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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6343 

To expand the scope of the meetings of the supervisory team on countering 

illicit finance, to improve the combating of Russian money laundering, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 23, 2021 

Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To expand the scope of the meetings of the supervisory 

team on countering illicit finance, to improve the combating of Russian money laundering, 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 ‘‘Illicit Finance Im5 provements Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ILLICIT FINANCE IMPROVEMENTS. 

7 (a) SCOPE OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SUPERVISORY

8 TEAM ON COUNTERING ILLICIT FINANCE.—Section 


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1 6214(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De2 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (31 U.S.C. 

3 5311 note) is amended by striking ‘‘to combat the risk 

4 relating to proliferation financing’’ and inserting ‘‘for the 

5 purposes of countering illicit finance, including prolifera6 tion finance and sanctions evasion’’. 

7 (b) COMBATING RUSSIAN MONEY LAUNDERING.— 

8 Section 9714 of the Combating Russian Money Laun9 dering Act (Public Law 116–283) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

11 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(b) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—In any judicial re15 view of a finding of the existence of a primary money laun16 dering concern, or of the requirement for 1 or more special 

17 measures with respect to a primary money laundering con18 cern made under this section, if the designation or imposi19 tion, or both, were based on classified information (as de20 fined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce21 dures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)), such information may be 

22 submitted by the Secretary to the reviewing court ex parte 

23 and in camera. This subsection does not confer or imply 

24 any right to judicial review of any finding made or any 

25 requirement imposed under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The exemp2 tions from, and prohibitions on, search and disclosure pro3 vided in section 5319 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

4 apply to any report or record of report filed pursuant to 

5 a requirement imposed under subsection (a) of this sec6 tion. For purposes of section 552 of title 5, United States 

7 Code, this subsection shall be considered a statute de8 scribed in subsection (b)(3)(B) of that section. 

9 ‘‘(d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sec10 tions 5321 and 5322 of title 31, United States Code, that 

11 apply to violations of special measures imposed under sec12 tion 5318A of title 31, United States Code, shall apply 

13 to violations of any order, regulation, special measure, or 

14 other requirement imposed under subsection (a) of this 

15 section, in the same manner and to the same extent as 

16 described in sections 5321 and 5322. 

17 ‘‘(e) INJUNCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

18 may bring a civil action to enjoin a violation of any order, 

19 regulation, special measure, or other requirement imposed 

20 under subsection (a) of this section in the same manner 

21 and to the same extent as described in section 5320 of 

22 title 31, United States Code.’’. 

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