Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

Bill: 119-hr-1799
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2025-03-03
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1799 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2025 Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. Barr , Mr. Downing , and Mr. Moore of North Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To update thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act . 2. Updating thresholds for certain currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports (a) Thresholds for certain currency transaction reports (1) Currency transaction reports The Secretary of the Treasury shall— (A) not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, revise regulations issued with respect to section 5313 of title 31, United States Code, to update each $10,000 threshold amount in such regulations to $30,000; and (B) every 5 years, update each such threshold amount to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. (2) Threshold for reports relating to coins and currency received in nonfinancial trade or business Section 5331 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking $10,000 each place such term appears in heading or text and inserting $30,000 ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (e) Updates for inflation Every 5 years, the Secretary of the Treasury shall update each dollar figure under this section to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. . (b) Thresholds for suspicious activity reports Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal department or agency that issues regulations with respect to reports on suspicious transactions described under section 5318(g) of title 31, United States Code, shall update each $5,000 threshold amount in such regulations to $10,000 and each $2,000 threshold amount in such regulation to $3,000. (c) Updating the money services business definition thresholds Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall revise section 1010.100(ff) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, to update each $1,000 threshold amount in such regulations to $3,000.