117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3316 

AN ACT 

To provide for certain whistleblower incentives and 

protections. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Money Laun3 dering Whistleblower Improvement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. WHISTLEBLOWER INCENTIVES AND PROTECTIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5323 of title 31, United 

6 States Code, as amended by section 6314 of the Anti7 Money Laundering Act of 2020 (division F of Public Law 

8 116–283) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(b) AWARDS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any covered judicial or 

12 administrative action, or related action, the Sec13 retary, under regulations prescribed by the Sec14 retary, in consultation with the Attorney General 

15 and subject to subsection (c), shall pay an award or 

16 awards to 1 or more whistleblowers who voluntarily 

17 provided original information to the employer of the 

18 individual, the Secretary, or the Attorney General, 

19 as applicable, that led to the successful enforcement 

20 of the covered judicial or administrative action, or 

21 related action, in an aggregate amount equal to— 

22 ‘‘(A) not less than 10 percent, in total, of 

23 what has been collected of the monetary sanc24 tions imposed in the action or related actions; 

25 and 
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1 ‘‘(B) not more than 30 percent, in total, of 

2 what has been collected of the monetary sanc3 tions imposed in the action or related actions. 

4 ‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF AWARDS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any amount paid 

6 under paragraph (1) shall be paid from the 

7 Fund established under paragraph (3). 

8 ‘‘(B) RELATED ACTIONS.—The Secretary 

9 may pay awards less than the amount described 

10 in paragraph (1)(A) for related actions in which 

11 a whistleblower may be paid by another whistle12 blower award program. 

13 ‘‘(3) SOURCE OF AWARDS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be estab15 lished in the Treasury of the United States a 

16 revolving fund to be known as the Financial In17 tegrity Fund (referred to in this subsection as 

18 the ‘Fund’). 

19 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUND.—The Fund shall be 

20 available to the Secretary, without further ap21 propriation or fiscal year limitations, only for 

22 the payment of awards to whistleblowers as pro23 vided in subsection (b). 
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1 ‘‘(C) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUND.— 

2 The Fund shall not be available to pay any per3 sonnel or administrative expenses. 

4 ‘‘(4) DEPOSITS AND CREDITS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be depos6 ited into or credited to the Fund an amount 

7 equal to— 

8 ‘‘(i) any monetary sanction collected 

9 by the Secretary or Attorney General in 

10 any judicial or administrative action under 

11 this title, chapter 35 or section 4305 or 

12 4312 of title 50, or the Foreign Narcotics 

13 Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 

14 et seq.), unless the balance of the Fund at 

15 the time the monetary sanction is collected 

16 exceeds $300,000,000; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) all income from investments 

18 made under paragraph (5). 

19 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—If the 

20 amounts deposited into or credited to the Fund 

21 under subparagraph (A) are not sufficient to 

22 satisfy an award made under this subsection, 

23 there shall be deposited into or credited to the 

24 Fund an amount equal to the unsatisfied por25 tion of the award from any monetary sanction 
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1 collected by the Secretary of the Treasury or 

2 Attorney General in the covered judicial or ad3 ministrative action on which the award is based. 

4 ‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—No amounts to be de5 posited or transferred into the United States 

6 Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund 

7 pursuant to the Justice for United States Vic8 tims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 

9 U.S.C. 20144) or the Crime Victims Fund pur10 suant section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act 

11 of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101) shall be deposited 

12 into or credited to the Fund. 

13 ‘‘(5) INVESTMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) AMOUNTS IN FUND MAY BE IN15 VESTED.—The Secretary of the Treasury may 

16 invest the portion of the Fund that is not re17 quired to meet the current needs of the Fund. 

18 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS.—Invest19 ments shall be made by the Secretary of the 

20 Treasury in obligations of the United States or 

21 obligations that are guaranteed as to principal 

22 and interest by the United States, with matu23 rities suitable to the needs of the Fund as de24 termined by the Secretary. 
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1 ‘‘(C) INTEREST AND PROCEEDS CRED2 ITED.—The interest on, and the proceeds from 

3 the sale or redemption of, any obligations held 

4 in the Fund shall be credited to, and form a 

5 part of, the Fund.’’. 

6 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 Section 5323 of title 31, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraphs (1) and (5), by striking 

11 ‘‘this subchapter or subchapter III’’ each place 

12 the term appears and inserting ‘‘this sub13 chapter, chapter 35 or section 4305 or 4312 of 

14 title 50, the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Des15 ignation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), or .), 

16 and for conspiracies to violate the aforemen17 tioned provisions’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

19 (i) by inserting ‘‘covered’’ after ‘‘re20 spect to any’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘under this subchapter 

22 or subchapter III’’; and 

23 (iii) by striking ‘‘action by the Sec24 retary or the Attorney General’’ and in25 serting ‘‘covered action’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘subchapter and sub3 chapter III’’ and inserting ‘‘this subchapter, 

4 chapter 35 or section 4305 or 4312 of title 50, 

5 and the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 

6 Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.)’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘either such subchapter’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘the covered judicial or adminis9 trative action’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (g)(4)(D)(i), by inserting 

11 ‘‘chapter 35 or section 4305 or 4312 of title 50, or 

12 the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 

13 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.),’’ after ‘‘subchapter,’’. 

Passed the Senate December 7, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3316 

AN ACT 

To provide for certain whistleblower incentives and 

protections.