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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2715 

To require the President to develop a national strategy to combat the financial 

networks of transnational organized criminals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 19, 2018 

Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. KING, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the President to develop a national strategy to 

combat the financial networks of transnational organized 

criminals, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Organiza5 tions’ Narcotics, Finances, Resources, Operations, and 

6 Networks Targeting Act’’ or the ‘‘CONFRONT Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the 

9 Secretary of the Treasury, shall, in consultation with the 


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1 Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

2 of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intel3 ligence, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Fi4 nancial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Director of the 

5 United States Secret Service, the Director of the Federal 

6 Bureau of Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug 

7 Enforcement Administration, the Commissioner of Cus8 toms and Border Protection, the Director of the Office 

9 of National Drug Control Policy, and the Federal func10 tional regulators, develop a national strategy to combat 

11 the financial networks of transnational organized crimi12 nals. 

13 (b) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the President 

16 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees and make available to the head of each agen18 cy described in subsection (a), a comprehensive na19 tional strategy in accordance with subsection (a). 

20 (2) UPDATES.—After the initial submission of 

21 the national strategy under paragraph (1), the 

22 President shall, not less often than every 2 years, 

23 update the national strategy and submit the updated 

24 strategy to the appropriate congressional commit25 tees. 


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1 (c) SEPARATE PRESENTATION OF CLASSIFIED MA2 TERIAL.—Any part of the national strategy required to be 

3 developed under subsection (a) that involves information 

4 that is properly classified under criteria established by the 

5 President shall be submitted to the appropriate congres6 sional committees separately in a classified annex and, if 

7 requested by the chairman or ranking member of one of 

8 the appropriate Congressional committees, as a briefing 

9 at an appropriate level of security. 

10 SEC. 3. CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

11 The national strategy required under section 2 shall 

12 contain the following: 

13 (1) THREATS.—An identification and assess14 ment of the most significant current transnational 

15 organized crime threats posed to the national secu16 rity of the United States or to the U.S. and inter17 national financial system, including drug and human 

18 trafficking organizations, cyber criminals, klepto19 crats, and other relevant state and non-state enti20 ties, including those threats identified in the Presi21 dent’s ‘‘Strategy to Combat Transnational Orga22 nized Crime’’ (published July 2011). 

23 (2) ILLICIT FINANCE.—(A) An identification of 

24 individuals, entities, and networks (including ter25 rorist organizations, if any) that provide financial 


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1 support or financial facilitation to transnational or2 ganized crime groups, and an assessment of the 

3 scope and role of those providing financial support 

4 to transnational organized crime groups. 

5 (B) An assessment of methods by which 

6 transnational organized crime groups launder illicit 

7 proceeds, including money laundering using real es8 tate and other tangible goods such as art and antiq9 uities, trade-based money laundering, bulk-cash 

10 smuggling, exploitation of shell companies, and mis11 use of digital currencies and other cyber tech12 nologies, as well as an assessment of the risk to the 

13 financial system of the United States of such meth14 ods. 

15 (3) GOALS, OBJECTIVES, PRIORITIES, AND AC16 TIONS.—(A) A comprehensive, research-based dis17 cussion of short-term and long-term goals, objec18 tives, priorities, and actions, listed for each agency 

19 described under section 2(a), for combating the fi20 nancing of transnational organized crime groups and 

21 their facilitators. 

22 (B) A description of how the strategy is inte23 grated into, and supports, the national security 

24 strategy, drug control strategy, and counterterrorism 

25 strategy of the United States. 


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1 (4) REVIEWS AND PROPOSED CHANGES.—A re2 view of current efforts to combat the financing or fi3 nancial facilitation of transnational organized crime, 

4 including efforts to detect, deter, disrupt, and pros5 ecute transnational organized crime groups and their 

6 supporters, and, if appropriate, proposed changes to 

7 any law or regulation determined to be appropriate 

8 to ensure that the United States pursues coordi9 nated and effective efforts within the jurisdiction of 

10 the United States, including efforts or actions that 

11 are being taken or can be taken by financial institu12 tions, efforts in cooperation with international part13 ners of the United States, and efforts that build 

14 partnerships and global capacity to combat transna15 tional organized crime. 

16 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committee on Financial Services, 

22 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com23 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

24 the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Se25 curity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 


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1 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

2 and 

3 (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

4 and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 

5 Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, 

6 the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee 

7 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af8 fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

9 of the Senate. 

10 (2) FEDERAL FUNCTIONAL REGULATOR.—The 

11 term ‘‘Federal functional regulator’’ has the mean12 ing given that term in section 509 of the Gramm13 Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6809). 

14 (3) TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME.—The 

15 term ‘‘transnational organized crime’’ refers to those 

16 self-perpetuating associations of individuals who op17 erate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining 

18 power, influence, monetary or commercial gains, 

19 wholly or in part by illegal means, while— 

20 (A) protecting their activities through a 

21 pattern of corruption or violence; or 

22 (B) protecting their illegal activities 

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1 ture and the exploitation of transnational com2 merce or communication mechanisms. 

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