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(b) CHAIR.—The Director of the Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network shall serve as the Chair of the 
Council. 
(c) DUTY.—The members of the Council shall coordi-
nate on activities related to their duties as Civil Liberties 
Privacy Officers, but may not supplant the individual 
agency determinations on civil liberties and privacy. 
(d) MEETINGS.—The meetings of the Council— 
(1) shall be at the call of the Chair, but in no 
case may the Council meet less than quarterly; 
(2) may include open and partially closed ses-
sions, as determined necessary by the Council; and 
(3) shall include participation by public and pri-
vate entities, law enforcement agencies, and a rep-
resentative of State bank supervisors (as defined 
under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)). 
(e) REPORT.—The Chair of the Council shall issue 
an annual report to the Congress on the program and pol-
icy activities, including the success of programs as meas-
ured by metrics of program success developed pursuant 
to section 103(b)(5), of the Council during the previous 
year and any legislative recommendations that the Council 
may have. 
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(f) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Ad-
visory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to 
the Council. 
SEC. 105. INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall work with the Secretary’s foreign counterparts, in-
cluding through the Financial Action Task Force, the 
International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the 
Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, the 
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop-
ment, and the United Nations, to promote stronger anti- 
money laundering frameworks and enforcement of anti- 
money laundering laws. 
(b) COOPERATION GOAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Treasury may work directly with 
foreign counterparts and other organizations where the 
goal of cooperation can best be met. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND.— 
(1) SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL
MONETARY
FUND
TO
PREVENT
MONEY 
LAUNDERING
AND
FINANCING
OF
TERRORISM.— 
Title XVI of the International Financial Institutions 
Act (22 U.S.C. 262p et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 1629. SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL MONETARY FUND TO PREVENT 
MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCING OF 
TERRORISM. 
‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at the International 
Monetary Fund to support the increased use of the admin-
istrative budget of the Fund for technical assistance that 
strengthens the capacity of Fund members to prevent 
money laundering and the financing of terrorism.’’. 
(2) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT TO 
CONGRESS.—The Chairman of the National Advisory 
Council on International Monetary and Financial 
Policies shall include in the report required by sec-
tion 1701 of the International Financial Institutions 
Act (22 U.S.C. 262r) a description of— 
(A) the activities of the International Mon-
etary Fund in the most recently completed fis-
cal year to provide technical assistance that 
strengthens the capacity of Fund members to 
prevent money laundering and the financing of 
terrorism, and the effectiveness of the assist-
ance; and 
(B) the efficacy of efforts by the United 
States to support such technical assistance 
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through the use of the Fund’s administrative 
budget, and the level of such support. 
(3) SUNSET.—Effective on the date that is the 
end of the 4-year period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this Act, section 1629 of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act, as added by 
paragraph (1), is repealed. 
SEC. 106. TREASURY ATTACHE´ S PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 315 the following: 
‘‘§ 316. Treasury Attache´s Program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Treas-
ury Attache´s Program, under which the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall appoint employees of the Department of 
the Treasury, after nomination by the Director of the Fi-
nancial Crimes Enforcement Network (‘FinCEN’), as a 
Treasury attache´, who shall— 
‘‘(1) be knowledgeable about the Bank Secrecy 
Act and anti-money laundering issues; 
‘‘(2) be co-located in a United States embassy; 
‘‘(3) perform outreach with respect to Bank Se-
crecy Act and anti-money laundering issues; 
‘‘(4) establish and maintain relationships with 
foreign counterparts, including employees of min-
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istries of finance, central banks, and other relevant 
official entities; 
‘‘(5) conduct outreach to local and foreign fi-
nancial institutions and other commercial actors, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) 
information 
exchanges 
through 
FinCEN and FinCEN programs; and 
‘‘(B) soliciting buy-in and cooperation for 
the implementation of— 
‘‘(i) United States and multilateral 
sanctions; and 
‘‘(ii) international standards on anti- 
money laundering and the countering of 
the financing of terrorism; and 
‘‘(6) perform such other actions as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(b) NUMBER OF ATTACHE´S.—The number of Treas-
ury attache´s appointed under this section at any one time 
shall be not fewer than six more employees than the num-
ber of employees of the Department of the Treasury serv-
ing as Treasury attache´s on March 1, 2019. 
‘‘(c) COMPENSATION.—Each Treasury attache´ ap-
pointed under this section and located at a United States 
embassy shall receive compensation at the higher of— 
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