§10502 Publication and Provision of Lists Regarding Progress on Anti-corruption Efforts

Summary

The Secretary of State must each year put on a public website a list of foreign countries that are sustaining or making good progress on anti-corruption under section 10503, and include a short explanation for each country. The Secretary must also give the relevant congressional committees a classified list of countries making little or no effort, with brief reasons, and a yearly classified update on U.S. efforts, main obstacles, and near- and long-term strategies. All lists and the update must be completed no later than 2 years after December 22, 2023, and annually thereafter for seven years. Not later than one year after December 22, 2023, the Secretary must send Congress the method for assigning countries to each list and a proposed budget for preparing the first lists. The Secretary may, when in the national interest, provide a country’s information and a written justification to Congress in classified form instead of publishing it publicly, and must do so on the same day the public list is released.