Preventing Rogue and Foreign Actors From Evading Sanctions Act

To require a report and strategy with respect to virtual currencies and other related emerging technologies being used to evade sanctions, finance terrorism, and launder monetary instruments, and threaten United States national security, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Rogue and Foreign Actors From Evading Sanctions Act 2. Report and strategy with respect to virtual currencies and other related emerging technologies (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Secretary of Treasury and in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the appropriate Federal banking agencies and Federal functional regulators, shall— (1) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies and describes the potential uses of virtual currencies and other related emerging technologies by states, non-state actors, and foreign terrorist organizations to evade sanctions, finance terrorism, or launder monetary instruments, and threaten United States national security; and (2) develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to mitigate and prevent such illicit use of virtual currencies and other related emerging technologies. (b) Form; public availability (1) Form The report and strategy required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. (2) Public availability The unclassified portion of such report and strategy shall be made available to the public and posted on the internet website of the Department of Treasury— (A) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable versions that are made available in all appropriate formats; and (B) in machine-readable format, if applicable. (c) Sources of information In preparing the report and strategy required under subsection (a), the President may utilize any credible publication, database, web-based resource, and any credible information compiled by any government agency, nongovernmental organization, or other entity that is made available to the President. 3. Briefing Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of the strategy required under section 2. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees (A) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) Appropriate Federal banking agencies The term appropriate Federal banking agencies 12 U.S.C. 1813 (3) Virtual currency The term virtual currency (A) is a digital representation of value that can be digitally traded; (B) is used as a medium of exchange, unit of account, or store, of value; and (C) is not used to be a legal tender, whether or not denominated in legal tender. (4) Federal functional regulator The term Federal functional regulator 15 U.S.C. 6809 (5) Foreign terrorist organization The term foreign terrorist organization 8 U.S.C. 1189

Summary: Preventing Rogue and Foreign Actors From Evading Sanctions Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to report on the use of new financial technologies (e.g., digital currencies) in terrorism and other illicit activities and develop a strategy to mitigate this use.