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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6388 

To make updates to the National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and 

Other Illicit Financing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 12, 2022 

Mr. SAN NICOLAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To make updates to the National Strategy for Combating 

Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing, 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 ‘‘Combating Terrorist 

5 and Other Illicit Financing Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INCLUDING OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND TERRI7 TORIES IN THE HIGH-RISK MONEY LAUN8 DERING AND RELATED FINANCIAL CRIME 

9 AREAS. 

10 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) According to the Department of Justice, 

2 human trafficking is ‘‘a crime that involves exploit3 ing a person for labor, services, or commercial sex’’, 

4 a global illicit trade that is estimated by Global Fi5 nancial Integrity to be valued at more than $150.2 

6 billion each year. 

7 (2) Polaris, the non-governmental organization 

8 which runs the United States National Human Traf9 ficking Hotline, has found that while human traf10 ficking is a nationwide problem, the majority of do11 mestic human trafficking victims are ‘‘people who 

12 have historically faced discrimination and its polit13 ical, social and economic consequences: people of 

14 color, indigenous communities, immigrants and peo15 ple who identify as LGBTQ+’’. 

16 (3) For this reason, it is important that law en17 forcement representing native communities and ter18 ritories are part of the national dialogue about coun19 tering human trafficking. 

20 (4) The High Intensity Financial Crime Areas 

21 program, which is intended to concentrate law en22 forcement efforts at the Federal, State, and local 

23 level to combat money laundering in designated 

24 high-intensity money laundering zones, considers 


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1 human trafficking among other financial crime 

2 issues and actors. 

3 (5) In each High Intensity Financial Crime 

4 Area, a money-laundering action team, comprised of 

5 relevant Federal, State, and local enforcement au6 thorities, prosecutors, and financial regulators, 

7 works together to coordinate Federal, State, and 

8 local anti-money laundering effort. 

9 (6) The High Intensity Financial Crime Area 

10 program does not currently mandate the inclusion of 

11 law enforcement and other agencies from Tribes and 

12 territories. 

13 (7) Further, the National Strategy for Com14 bating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing, a valu15 able report which is scheduled to sunset in January 

16 2022, does not currently mandate the inclusion of 

17 law enforcement and other agencies from Tribes and 

18 Territories. 

19 (b) NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COMBATING TER20 RORIST AND OTHER ILLICIT FINANCING.—The Coun21 tering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 

22 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.) is amended— 

23 (1) in section 261(b)(2)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘2024’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2026’’; and 

3 (2) in section 262— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘in the documents enti6 tled ‘2015 National Money Laundering 

7 Risk Assessment’ and ‘2015 National Ter8 rorist Financing Risk Assessment’,’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘in the documents entitled ‘2020 

10 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist 

11 and Other Illicit Financing’ and ‘2022 Na12 tional Strategy for Combating Terrorist 

13 and Other Illicit Financing’ ’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘the broader counter 

15 terrorism strategy of the United States’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘the broader counter ter17 rorism and national security strategies of 

18 the United States’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘PREVENTION OF IL21 LICIT FINANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘PREVEN22 TION, DETECTION, AND DEFEAT OF IL23 LICIT FINANCE’’; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘private financial sec25 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘private sector, includVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Jan 15, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6388.IH H6388

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1 ing financial and other relevant indus2 tries,’’; and 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘with regard to the 

4 prevention and detection of illicit finance’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘with regard to the preven6 tion, detection, and defeat of illicit fi7 nance’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (7)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘Federal, State, and 

10 local officials’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal, 

11 State, local, Tribal, and Territory offi12 cials’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘State and local 

14 prosecutors,’’ the following: ‘‘Tribal and 

15 Territorial law enforcement’’; and 

16 (D) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘so17 called’’. 

18 (c) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES

19 FROM TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Section 5342 of title 

20 31, United States Code is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘local, 

22 State, national,’’ and inserting ‘‘local, State, na23 tional, Tribal, Territorial,’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘with 

2 State’’ and inserting ‘‘with State, Tribal, Terri3 torial,’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘any State 

5 or local official or prosecutor’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

6 State, local, Tribe, or Territory official or pros7 ecutor’’; and 

8 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘State and 

9 local governments and State and local law enforce10 ment agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, Tribal, 

11 and Territorial governments and State, local, Tribal, 

12 and Territorial agencies’’. 

13 (d) FINANCIAL CRIME-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT

14 PROGRAM.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5351 of title 31, 

16 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘to sup17 port local law enforcement efforts’’ and inserting ‘‘to 

18 support local, Tribal, and Territorial law enforce19 ment efforts’’. 

20 (2) PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.—Section 5352 

21 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘State or 

23 local’’ in each place it occurs and inserting 

24 ‘‘State, local, Tribal, or Territorial’’; and 

25 (B) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘State or local’’ and in2 serting ‘‘State, local, Tribal, or Terri3 torial’’; and 

4 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 

5 ‘‘State law’’ and inserting ‘‘State, Tribal, 

6 or Territorial law’’. 

7 (3) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND DISSEMI8 NATION.—Section 5353(b)(3)(A) of title 31, United 

9 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘State local law 

10 enforcement agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, 

11 Tribal, and Territorial law enforcement agencies’’. 

12 (4) GRANTS FOR FIGHTING MONEY LAUN13 DERING AND RELATED FINANCIAL CRIMES.—Section 

14 5354 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘State or local law enforce16 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, Tribal, or 

17 Territorial law enforcement’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘State and local law en19 forcement’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, Tribal, 

20 and Territorial law enforcement’’; and 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘Federal, State, and local 

22 cooperative law enforcement’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘Federal, State, local, Tribal, and Territorial 

24 cooperative law enforcement’’. 

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