To require the Treasury to take a more prominent role in coordinating AML/CFT policy and examinations across the Government, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6858
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2018-09-20
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital

Banking and financial institutions regulation

Business records

Congressional oversight

Department of the Treasury

Executive agency funding and structure

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to establish anti-money-laundering and counterterrorist-financing policy priorities. Financial institutions must incorporate these priorities into existing anti-money-laundering and counterterrorist-financing programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6858 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2018 Mr. Pearce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require the Treasury to take a more prominent role in coordinating AML/CFT policy and examinations across the Government, and for other purposes.

1. Requiring Treasury to take a more prominent role in coordinating AML/CFT policy and examinations across the Government (a) Priorities Not later than nine months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and at least annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in consultation with relevant Federal law enforcement, the Director of National Intelligence, and any other Federal departments and agencies that the Secretary of the Treasury determines appropriate, shall establish and make public its priorities for U.S. anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing policy. (b) Supervision and examination The incorporation by financial institutions of the priorities established pursuant to subsection (a) into the programs established by those financial institutions to meet obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and other anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing laws and regulations shall form the basis on which the financial institutions are supervised and examined for compliance with those obligations. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed as releasing financial institutions from the requirement to comply with obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act and other Federal laws and regulations. (d) Report Not later than nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with Federal law enforcement agencies, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Federal functional regulators) shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing— (1) an analysis of the Secretary of the Treasury’s delegation of examination authority under the Bank Secrecy Act, including the adequacy of the Department of the Treasury’s resources, capacity, expertise, and ability to effectively carry out the purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act; (2) an examination of whether the Secretary should de-delegate that authority with regard to certain financial institutions; and (3) legislative, administrative, and other recommendations to strengthen the Department of the Treasury’s authority to ensure an effective U.S. anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime. 2. Definitions For purposes of this Act: (1) Bank Secrecy Act The term Bank Secrecy Act means— (A) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; (B) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508 ; and (C) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code. (2) Financial institution The term financial institution has the meaning given that term under section 5312 of title 31, United States Code.