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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2613 
To require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to 
carry out a study on the use of emerging technologies within the Finan-
cial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2019 
Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio (for himself and Mr. EMMER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network to carry out a study on the use of emerging 
technologies within the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Innovation 
to Assist Law Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINCEN STUDY ON USE OF EMERGING TECH-
NOLOGIES. 
(a) STUDY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Finan-
cial Crimes Enforcement Network (‘‘FinCEN’’) shall 
carry out a study on— 
(A) the status of implementation and in-
ternal use of emerging technologies, including 
artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’), digital identity 
technologies, blockchain technologies, and other 
innovative technologies within FinCEN; 
(B) whether AI, digital identity tech-
nologies, blockchain technologies, and other in-
novative technologies can be further leveraged 
to make FinCEN’s data analysis more efficient 
and effective; and 
(C) how FinCEN could better utilize AI, 
digital identity technologies, blockchain tech-
nologies, and other innovative technologies to 
more actively analyze and disseminate the infor-
mation it collects and stores to provide inves-
tigative leads to Federal, State, Tribal, and 
local law enforcement, and other Federal agen-
cies (collective, ‘‘Agencies’’), and better support 
its ongoing investigations when referring a case 
to the Agencies. 
(2) INCLUSION OF GTO DATA.—The study re-
quired under this subsection shall include data col-
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lected through the Geographic Targeting Orders 
(‘‘GTO’’) program. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 6-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director shall issue a report to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives containing— 
(1) all findings and determinations made in car-
rying out the study required under subsection (a); 
(2) with respect to each of subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) of subsection (a)(1), any best practices 
or significant concerns identified by the Director, 
and their applicability to AI, digital identity tech-
nologies, blockchain technologies, and other innova-
tive technologies with respect to U.S. efforts to com-
bat money laundering and other forms of illicit fi-
nance; and 
(3) any policy recommendations that could fa-
cilitate and improve communication and coordination 
between the private sector, FinCEN, and Agencies 
through the implementation of innovative ap-
proaches, in order to meet their Bank Secrecy Act 
(as defined under section 5312 of title 31, United 
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States Code) and anti-money laundering compliance 
obligations. 
(c) BANK SECRECY ACT DEFINED.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 
(1) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, 
United States Code; 
(2) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act; and 
(3) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508. 
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