Task Force

(a) Establishment Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall establish an interagency Task Force responsible for leading a whole-of-government effort to dismantle and shut down transnational criminal syndicates perpetuating mass online scam operations against Americans through the operation of large-scale scam compounds fueled by the forced labor of victims of trafficking in persons. (b) Duties The Task Force shall— (1) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive United States Government strategy to shut down online scam centers, prevent their further proliferation, disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal entities and human traffickers involved in operating such centers, and hold accountable corrupt officials, state, and non-state actors enabling such entities and traffickers for the purpose of incentivizing cooperation; and (2) coordinate and oversee implementation of such strategy. (c) Leadership and composition The Task Force shall— (1) be chaired by the Secretary of State (or the Secretary’s designee); (2) meet on a regular basis at the call of the Chair; and (3) be comprised of the heads (or the heads’ designees) of— (A) the Department of State, including the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; (B) the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (C) the Department of Homeland Security, including the U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security Investigations; and (D) the Department of the Treasury, including the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. (d) Further composition The heads (or the heads’ designees) of the following entities are authorized to be members of the Task Force: (1) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (2) The Federal Trade Commission. (3) The Federal Communications Commission. (4) Any other department, agency, or entity the President determines to be relevant. (e) Intelligence community The intelligence community is authorized to provide support to the Task Force. (f) Information sharing To ensure proper coordination and effective interagency action, each Federal department or agency represented on the Task Force shall fully share— (1) all relevant data with the Task Force; and (2) all information regarding the department or agency’s plans, before and after final agency decisions are made, on all matters relating to actions regarding combating online scams. (g) Consultation The Task Force or representatives thereof shall— (1) consult quarterly with United States State and local law enforcement entities and stakeholder organizations with firsthand expertise in reporting and combatting online scam operations, cyberscams known as pig butchering scams, and other kinds of cyberscams, and recovering stolen crypto assets, and incorporate their feedback and recommendations to the maximum extent feasible; (2) consult regularly with U.S. non-governmental organizations with expertise in countering trafficking in persons or anti-corruption, as appropriate; and (3) develop partnerships with relevant private sector actors, including banks, social media platforms, online dating applications, telecommunication carriers, cryptocurrency exchanges, internet service providers, applications stores, search engines, and search optimization companies, for the purpose of better disrupting the enabling infrastructure of scam compounds, operations, and syndicates. (h) Sunset The Task Force shall terminate on the date that is seven years after the date of the enactment of this Act.