Definitions

(a) In general In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; (E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; (F) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; (G) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and (H) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (2) Cyber-enabled fraud The term cyber-enabled fraud means the use of the internet or other technology to commit fraudulent activity, including illicitly obtaining money, property, data, identification documents, or authentication features, or creating counterfeit goods or services. (3) Enabling country The term enabling country means a country where— (A) government authorities actively or implicitly permit, enable, or perpetuate scam compound operations; or (B) ineffective law enforcement or a failure to enact legislation intended to prevent facilitating services from reaching scam compounds or significant transnational criminal organizations enables scam compound operators to obtain facilitating services. (4) Forced criminality The term forced criminality means a form of forced labor for the purpose of causing the victim to engage in criminal activity, which may include cyber-enabled fraud. (5) Forced labor The term forced labor has the meaning given the term severe form of trafficking in persons in section 103(11)(B) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)(B)). (6) Relevant foreign assistance programs and diplomatic efforts The term relevant foreign assistance programs and diplomatic efforts — (A) means unclassified voluntary support programs funded directly by the United States Government that provide assistance to one or more foreign countries for the purpose of combating scam compound operations and related significant transnational criminal organizations; and (B) excludes intelligence activities, including activities authorized by the President and reported to Congress in accordance with section 503 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093). (7) Human trafficking The term human trafficking has the meaning given the term severe form of trafficking in persons in section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)). (8) Human trafficking victim The terms human trafficking victim and victim of human trafficking mean a person subject to an act or practice described in section 103(11) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)). (9) Impacted country The term impacted country means a country that is a significant— (A) transit location for victims of human trafficking to scam compounds; (B) source location for victims of human trafficking for scam compounds; or (C) target of cyber-enabled fraud originating from scam compounds internationally. (10) Scam compound The term scam compound means a physical installation where a significant transnational criminal organization carries out cyber-enabled fraud operations, frequently using victims of human trafficking and forced criminality. (11) Significant transnational criminal organization The term significant transnational criminal organization means a group of persons that— (A) includes one or more foreign person; (B) engages in or facilitates an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity involving the jurisdictions of at least two foreign states or one foreign state and the United States; and (C) threatens the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. (12) Strategy The term Strategy means the strategy to counter scam compounds and hold significant transnational criminal organizations accountable required under section 4. (b) Rule of construction The definitions under this section are exclusive to this Act and may not be construed to affect any other provision of United States law.