. humanitarian aid, including U.S.-funded aid given through international organizations. The Secretary would be able to make that person or group liable to the United States for the value the Secretary determines was diverted or destroyed. The Secretary would be directed to try to recover that value, could credit recovered money to a State Department account until spent, and could transfer recovered funds to another agency that funded the aid. The Secretary could also waive liability if doing so is in the national interest, and these authorities would apply notwithstanding any other law or regulation.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]

GA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2026

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