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fers through transparent and easily monitored 
channels while preserving strict compliance with 
the Bank Secrecy Act (Public Law 91–508; 84 
Stat. 1114) and related controls aimed at stop-
ping money laundering and the financing of ter-
rorism; and 
(C) consistent with current legal require-
ments regarding confidential supervisory infor-
mation, the potential impact of allowing money 
services businesses to share certain State exam-
ination information with depository institutions 
and credit unions, or whether another appro-
priate mechanism could be identified to allow a 
similar exchange of information to give the de-
pository institutions and credit unions a better 
understanding of whether an individual money 
services business is adequately meeting its anti- 
money laundering and counter-terror financing 
obligations to combat money laundering, the fi-
nancing of terror, or related illicit finance. 
(2) PUBLIC INPUT.—The Secretary should so-
licit and consider public input as appropriate in de-
veloping the study required under subsection (a). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
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to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Financial Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report that contains all findings and determina-
tions made in carrying out the study required under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL CO-
OPERATION REGARDING TERRORIST FINANC-
ING INTELLIGENCE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary, acting 
through the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial 
Crimes, should intensify work with foreign partners to 
help the foreign partners develop intelligence analytic ca-
pacities, in a financial intelligence unit, finance ministry, 
or other appropriate agency, that are— 
(1) commensurate to the threats faced by the 
foreign partner; and 
(2) designed to better integrate intelligence ef-
forts with the anti-money laundering and counter- 
terrorist financing regimes of the foreign partner. 
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SEC. 273. EXAMINING THE COUNTER-TERROR FINANCING 
ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREAS-
URY IN EMBASSIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
that contains— 
(1) a list of the United States embassies in 
which a full-time Department of the Treasury finan-
cial attache´ is stationed and a description of how the 
interests of the Department of the Treasury relating 
to terrorist financing and money laundering are ad-
dressed (via regional attache´s or otherwise) at 
United States embassies where no such attache´s are 
present; 
(2) a list of the United States embassies at 
which the Department of the Treasury has assigned 
a technical assistance advisor from the Office of 
Technical Assistance of the Department of the 
Treasury; 
(3) an overview of how Department of the 
Treasury financial attache´s and technical assistance 
advisors assist in efforts to counter illicit finance, to 
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include money laundering, terrorist financing, and 
proliferation financing; and 
(4) an overview of patterns, trends, or other 
issues identified by the Department of the Treasury 
and whether resources are sufficient to address these 
issues. 
SEC. 274. INCLUSION OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON 
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(c)(1) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury,’’ before ‘‘and 
such other officers’’. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) may not be construed to authorize 
the National Security Council to have a professional staff 
level that exceeds the limitation set forth under section 
101(e)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3021(e)(3)). 
SEC. 275. INCLUSION OF ALL FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5326 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading of such section, by striking 
‘‘coin and currency’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘subtitle and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subtitle or to’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘United States coins or currency (or such other 
monetary instruments as the Secretary may de-
scribe in such order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds (as 
the Secretary may describe in such order),’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘coins 
or currency (or monetary instruments)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘funds’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘coins or 
currency (or such other monetary instruments 
as the Secretary may describe in the regulation 
or order)’’ and inserting ‘‘funds (as the Sec-
retary may describe in the regulation or 
order)’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
in the item relating to section 5326 by striking ‘‘coin and 
currency’’. 
PART III—DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 281. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle— 
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(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, Committee on Armed Services, Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs, and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Financial Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
(2) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking 
agencies’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1813); 
(3) the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 
(A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b); 
(B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91– 
508 (12 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.); and 
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