SEC. 333. ILLEGAL MONEY TRANSMITTING BUSINESSES. 
(a) 
‘‘MONEY
TRANSMITTING
BUSINESS’’ 
DE-
FINED.—Section 1960(b)(2) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘money transmitting business’ 
means any business other than the United States 
Postal Service, which provides check cashing, cur-
rency exchange, money transmitting or remittance 
services, or issues, sells or redeems money orders, 
travelers’ checks, or other similar instruments or, 
any other person or association of persons, formal or 
informal, engaging as a business in transporting, 
transferring, exchanging, or transmitting currency 
or funds in any form, including any person or asso-
ciation of persons, formal or informal, engaging as 
a business in any informal money transfer system or 
any network of people who engage as a business in 
facilitating the transfer of money domestically or 
internationally outside of the conventional financial 
institutions systems.’’. 
(b) GENERAL INTENT REQUIREMENT FOR SECTION 
1960(b)(1)(B).—Section 1960(b)(1)(B) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, whether or not the defendant 
knew that the operation was required to comply with such 
registration requirements’’. 
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(c) AUTHORITY To INVESTIGATE.—Section 1960 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(c) Violations of this section may be investigated by 
the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1960 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the title by striking ‘‘unlicensed’’ and in-
serting ‘‘illegal’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘unlicensed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘illegal’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘unli-
censed’’ and inserting ‘‘illegal’’; and 
(4) in subsection (b)(1)(C) by inserting ‘‘, ex-
change’’ after ‘‘transportation.’’ 
SEC. 334. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO THE USA PATRIOT 
ACT. 
Section 5317(c) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘5314,’’ after ‘‘5313,’’. 
SEC. 335. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO RESTORE WIRETAP 
AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN MONEY LAUN-
DERING OFFENSES. 
(a) CURRENCY
REPORTING
OFFENSES.—Section 
2516(1)(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
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by striking ‘‘or section 5324 of title 31, United States 
Code (relating to structuring transactions to evade report-
ing requirement prohibited’’ and inserting ‘‘or sections 
5324 and 5332 of title 31, United States Code (relating 
to structuring financial transactions and bulk cash smug-
gling)’’. 
(b) MONEY LAUNDERING.—Section 2516(1)(c) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘section 1960 (relating to illegal 
money transmitting businesses),’’ before ‘‘section 659’’. 
SEC. 
336. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
MINOR 
AND 
TECHNICAL 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—Section 982(b) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)(2), 
by striking ‘‘The substitution’’ and inserting ‘‘With re-
spect to a forfeiture under subsection (a)(1), the substi-
tution’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—Sec-
tion 1956(c)(6) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(3) inserting the following at the end: 
‘‘(C) a bail bondsman;’’. 
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(c) OTHER AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 1956 AND 
1957.— 
(1) PENALTIES.—Section 1956(b) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (4) the following: 
‘‘(5) STAY OF ACTION.—If a civil action is filed 
under this subsection, either party may move to stay 
the action in accordance with section 981(g) of this 
title.’’. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1956(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (7)(F), by inserting ‘‘, as 
defined in section 24 of this title’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 
following: 
‘‘(9) the term ‘proceeds’ any property or inter-
est in property obtained or retained as a con-
sequence of an act or omission; ‘proceeds’ means 
gross proceeds, not net profits.’’. 
(d) 
OBSTRUCTION
OF
JUSTICE.—Section 
1510(b)(3)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
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by striking ‘‘or’’ the first time it appears and inserting 
‘‘, a subpoena issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782, or’’. 
(e) CLARIFYING TECHNICAL CORRECTION
TO 31 
U.S.C. 5324(a).—Section 5324(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the recordkeeping 
requirements of’’ after ‘‘section 5313(a) or’’, the first time 
it appears. 
SEC. 337. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING FOR-
FEITURE 
AUTHORITY 
FOR 
SECRETARY, 
HOMELAND SECURITY. 
Section 981 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by adding the following after ‘‘the Secretary 
of the Treasury’’ wherever it appears: ‘‘, Secretary 
of Homeland Security’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j) by— 
(A) striking ‘‘and’’ in subparagraph (1); 
(B) by striking the period after ‘‘delegate’’ 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’ in subparagraph (2); and 
(C) by inserting the following new para-
graph after paragraph (2): 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Secretary of Homeland Security’ 
means the Secretary of Homeland Security or his 
delegate.’’. 
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SEC. 338. STORED VALUE CARDS. 
Section 5312(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(2) striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ 
before the period at the end of subparagraph (C); 
and 
(3) inserting the following thereafter: 
‘‘(D) As the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall provide by regulation for purposes of sec-
tions 5316 and 5331, stored value cards or 
other similar devices including funds or mone-
tary value represented in digital electronics for-
mat (whether or not specially encrypted) and 
stored or capable of storage on electronic media 
in such a way as to be retrievable and transfer-
able electronically.’’. 
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