Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide certain documents in the Secretary's possession to the House of Representatives relating to President Trump's financial connections to Russia, certain illegal financial schemes, and related information.

Bill: 115-hres-442
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-07-13
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital

Banking and financial institutions regulation

Business records

Congressional oversight

Corporate finance and management

Credit and credit markets

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Cyprus

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Federal officials

Financial services and investments

Foreign and international banking

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Presidential administrations

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Russia

Sanctions

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 72.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Directs the Department of the Treasury to furnish the House of Representatives copies of documents and communications that explicitly reference: (1) forms of credit extended by Deutsche Bank AG, the Bayrock Group LLC, Vnesheconombank Group, Sberbank of Russia, Alfa Group, VTB Group, Gazprombank, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or by the Russian government or any Russian senior foreign political figure, to President Trump, specified family members or associates, any such individual in connection with specified properties in New York, any Trump-owned, -branded, -licensed, or -managed hotel, casino,or golf course previously identified by the Treasury, the Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd., or the Best Sunshine Live Casino; (2) any financial accounts located outside of the United States of President Trump or such family members or associates; (3) Deutsche Bank AG's 2011 mirror trading scheme; (4) the Russian Laundromat (Global Laundromat) and the Moldovan Scheme; (5) any money laundering violations involving such individuals, businesses, or property; (6) any violations of U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or the Logan Act by such persons or entities; (7) any business rule developed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to screen data under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or the Bank Secrecy Act to identify financial transactions involving Russian senior foreign political figures or President Trump or such family members or associates; and (8) Egmont Group requests made to a foreign Financial Intelligence Unit pertaining to the financial transactions of such individuals.</p>

action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>Directs the Department of the Treasury to furnish the House of Representatives copies of documents and communications that explicitly reference: (1) forms of credit extended by Deutsche Bank AG, the Bayrock Group LLC, Vnesheconombank Group, Sberbank of Russia, Alfa Group, VTB Group, Gazprombank, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or by the Russian government or any Russian senior foreign political figure, to President Trump, specified family members or associates, any such individual in connection with specified properties in New York, any Trump-owned, -branded, -licensed, or -managed hotel, casino,or golf course previously identified by the Treasury, the Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd., or the Best Sunshine Live Casino; (2) any financial accounts located outside of the United States of President Trump or such family members or associates; (3) Deutsche Bank AG's 2011 mirror trading scheme; (4) the Russian Laundromat (Global Laundromat) and the Moldovan Scheme; (5) any money laundering violations involving such individuals, businesses, or property; (6) any violations of U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or the Logan Act by such persons or entities; (7) any business rule developed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to screen data under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or the Bank Secrecy Act to identify financial transactions involving Russian senior foreign political figures or President Trump or such family members or associates; and (8) Egmont Group requests made to a foreign Financial Intelligence Unit pertaining to the financial transactions of such individuals.</p>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 442 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2017 Ms. Maxine Waters of California (for herself, Mr. Kildee , Ms. Moore , Mr. Al Green of Texas , and Mr. Perlmutter ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services RESOLUTION Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide certain documents in the Secretary’s possession to the House of Representatives relating to President Trump’s financial connections to Russia, certain illegal financial schemes, and related information.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to furnish the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, including any applicable suspicious activity report ( SAR ), memo, correspondence, or other communication that explicitly references on its face— (1) loans, guarantees, or other forms of credit, made or extended by Deutsche Bank AG, the Bayrock Group LLC, Vnesheconombank Group (VEB), Sberbank of Russia, Alfa Group, VTB Group, Gazprombank, any subsidiary or affiliate of the foregoing, the Russian government, or any Russian senior foreign political figure (as defined under section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations), to— (A) President Trump; (B) President Trump’s family members— (i) Donald Trump Jr.; (ii) Eric Trump; (iii) Ivanka Trump; (iv) Melania Trump; (v) Tiffany Trump; (vi) Jared Kushner; and (vii) Seryl Stadtmauer (aka Seryl Kushner); (C) President Trump’s associates— (i) Paul Manafort; (ii) Carl Icahn; (iii) Felix Sater; (iv) Gary Cohn; (v) Carter Page; (vi) Roger Stone; (vii) Rick Gates; (viii) Wilbur Ross; (ix) Rex Tillerson; (x) Michael Flynn; (xi) Jeff Sessions; (xii) Michael Cohen; (xiii) Rhona Graff; (xiv) Rob Goldstone; (xv) Boris Epshteyn; and (xvi) Michael Caputo; (D) any Trump-owned, -branded, -licensed, or managed hotels, casinos, and golf courses, previously identified by the Department of the Treasury, including— (i) the Trump Taj Mahal Associates, LLC, d/b/a Taj Mahal Casino Resort; (ii) the Trump National Doral Miami; and (iii) the Trump International Hotel, Washington, DC; (E) any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) in connection with— (i) the property located at 666 5th Avenue, New York, NY; and (ii) the property located at 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY; and (F) the Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd., or the Best Sunshine Live Casino; (2) any financial accounts located outside of the United States and any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1); (3) Deutsche Bank AG’s 2011 mirror trading scheme; (4) the Russian Laundromat (also known as the Global Laundromat and the Moldovan Scheme ); (5) any money laundering violations involving individuals, businesses, or property described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1); (6) any violation of U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or section 953 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Logan Act ), by any person or entity described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1); (7) any business rule developed by the FinCEN to screen data under section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508 , or subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code (collectively, commonly known as the Bank Secrecy Act ), to identify financial transactions involving Russian senior foreign political figures, or any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1); and (8) any Egmont Group requests made to a foreign Financial Intelligence Unit, including Cyprus’ Financial Intelligence Unit, the Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS), pertaining to the financial transactions of any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1).

