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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1577 
To provide authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to take special measures 
against certain entities outside of the United States of primary money 
laundering concern in connection with illicit fentanyl and narcotics fi-
nancing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 
Mr. OGLES (for himself, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, 
Mrs. KIM, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. FIELDS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to 
take special measures against certain entities outside 
of the United States of primary money laundering con-
cern in connection with illicit fentanyl and narcotics fi-
nancing, 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 ‘‘Stop Fentanyl Money 
Laundering Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO PRIMARY 
MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN OF ILLICIT 
FENTANYL AND NARCOTICS FINANCING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the Treasury 
determines that one or more financial institutions oper-
ating outside of the United States, or one or more classes 
of transactions within, or involving, a jurisdiction outside 
of the United States, or one or more types of accounts 
within, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United 
States is of primary money laundering concern in connec-
tion with illicit fentanyl and narcotics financing, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury may, by order, regulation, or other-
wise as permitted by law, require domestic financial insti-
tutions and domestic financial agencies to take one or 
more of the special measures described in section 
5318A(b) of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—In any judicial re-
view of a finding of the existence of a primary money laun-
dering concern, or of the requirement for 1 or more special 
measures with respect to a primary money laundering con-
cern made under this section, if the designation or imposi-
tion, or both, were based on classified information (as de-
fined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Proce-
dures Act (18 U.S.C. App.)), such information may be 
submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to the review-
ing court ex parte and in camera. This subsection does 
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not confer or imply any right to judicial review of any find-
ing made or any requirement imposed under this section. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The exemp-
tions from, and prohibitions on, search and disclosure re-
ferred to in section 9714(c) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note) shall apply to any report or 
record of report filed pursuant to a requirement imposed 
under subsection (a). For purposes of section 552 of title 
5, United States Code, this section shall be considered a 
statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of that section. 
(d) PENALTIES.—The penalties referred to in section 
9714(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A 
note) shall apply to violations of any order, regulation, 
special measure, or other requirement imposed under sub-
section (a), in the same manner and to the same extent 
as described in such section 9714(d). 
(e) INJUNCTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
may bring a civil action to enjoin a violation of any order, 
regulation, special measure, or other requirement imposed 
under subsection (a) in the same manner and to the same 
extent as described in section 9714(e) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
116–283; 31 U.S.C. 5318A note). 
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