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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2613 

To require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to 

carry out a study on the use of emerging technologies within the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2019 

Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio (for himself and Mr. EMMER) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network to carry out a study on the use of emerging 

technologies within the Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network, 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 ‘‘Advancing Innovation 

5 to Assist Law Enforcement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINCEN STUDY ON USE OF EMERGING TECH7 NOLOGIES. 

8 (a) STUDY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Finan2 cial Crimes Enforcement Network (‘‘FinCEN’’) shall 

3 carry out a study on— 

4 (A) the status of implementation and in5 ternal use of emerging technologies, including 

6 artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’), digital identity 

7 technologies, blockchain technologies, and other 

8 innovative technologies within FinCEN; 

9 (B) whether AI, digital identity tech10 nologies, blockchain technologies, and other in11 novative technologies can be further leveraged 

12 to make FinCEN’s data analysis more efficient 

13 and effective; and 

14 (C) how FinCEN could better utilize AI, 

15 digital identity technologies, blockchain tech16 nologies, and other innovative technologies to 

17 more actively analyze and disseminate the infor18 mation it collects and stores to provide inves19 tigative leads to Federal, State, Tribal, and 

20 local law enforcement, and other Federal agen21 cies (collective, ‘‘Agencies’’), and better support 

22 its ongoing investigations when referring a case 

23 to the Agencies. 

24 (2) INCLUSION OF GTO DATA.—The study re25 quired under this subsection shall include data colVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2613.IH H2613

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1 lected through the Geographic Targeting Orders 

2 (‘‘GTO’’) program. 

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 6-month 

4 period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

5 the Director shall issue a report to the Committee on 

6 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 

7 the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep8 resentatives containing— 

9 (1) all findings and determinations made in car10 rying out the study required under subsection (a); 

11 (2) with respect to each of subparagraphs (A), 

12 (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(1), any best practices 

13 or significant concerns identified by the Director, 

14 and their applicability to AI, digital identity tech15 nologies, blockchain technologies, and other innova16 tive technologies with respect to U.S. efforts to com17 bat money laundering and other forms of illicit fi18 nance; and 

19 (3) any policy recommendations that could fa20 cilitate and improve communication and coordination 

21 between the private sector, FinCEN, and Agencies 

22 through the implementation of innovative ap23 proaches, in order to meet their Bank Secrecy Act 

24 (as defined under section 5312 of title 31, United 


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1 States Code) and anti-money laundering compliance 

2 obligations. 

3 (c) BANK SECRECY ACT DEFINED.—For purposes of 

4 this section, the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 

5 (1) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, 

6 United States Code; 

7 (2) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 

8 Act; and 

9 (3) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508. 

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