tv_txt: IV House Calendar No. 72 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 442 [Report No. 115–265] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2017 Ms. Maxine Waters of California (for herself, Mr. Kildee , Ms. Moore , Mr. Al Green of Texas , and Mr. Perlmutter ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services July 28, 2017 Additional sponsors: Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Capuano , Mr. Clay , Mr. Lynch , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Foster , Mr. Heck , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Kihuen , and Ms. Jayapal July 28, 2017 Reported adversely, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed RESOLUTION Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide certain documents in the Secretary’s possession to the House of Representatives relating to President Trump’s financial connections to Russia, certain illegal financial schemes, and related information.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to furnish the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, including any applicable suspicious activity report ( SAR ), memo, correspondence, or other communication that explicitly references on its face— (1) loans, guarantees, or other forms of credit, made or extended by Deutsche Bank AG, the Bayrock Group LLC, Vnesheconombank Group (VEB), Sberbank of Russia, Alfa Group, VTB Group, Gazprombank, any subsidiary or affiliate of the foregoing, the Russian government, or any Russian senior foreign political figure (as defined under section 1010.605 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations), to— (A) President Trump; (B) President Trump’s family members— (i) Donald Trump Jr.; (ii) Eric Trump; (iii) Ivanka Trump; (iv) Melania Trump; (v) Tiffany Trump; (vi) Jared Kushner; and (vii) Seryl Stadtmauer (aka Seryl Kushner); (C) President Trump’s associates— (i) Paul Manafort; (ii) Carl Icahn; (iii) Felix Sater; (iv) Gary Cohn; (v) Carter Page; (vi) Roger Stone; (vii) Rick Gates; (viii) Wilbur Ross; (ix) Rex Tillerson; (x) Michael Flynn; (xi) Jeff Sessions; (xii) Michael Cohen; (xiii) Rhona Graff; (xiv) Rob Goldstone; (xv) Boris Epshteyn; and (xvi) Michael Caputo; (D) any Trump-owned, -branded, -licensed, or managed hotels, casinos, and golf courses, previously identified by the Department of the Treasury, including— (i) the Trump Taj Mahal Associates, LLC, d/b/a Taj Mahal Casino Resort; (ii) the Trump National Doral Miami; and (iii) the Trump International Hotel, Washington, DC; (E) any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) in connection with— (i) the property located at 666 5th Avenue, New York, NY; and (ii) the property located at 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY; and (F) the Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd., or the Best Sunshine Live Casino; (2) any financial accounts located outside of the United States and any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1); (3) Deutsche Bank AG’s 2011 mirror trading scheme; (4) the Russian Laundromat (also known as the Global Laundromat and the Moldovan Scheme ); (5) any money laundering violations involving individuals, businesses, or property described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1); (6) any violation of U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or section 953 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Logan Act ), by any person or entity described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1); (7) any business rule developed by the FinCEN to screen data under section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508 , or subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code (collectively, commonly known as the Bank Secrecy Act ), to identify financial transactions involving Russian senior foreign political figures, or any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1); and (8) any Egmont Group requests made to a foreign Financial Intelligence Unit, including Cyprus’ Financial Intelligence Unit, the Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS), pertaining to the financial transactions of any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1).

July 28, 2017 Reported adversely, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed