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Calendar No. 185
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1511
To combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of
terrorism, and protect the United States financial system, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 9, 2001
Mr. Sarbanes, from the Committee on Banking, reported the following
original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
To combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of
terrorism, and protect the United States financial system, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International
Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. 4-Year congressional review-expedited consideration.
TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL COUNTER MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED MEASURES
Sec. 101. Special measures for jurisdictions, financial institutions,
or international transactions of primary
money laundering concern.
Sec. 102. Special due diligence for correspondent accounts and private
banking accounts.
Sec. 103. Prohibition on United States correspondent accounts with
foreign shell banks.
Sec. 104. Cooperative efforts to deter money laundering.
Sec. 105. Inclusion of foreign corruption offenses as money laundering
crimes.
Sec. 106. Anti-terrorist forfeiture protection.
Sec. 107. Long-arm jurisdiction over foreign money launderers.
Sec. 108. Laundering money through a foreign bank.
Sec. 109. Forfeiture of funds in United States interbank accounts.
Sec. 110. Proceeds of foreign crimes.
Sec. 111. Exclusion of aliens involved in money laundering.
Sec. 112. Corporation represented by a fugitive.
Sec. 113. Enforcement of foreign judgments.
Sec. 114. Increase in civil and criminal penalties for money
laundering.
Sec. 115. Report and recommendation.
Sec. 116. Report on effectiveness.
Sec. 117. Concentration accounts at financial institutions.
TITLE II--CURRENCY TRANSACTION REPORTING AMENDMENTS AND RELATED
IMPROVEMENTS
Sec. 201. Amendments relating to reporting of suspicious activities.
Sec. 202. Anti-money laundering programs.
Sec. 203. Penalties for violations of geographic targeting orders and
certain recordkeeping requirements, and
lengthening effective period of geographic
targeting orders.
Sec. 204. Anti-money laundering strategy.
Sec. 205. Authorization to include suspicions of illegal activity in
written employment references.
Sec. 206. Bank Secrecy Act advisory group.
Sec. 207. Agency reports on reconciling penalty amounts.
Sec. 208. Reporting of suspicious activities by securities brokers and
dealers.
Sec. 209. Special report on administration of Bank Secrecy provisions.
Sec. 210. Bank Secrecy provisions and anti-terrorist activities of
United States intelligence agencies.
Sec. 211. Reporting of suspicious activities by hawala and other
underground banking systems.
Sec. 212. Use of Authority of the United States Executive Directors.
TITLE III--CURRENCY CRIMES
Sec. 301. Bulk cash smuggling.
TITLE IV--ANTICORRUPTION MEASURES
Sec. 401. Corruption of foreign governments and ruling elites.
Sec. 402. Support for the financial action task force on money
laundering.
Sec. 403. Terrorist funding through money laundering.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) money laundering, estimated by the International
Monetary Fund to amount to between 2 and 5 percent of global
gross domestic product, which is at least $600,000,000,000
annually, provides the financial fuel that permits
transnational criminal enterprises to conduct and expand their
operations to the detriment of the safety and security of
American citizens;
(2) money laundering, and the defects in financial
transparency on which money launderers rely, are critical to
the financing of global terrorism and the provision of funds
for terrorist attacks;
(3) money launderers subvert legitimate financial
mechanisms and banking relationships by using them as
protective covering for the movement of criminal proceeds and
the financing of crime and terrorism, and, by so doing, can
threaten the safety of United States citizens and undermine the
integrity of United States financial institutions and of the
global financial and trading systems upon which prosperity and
growth depend;
(4) certain jurisdictions outside of the United States that
offer ``offshore'' banking and related facilities designed to
provide anonymity, coupled with special tax advantages and weak
financial supervisory and enforcement regimes, provide
essential tools to disguise ownership and movement of criminal
funds, derived from, or used to commit, offenses ranging from
narcotics trafficking, terrorism, arms smuggling, and
trafficking in human beings, to financial frauds that prey on
law-abiding citizens;
(5) transactions involving such offshore jurisdictions make
it difficult for law enforcement officials and regulators to
follow the trail of money earned by criminals, organized
international criminal enterprises, and global terrorist
organizations;
(6) correspondent banking facilities are one of the banking
mechanisms susceptible in some circumstances to manipulation by
foreign banks to permit the laundering of funds by hiding the
identity of real parties in interest to financial transactions;
(7) private banking services can be susceptible to
manipulation by money launderers, for example corrupt foreign
government officials, particularly if those services include
the creation of offshore accounts and facilities for large
personal funds transfers to channel funds into accounts around
the globe;
(8) United States anti-money laundering efforts are impeded
by outmoded and inadequate statutory provisions that make
investigations, prosecutions, and forfeitures more difficult,
particularly in cases in which money laundering involves
foreign persons, foreign banks, or foreign countries;
(9) the ability to mount effective counter-measures to
international money launderers requires national, as well as
bilateral and multilateral action, using tools specially
designed for that effort; and
(10) the Basle Committee on Banking Regulation and
Supervisory Practices and the Financial Action Task Force on
Money Laundering, of both of which the United States is a
member, have each adopted international anti-money laundering
principles and recommendations.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to increase the stre
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ngth of United States measures to
prevent, detect, and prosecute international money laundering
and the financing of terrorism;
(2) to ensure that--
(A) banking transactions and financial
relationships and the conduct of such transactions and
relationships, do not contravene the purposes of
subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States
Code, section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,
or chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91-508 (84 Stat.
1116), or facilitate the evasion of any such provision;
and
(B) the purposes of such provisions of law continue
to be fulfilled, and that such provisions of law are
effectively and efficiently administered;
(3) to strengthen the provisions put into place by the
Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. 981 note),
especially with respect to crimes by non-United States
nationals and foreign financial institutions;
(4) to provide a clear national mandate for subjecting to
special scrutiny those foreign jurisdictions, financial
institutions operating outside of the United States, and
classes of international transactions that pose particular,
identifiable opportunities for criminal abuse;
(5) to provide the Secretary of the Treasury (in this Act
referred to as the ``Secretary'') with broad discretion,
subject to the safeguards provided by the Administrative
Procedures Act under title 5, United States Code, to take
measures tailored to the particular money laundering problems
presented by specific foreign jurisdictions, financial
institutions operating outside of the United States, and
classes of international transactions;
(6) to ensure that the employment of such measures by the
Secretary permits appropriate opportunity for comment by
affected financial institutions;
(7) to provide guidance to domestic financial institutions
on particular foreign jurisdictions, financial institutions
operating outside of the United States, and classes of
international transactions that are of primary money laundering
concern to the United States Government;
(8) to ensure that the forfeiture of any assets in
connection with the anti-terrorist efforts of the United States
permits for adequate challenge consistent with providing due
process rights;
(9) to clarify the terms of the safe harbor from civil
liability for filing suspicious activity reports;
(10) to strengthen the authority of the Secretary to issue
and administer geographic targeting orders, and to clarify that
violations of such orders or any other requirement imposed
under the authority contained in chapter 2 of title I of Public
Law 91-508 and subchapters II and III of chapter 53 of title
31, United States Code, may result in criminal and civil
penalties;
(11) to ensure that all appropriate elements of the
financial services industry are subject to appropriate
requirements to report potential money laundering transactions
to proper authorities, and that jurisdictional disputes do not
hinder examination of compliance by financial institutions with
relevant reporting requirements;
(12) to fix responsibility for high level coordination of
the anti-money laundering efforts of the Department of the
Treasury;
(13) to strengthen the ability of financial institutions to
maintain the integrity of their employee population; and
(14) to strengthen measures to prevent the use of the
United States financial system for personal gain by corrupt
foreign officials and to facilitate the repatriation of any
stolen assets to the citizens of countries to whom such assets
belong.
SEC. 3. 4-YEAR CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW-EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.
(a) In General.--Effective on and after the first day of fiscal
year 2005, the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this
Act shall terminate if the Congress enacts a joint resolution, the text
after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That provisions of
the International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist
Financing Act of 2001, and the amendments made thereby, shall no longer
have the force of law.''.
(b) Expedited Consideration.--Any joint resolution submitted
pursuant to this section shall be considered in the Senate in
accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International
Security Assistance and Arms Control Act of 1976. For the purpose of
expediting the consideration and enactment of a joint resolution under
this section, a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such
joint resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate
committee, shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of
Representatives.
TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL COUNTER MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED MEASURES
SEC. 101. SPECIAL MEASURES FOR JURISDICTIONS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
OR INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS OF PRIMARY MONEY LAUNDERING
CONCERN.
(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5318 the following
new section:
``SEC. 5318A. SPECIAL MEASURES FOR JURISDICTIONS, FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS, OR INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS OF PRIMARY
MONEY LAUNDERING CONCERN.
``(a) International Counter-Money Laundering Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require domestic
financial institutions and domestic financial agencies to take
1 or more of the special measures described in subsection (b)
if the Secretary finds that reasonable grounds exist for
concluding that a jurisdiction outside of the United States, 1
or more financial institutions operating outside of the United
States, 1 or more classes of transactions within, or involving,
a jurisdiction outside of the United States, or 1 or more types of
accounts is of primary money laundering concern, in accordance with
subsection (c).
``(2) Form of requirement.--The special measures described
in--
``(A) subsection (b) may be imposed in such
sequence or combination as the Secretary shall
determine;
``(B) paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b)
may be imposed by regulation, order, or otherwise as
permitted by law; and
``(C) subsection (b)(5) may be imposed only by
regulation.
``(3) Duration of orders; rulemaking.--Any order by which a
special measure described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of
subsection (b) is imposed (other than an order described in
section 5326)--
``(A) shall be issued together with a notice of
proposed rulemaking relating to the imposition of such
special measure; and
``(B) may not remain in effect for more than 120
days, except pursuant to a rule promulgated on or
before the end of the 120-day period beginning on the
date of issuance of such order.
``(4) Process for selecting special measures.--In selecting
which special measure or measures to take under this
subsection, the Secretary--
``(A) shall consult with the Chairman of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, any other
appropriate Federal banking agency, as defined in
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section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Credit
Union Administration Board, and in the sole discretion
of the Secretary such other agencies and interested
parties as the Secretary may find to be appropriate;
and
``(B) shall consider--
``(i) whether similar action has been or is
being taken by other nations or multilateral
groups;
``(ii) whether the imposition of any
particular special measure would create a
significant competitive disadvantage, including
any undue cost or burden associated with
compliance, for financial institutions
organized or licensed in the United States; and
``(iii) the extent to which the action or
the timing of the action would have a
significant adverse systemic impact on the
international payment, clearance, and
settlement system, or on legitimate business
activities involving the particular
jurisdiction, institution, or class of
transactions.
``(5) No limitation on other authority.--This section shall
not be construed as superseding or otherwise restricting any
other authority granted to the Secretary, or to any other
agency, by this subchapter or otherwise.
``(b) Special Measures.--The special measures referred to in
subsection (a), with respect to a jurisdiction outside of the United
States, financial institution operating outside of the United States,
class of transaction within, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of
the United States, or 1 or more types of accounts are as follows:
``(1) Recordkeeping and reporting of certain financial
transactions.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary may require any
domestic financial institution or domestic financial
agency to maintain records, file reports, or both,
concerning the aggregate amount of transactions, or
concerning each transaction, with respect to a
jurisdiction outside of the United States, 1 or more
financial institutions operating outside of the United
States, 1 or more classes of transactions within, or
involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United States,
or 1 or more types of accounts if the Secretary finds
any such jurisdiction, institution, or class of
transactions to be of primary money laundering concern.
``(B) Form of records and reports.--Such records
and reports shall be made and retained at such time, in
such manner, and for such period of time, as the
Secretary shall determine, and shall include such
information as the Secretary may determine, including--
``(i) the identity and address of the
participants in a transaction or relationship,
including the identity of the originator of any
funds transfer;
``(ii) the legal capacity in which a
participant in any transaction is acting;
``(iii) the identity of the beneficial
owner of the funds involved in any transaction,
in accordance with such procedures as the
Secretary determines to be reasonable and
practicable to obtain and retain the
information; and
``(iv) a description of any transaction.
``(2) Information relating to beneficial ownership.--In
addition to any other requirement under any other provision of
law, the Secretary may require any domestic financial
institution or domestic financial agency to take such steps as
the Secretary may determine to be reasonable and practicable to
obtain and retain information concerning the beneficial
ownership of any account opened or maintained in the United
States by a foreign person (other than a foreign entity whose
shares are subject to public reporting requirements or are
listed and traded on a regulated exchange or trading market),
or a representative of such a foreign person, that involves a
jurisdiction outside of the United States, 1 or more financial
institutions operating outside of the United States, 1 or more
classes of transactions within, or involving, a jurisdiction
outside of the United States, or 1 or more types of accounts if
the Secretary finds any such jurisdiction, institution,
or transaction to be of primary money laundering concern.
``(3) Information relating to certain payable-through
accounts.--If the Secretary finds a jurisdiction outside of the
United States, 1 or more financial institutions operating
outside of the United States, or 1 or more classes of
transactions within, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of
the United States to be of primary money laundering concern,
the Secretary may require any domestic financial institution or
domestic financial agency that opens or maintains a payable-
through account in the United States for a foreign financial
institution involving any such jurisdiction or any such
financial institution operating outside of the United States,
or a payable through account through which any such transaction
may be conducted, as a condition of opening or maintaining such
account--
``(A) to identify each customer (and representative
of such customer) of such financial institution who is
permitted to use, or whose transactions are routed
through, such payable-through account; and
``(B) to obtain, with respect to each such customer
(and each such representative), information that is
substantially comparable to that which the depository
institution obtains in the ordinary course of business
with respect to its customers residing in the United
States.
``(4) Information relating to certain correspondent
accounts.--If the Secretary finds a jurisdiction outside of the
United States, 1 or more financial institutions operating
outside of the United States, or 1 or more classes of
transactions within, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of
the United States to be of primary money laundering concern,
the Secretary may require any domestic financial institution or
domestic financial agency that opens or maintains a
correspondent account in the United States for a foreign
financial institution involving any such jurisdiction or any
such financial institution operating outside of the United
States, or a correspondent account through which any such
transaction may be conducted, as a condition of opening or
maintaining such account--
``(A) to identify each customer (and representative
of such customer) of any such financial institution who
is permitted to use, or whose transactions are routed
through, such correspondent account; and
``(B) to obtain, with respect to each such cu
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(and each such representative), information that is
substantially comparable to that which the depository
institution obtains in the ordinary course of business
with respect to its customers residing in the United
States.
``(5) Prohibitions or conditions on opening or maintaining
certain correspondent or payable-through accounts.--If the
Secretary finds a jurisdiction outside of the United States, 1
or more financial institutions operating outside of the United
States, or 1 or more classes of transactions within, or
involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United States to be of
primary money laundering concern, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General,
and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, may prohibit, or impose conditions upon, the
opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent
account or payable- through account by any domestic financial
institution or domestic financial agency for or on behalf of a
foreign banking institution, if such correspondent account or
payable-through account involves any such jurisdiction or
institution, or if any such transaction may be conducted
through such correspondent account or payable-through account.
``(c) Consultations and Information To Be Considered in Finding
Jurisdictions, Institutions, Types of Accounts, or Transactions To Be
of Primary Money Laundering Concern.--
``(1) In general.--In making a finding that reasonable
grounds exist for concluding that a jurisdiction outside of the
United States, 1 or more financial institutions operating
outside of the United States, 1 or more classes of transactions
within, or involving, a jurisdiction outside of the United
States, or 1 or more types of accounts is of primary money
laundering concern so as to authorize the Secretary to take 1
or more of the special measures described in subsection (b),
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State, and
the Attorney General.
``(2) Additional considerations.--In making a finding
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider in
addition such information as the Secretary determines to be
relevant, including the following potentially relevant factors:
``(A) Jurisdictional factors.--In the case of a
particular jurisdiction--
``(i) evidence that organized criminal
groups, international terrorists, or both, have
transacted business in that jurisdiction;
(ii) the extent to which that jurisdiction
or financial institutions operating in that
jurisdiction offer bank secrecy or special tax
or regulatory advantages to nonresidents or
nondomiciliaries of that jurisdiction;
``(iii) the substance and quality of
administration of the bank supervisory and
counter-money laundering laws of that
jurisdiction;
``(iv) the relationship between the volume
of financial transactions occurring in that
jurisdiction and the size of the economy of the
jurisdiction;
``(v) the extent to which that jurisdiction
is characterized as a tax haven or offshore
banking or secrecy haven by credible
international organizations or multilateral
expert groups;
``(vi) whether the United States has a
mutual legal assistance treaty with that
jurisdiction, and the experience of United
States law enforcement officials, regulatory
officials, and tax administrators in obtaining
information about transactions originating in
or routed through or to such jurisdiction; and
``(vii) the extent to which that
jurisdiction is characterized by high levels of
official or institutional corruption.
``(B) Institutional factors.--In the case of a
decision to apply 1 or more of the special measures
described in subsection (b) only to a financial
institution or institutions, or to a transaction or
class of transactions, or to a type of account, or to
all 3, within or involving a particular jurisdiction--
``(i) the extent to which such financial
institutions, transactions, or types of
accounts are used to facilitate or promote
money laundering in or through the
jurisdiction;
``(ii) the extent to which such
institutions, transactions, or types of
accounts are used for legitimate business
purposes in the jurisdiction; and
``(iii) the extent to which such action is
sufficient to ensure, with respect to
transactions involving the jurisdiction and
institutions operating in the jurisdiction,
that the purposes of this subchapter continue
to be fulfilled, and to guard against
international money laundering and other
financial crimes.
``(d) Notification of Special Measures Invoked by the Secretary.--
Not later than 10 days after the date of any action taken by the
Secretary under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall notify, in
writing, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate of any such action.
``(e) Study and Report on Foreign Nationals.--
``(1) Study.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
appropriate Federal agencies, including the Federal banking
agencies (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act), shall conduct a study to--
``(A) determine the most timely and effective way
to require foreign nationals to provide domestic
financial institutions and agencies with appropriate
and accurate information, comparable to that which is
required of United States nationals, concerning their
identity, address, and other related information
necessary to enable such institutions and agencies to
comply with the reporting, information gathering, and
other requirements of this section; and
``(B) consider the need for requiring foreign
nationals to apply for and obtain an identification
number, similar to what is required for United States
citizens through a social security number or tax
identification number, prior to opening an account with
a domestic financial institution.
``(2) Report.--The Secretary shall report to Congress not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section
with recommendations for implementing such action referred to
in paragraph (1) in a timely and effective man
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ner.
``(f) Definitions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subchapter, for purposes of this section, the following definitions
shall apply:
``(1) Bank definitions.--The following definitions shall
apply with respect to a bank:
``(A) Account.--The term `account'--
``(i) means a formal banking or business
relationship established to provide regular
services, dealings, and other financial
transactions; and
``(ii) includes a demand deposit, savings
deposit, or other transaction or asset account
and a credit account or other extension of
credit.
``(B) Correspondent account.--The term
`correspondent account' means an account established to
receive deposits from, make payments on behalf of a
foreign financial institution, or handle other
financial transactions related to such institution.
``(C) Payable-through account.--The term `payable-
through account' means an account, including a
transaction account (as defined in section 19(b)(1)(C)
of the Federal Reserve Act), opened at a depository
institution by a foreign financial institution by means
of which the foreign financial institution permits its
customers to engage, either directly or through a
subaccount, in banking activities usual in connection
with the business of banking in the United States.
``(2) Definitions applicable to institutions other than
banks.--With respect to any financial institution other than a
bank, the Secretary shall, after consultation with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, define by regulation the
term `account', and shall include within the meaning of that
term, to the extent, if any, that the Secretary deems
appropriate, arrangements similar to payable-through and
correspondent accounts.
``(3) Regulatory definition.--The Secretary shall
promulgate regulations defining beneficial ownership of an
account for purposes of this section. Such regulations shall
address issues related to an individual's authority to fund,
direct, or manage the account (including, without limitation,
the power to direct payments into or out of the account), and
an individual's material interest in the income or corpus of
the account, and shall ensure that the identification of
individuals under this section does not extend to any
individual whose beneficial interest in the income or corpus of
the account is immaterial.''.
``(4) Other terms.--The Secretary may, by regulation,
further define the terms in paragraphs (1) and (2) and define
other terms for the purposes of this section, as the Secretary
deems appropriate.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter II of
chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 5318 the following new item:
``5318A. Special measures for jurisdictions, financial institutions, or
international transactions of primary money
laundering concern.''.
SEC. 102. SPECIAL DUE DILIGENCE FOR CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS AND PRIVATE
BANKING ACCOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Due Diligence for United States Private Banking and
Correspondent Bank Accounts Involving Foreign Persons.--
``(1) In general.--Each financial institution that
establishes, maintains, administers, or manages a private
banking account or a correspondent account in the United States
for a non-United States person, including a foreign individual
visiting the United States, or a representative of a non-United
States person shall establish appropriate, specific, and, where
necessary, enhanced, due diligence policies, procedures, and
controls to detect and report instances of money laundering
through those accounts.
``(2) Minimum standards for correspondent accounts.--
``(A) In general.--Subparagraph (B) shall apply if
a correspondent account is requested or maintained by,
or on behalf of, a foreign bank operating--
``(i) under an offshore banking license; or
``(ii) under a banking license issued by a
foreign country that has been designated--
``(I) as noncooperative with
international anti-money laundering
principles or procedures by an
intergovernmental group or organization
of which the United States is a member;
or
``(II) by the Secretary as
warranting special measures due to
money laundering concerns.
``(B) Policies, procedures, and controls.--The
enhanced due diligence policies, procedures, and
controls required under paragraph (1) shall, at a
minimum, ensure that the financial institution in the
United States takes reasonable steps--
``(i) to ascertain for any such foreign
bank, the shares of which are not publicly
traded, the identity of each of the owners of
the foreign bank, and the nature and extent of
the ownership interest of each such owner;
``(ii) to conduct enhanced scrutiny of such
account to guard against money laundering and
report any suspicious transactions under
section 5318(g); and
``(iii) to ascertain whether such foreign
bank provides correspondent accounts to other
foreign banks and, if so, the identity of those
foreign banks and related due diligence
information, as appropriate under paragraph
(1).
``(3) Minimum standards for private banking accounts.--If a
private banking account is requested or maintained by, or on
behalf of, a non-United States person, then the due diligence
policies, procedures, and controls required under paragraph (1)
shall, at a minimum, ensure that the financial institution
takes reasonable steps--
``(A) to ascertain the identity of the nominal and
beneficial owners of, and the source of funds deposited
into, such account as needed to guard against money
laundering and report any suspicious transactions under
section 5318(g); and
``(B) to conduct enhanced scrutiny of any such
account that is requested or maintained by, or on
behalf of, a senior foreign political figure, or any
immediate family member or close associate of a senior
foreign political figure, to prevent, detect, and
report transactions that may involve the proceeds of
foreign corruption.
``(4) Definitions and regulatory authority.--
``(A) Offshore b
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anking license.--For purposes of
this subsection, the term `offshore banking license'
means a license to conduct banking activities which, as
a condition of the license, prohibits the licensed
entity from conducting banking activities with the
citizens of, or with the local currency of, the country
which issued the license.
``(B) Regulatory authority.--The Secretary, in
consultation with the appropriate functional regulators
of the affected financial institutions, may further
delineate, by regulation the due diligence policies,
procedures, and controls required under paragraph
(1).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act with
respect to accounts covered by section 5318(i) of title 31, United
States Code, as added by this section, that are opened before, on, or
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 103. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNTS WITH
FOREIGN SHELL BANKS.
(a) In General.--Section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 5318(i), as added by section 102 of
this Act, the following:
``(j) Prohibition on United States Correspondent Accounts With
Foreign Shell Banks.--
``(1) In general.--A financial institution described in
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 5312(a)(2) (in this
subsection referred to as a `covered financial institution')
shall not establish, maintain, administer, or manage a
correspondent account in the United States for, or on behalf
of, a foreign bank that does not have a physical presence in
any country.
``(2) Prevention of indirect service to foreign shell
banks.--A covered financial institution shall take reasonable
steps to ensure that any correspondent account established,
maintained, administered, or managed by that covered financial
institution in the United States for a foreign bank is not
being used by that foreign bank to indirectly provide banking
services to another foreign bank that does not have a physical
presence in any country. The Secretary shall, by regulation,
delineate the reasonable steps necessary to comply with this
paragraph.
``(3) Exception.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not prohibit a
covered financial institution from providing a correspondent
account to a foreign bank, if the foreign bank--
``(A) is an affiliate of a depository institution,
credit union, or foreign bank that maintains a physical
presence in the United States or a foreign country, as
applicable; and
``(B) is subject to supervision by a banking
authority in the country regulating the affiliated
depository institution, credit union, or foreign bank
described in subparagraph (A), as applicable.
``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
``(A) the term `affiliate' means a foreign bank
that is controlled by or is under common control with a
depository institution, credit union, or foreign bank;
and
``(B) the term `physical presence' means a place of
business that--
``(i) is maintained by a foreign bank;
``(ii) is located at a fixed address (other
than solely an electronic address) in a country
in which the foreign bank is authorized to
conduct banking activities, at which location
the foreign bank--
``(I) employs 1 or more individuals
on a full-time basis; and
``(II) maintains operating records
related to its banking activities; and
``(iii) is subject to inspection by the
banking authority which licensed the foreign
bank to conduct banking activities.''.
SEC. 104. COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO DETER MONEY LAUNDERING.
(a) Cooperation Among Financial Institutions, Regulatory
Authorities, and Law Enforcement Authorities.--
(1) Regulations.--The Secretary shall, within 120 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, adopt regulations to
encourage further cooperation among financial institutions,
their regulatory authorities, and law enforcement authorities,
with the specific purpose of encouraging regulatory authorities
and law enforcement authorities to share with financial
institutions information regarding individuals, entities, and
organizations engaged in or reasonably suspected based on
credible evidence of engaging in terrorist acts or money
laundering activities.
(2) Contents.--The regulations promulgated pursuant to
paragraph (1) may--
(A) require that each financial institution
designate 1 or more persons to receive information
concerning, and to monitor accounts of individuals,
entities, and organizations identified, pursuant to
paragraph (1); and
(B) further establish procedures for the protection
of the shared information, consistent with the
capacity, size, and nature of the institution to which
the particular procedures apply.
(3) Rule of construction.--The receipt of information by a
financial institution pursuant to this section shall not
relieve or otherwise modify the obligations of the financial
institution with respect to any other person or account.
(4) Use of information.--Information received by a
financial institution pursuant to this section shall not be
used for any purpose other than identifying and reporting on
activities that may involve terrorist acts or money laundering
activities.
(b) Cooperation Among Financial Institutions.--Upon notice provided
to the Secretary, 2 or more financial institutions and any association
of financial institutions may share information with one another
regarding individuals, entities, organizations, and countries suspected
of possible terrorist or money laundering activities. A financial
institution or association that transmits, receives, or shares such
information for the purposes of identifying and reporting activities
that may involve terrorist acts or money laundering activities shall
not be liable to any person under any law or regulation of the United
States, any constitution, law, or regulation of any State or political
subdivision thereof, or under any contract or other legally enforceable
agreement (including any arbitration agreement), for such disclosure or
for any failure to provide notice of such disclosure to the person who
is the subject of such disclosure, or any other person identified in
the disclosure, except where such transmission, receipt, or sharing
violates this section or regulations promulgated pursuant to this
section.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Compliance with the provisions of this
Act requiring or allowing financial institutions and any association of
financial institutions to disclose or share information regarding
individuals, entities, and organizations engaged in or suspected of
engaging in terrorist acts or money laundering activities shall not
constitute a violation of the provisions of title V of the Gramm-Leach-
Bliley Act (Public Law
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106-102).
SEC. 105. INCLUSION OF FOREIGN CORRUPTION OFFENSES AS MONEY LAUNDERING
CRIMES.
Section 1956(c)(7)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ``or destruction of
property by means of explosive or fire'' and inserting
``destruction of property by means of explosive or fire, or a
crime of violence (as defined in section 16)'';
(2) in clause (iii), by striking ``1978'' and inserting
``1978)''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(iv) bribery of a public official, or the
misappropriation, theft, or embezzlement of
public funds by or for the benefit of a public
official;
``(v) smuggling or export control
violations involving--
``(I) an item controlled on the
United States Munitions List
established under section 38 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778); or
``(II) an item controlled under
regulations under the Export
Administration Act of 1977 (15 C.F.R.
Parts 730-774);
``(vi) an offense with respect to which the
United States would be obligated by a
multilateral treaty, either to extradite the
alleged offender or to submit the case for
prosecution, if the offender were found within
the territory of the United States; or
``(vii) the misuse of funds of, or provided
by, the International Monetary Fund in
contravention of the Articles of Agreement of
the Fund or the misuse of funds of, or provided
by, any other international financial
institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2)
of the International Financial Institutions Act
(22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2)) in contravention of any
treaty or other international agreement to
which the United States is a party, including
any articles of agreement of the members of the
international financial institution;''.
SEC. 106. ANTI-TERRORIST FORFEITURE PROTECTION.
(a) Right to Contest.--An owner of property that is confiscated
under any provision of law relating to the confiscation of assets of
suspected international terrorists, may contest that confiscation by
filing a claim in the manner set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure (Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime
Claims), and asserting as an affirmative defense that--
(1) the property is not subject to confiscation under such
provision of law; or
(2) the innocent owner provisions of section 983(d) of
title 18, United States Code, apply to the case.
(b) Evidence.--In considering a claim filed under this section, the
Government may rely on evidence that is otherwise inadmissible under
the Federal Rules of Evidence, if a court determines that such reliance
is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United
States.
(c) Other Remedies.--Nothing in this section shall limit or
otherwise affect any other remedies that may be available to an owner
of property under section 983 of title 18, United States Code, or any
other provision of law.
SEC. 107. LONG-ARM JURISDICTION OVER FOREIGN MONEY LAUNDERERS.
Section 1956(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving the margins
2 ems to the right;
(2) by inserting after ``(b)'' the following:
``Penalties.--
``(1) In general.--'';
(3) by inserting ``, or section 1957'' after ``or (a)(3)'';
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Jurisdiction over foreign persons.--For purposes of
adjudicating an action filed or enforcing a penalty ordered
under this section, the district courts shall have jurisdiction
over any foreign person, including any financial institution
authorized under the laws of a foreign country, against whom
the action is brought, if service of process upon the foreign
person is made under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or
the laws of the country in which the foreign person is found,
and--
``(A) the foreign person commits an offense under
subsection (a) involving a financial transaction that
occurs in whole or in part in the United States;
``(B) the foreign person converts, to his or her
own use, property in which the United States has an
ownership interest by virtue of the entry of an order
of forfeiture by a court of the United States; or
``(C) the foreign person is a financial institution
that maintains a bank account at a financial
institution in the United States.
``(3) Court authority over assets.--A court described in
paragraph (2) may issue a pretrial restraining order or take
any other action necessary to ensure that any bank account or
other property held by the defendant in the United States is
available to satisfy a judgment under this section.
``(4) Federal receiver.--
``(A) In general.--A court described in paragraph
(2) may appoint a Federal Receiver, in accordance with
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, to collect,
marshal, and take custody, control, and possession of
all assets of the defendant, wherever located, to
satisfy a judgment under this section or section 981,
982, or 1957, including an order of restitution to any
victim of a specified unlawful activity.
``(B) Appointment and authority.--A Federal
Receiver described in subparagraph (A)--
``(i) may be appointed upon application of
a Federal prosecutor or a Federal or State
regulator, by the court having jurisdiction
over the defendant in the case;
``(ii) shall be an officer of the court,
and the powers of the Federal Receiver shall
include the powers set out in section 754 of
title 28, United States Code; and
``(iii) shall have standing equivalent to
that of a Federal prosecutor for the purpose of
submitting requests to obtain information
regarding the assets of the defendant--
``(I) from the Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network of the Department
of the Treasury; or
``(II) from a foreign country
pursuant to a mutual legal assistance
treaty, multilateral agreement, or
other arrangement for international law
enforcement assistance, provided that
such requests are in accor
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dance with
the policies and procedures of the
Attorney General.''.
SEC. 108. LAUNDERING MONEY THROUGH A FOREIGN BANK.
Section 1956(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:
``(6) the term `financial institution' includes--
``(A) any financial institution, as defined in
section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code, or
the regulations promulgated thereunder; and
``(B) any foreign bank, as defined in section 1 of
the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C.
3101).''.
SEC. 109. FORFEITURE OF FUNDS IN UNITED STATES INTERBANK ACCOUNTS.
(a) Forfeiture From United States Interbank Account.--Section 981
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(k) Interbank Accounts.--
``(1) In general.--
``(A) In general.--For the purpose of a forfeiture
under this section or under the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), if funds are deposited
into an account at a foreign bank, and that foreign
bank has an interbank account in the United States with
a covered financial institution (as defined in section
5318A of title 31), the funds shall be deemed to have
been deposited into the interbank account in the United
States, and any restraining order, seizure warrant, or
arrest warrant in rem regarding the funds may be served
on the covered financial institution, and funds in the interbank
account, up to the value of the funds deposited into the account at the
foreign bank, may be restrained, seized, or arrested.
``(B) Authority to suspend.--The Attorney General,
in consultation with the Secretary, may suspend or
terminate a forfeiture under this section if the
Attorney General determines that a conflict of law
exists between the laws of the jurisdiction in which
the foreign bank is located and the laws of the United
States with respect to liabilities arising from the
restraint, seizure, or arrest of such funds, and that
such suspension or termination would be in the interest
of justice and would not harm the national interests of
the United States.
``(2) No requirement for government to trace funds.--If a
forfeiture action is brought against funds that are restrained,
seized, or arrested under paragraph (1), it shall not be
necessary for the Government to establish that the funds are
directly traceable to the funds that were deposited into the
foreign bank, nor shall it be necessary for the Government to
rely on the application of section 984.
``(3) Claims brought by owner of the funds.--If a
forfeiture action is instituted against funds restrained,
seized, or arrested under paragraph (1), the owner of the funds
deposited into the account at the foreign bank may contest the
forfeiture by filing a claim under section 983.
``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the
following definitions shall apply:
``(A) Interbank account.--The term `interbank
account' has the same meaning as in section
984(c)(2)(B).
``(B) Owner.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (ii), the term `owner'--
``(I) means the person who was the
owner, as that term is defined in
section 983(d)(6), of the funds that
were deposited into the foreign bank at
the time such funds were deposited; and
``(II) does not include either the
foreign bank or any financial
institution acting as an intermediary
in the transfer of the funds into the
interbank account.
``(ii) Exception.--The foreign bank may be
considered the `owner' of the funds (and no
other person shall qualify as the owner of such
funds) only if--
``(I) the basis for the forfeiture
action is wrongdoing committed by the
foreign bank; or
``(II) the foreign bank
establishes, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that prior to the restraint,
seizure, or arrest of the funds, the
foreign bank had discharged all or part
of its obligation to the prior owner of
the funds, in which case the foreign
bank shall be deemed the owner of the
funds to the extent of such discharged
obligation.''.
(b) Bank Records.--Section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Bank Records Related to Anti-Money Laundering Programs.--
``(1) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the
following definitions shall apply:
``(A) Appropriate federal banking agency.--The term
`appropriate Federal banking agency' has the same
meaning as in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
``(B) Incorporated terms.--The terms `correspondent
account', `covered financial institution', and `foreign
bank' have the same meanings as in section 5318A.
``(2) 120-hour rule.--Not later than 120 hours after
receiving a request by an appropriate Federal banking agency
for information related to anti-money laundering compliance by
a covered financial institution or a customer of such
institution, a covered financial institution shall provide to
the appropriate Federal banking agency, or make available at a
location specified by the representative of the appropriate
Federal banking agency, information and account documentation
for any account opened, maintained, administered or managed in
the United States by the covered financial institution.
``(3) Foreign bank records.--
``(A) Summons or subpoena of records.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary or the
Attorney General may issue a summons or
subpoena to any foreign bank that maintains a
correspondent account in the United States and
request records related to such correspondent
account, including records maintained outside
of the United States relating to the deposit of
funds into the foreign bank.
``(ii) Service of summons or subpoena.--A
summons or subpoena referred to in clause (i)
may be served on the foreign bank in the United
States if the foreign bank has a representative
in the United States, or in a foreign country
pursua
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nt to any mutual legal assistance treaty,
multilateral agreement, or other request for
international law enforcement assistance.
``(B) Acceptance of service.--
``(i) Maintaining records in the united
states.--Any covered financial institution
which maintains a correspondent account in the
United States for a foreign bank shall maintain
records in the United States identifying the
owners of such foreign bank and the name and
address of a person who resides in the United
States and is authorized to accept service of
legal process for records regarding the
correspondent account.
``(ii) Law enforcement request.--Upon
receipt of a written request from a Federal law
enforcement officer for information required to
be maintained under this paragraph, the covered
financial institution shall provide the
information to the requesting officer not later
than 7 days after receipt of the request.
``(C) Termination of correspondent relationship.--
``(i) Termination upon receipt of notice.--
A covered financial institution shall terminate
any correspondent relationship with a foreign
bank not later than 10 business days after
receipt of written notice from the Secretary or
the Attorney General that the foreign bank has
failed--
``(I) to comply with a summons or
subpoena issued under subparagraph (A);
or
``(II) to initiate proceedings in a
United States court contesting such
summons or subpoena.
``(ii) Limitation on liability.--A covered
financial institution shall not be liable to
any person in any court or arbitration
proceeding for terminating a correspondent
relationship in accordance with this
subsection.
``(iii) Failure to terminate
relationship.--Failure to terminate a
correspondent relationship in accordance with
this subsection shall render the covered
financial institution liable for a civil
penalty of up to $10,000 per day until the
correspondent relationship is so terminated.''.
(c) Grace Period.--Financial institutions affected by section 5333
of title 31 United States Code, as amended by this Act, shall have 60
days from the date of enactment of this Act to comply with the
provisions of that section.
(d) Requests for Records.--Section 3486(a)(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``, or (II) a Federal offense
involving the sexual exploitation or abuse of children'' and inserting
``, (II) a Federal offense involving the sexual exploitation or abuse
of children, or (III) money laundering, in violation of section 1956,
1957, or 1960 of this title''.
(e) Authority To Order Convicted Criminal To Return Property
Located Abroad.--
(1) Forfeiture of substitute property.--Section 413(p) of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853) is amended to
read as follows:
``(p) Forfeiture of Substitute Property.--
``(1) In general.--Paragraph (2) of this subsection shall
apply, if any property described in subsection (a), as a result
of any act or omission of the defendant--
``(A) cannot be located upon the exercise of due
diligence;
``(B) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited
with, a third party;
``(C) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of
the court;
``(D) has been substantially diminished in value;
or
``(E) has been commingled with other property which
cannot be divided without difficulty.
``(2) Substitute property.--In any case described in any of
subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1), the court shall
order the forfeiture of any other property of the defendant, up
to the value of any property described in subparagraphs (A)
through (E) of paragraph (1), as applicable.
``(3) Return of property to jurisdiction.--In the case of
property described in paragraph (1)(C), the court may, in
addition to any other action authorized by this subsection,
order the defendant to return the property to the jurisdiction
of the court so that the property may be seized and
forfeited.''.
(2) Protective orders.--Section 413(e) of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853(e)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(4) Order to repatriate and deposit.--
``(A) In general.--Pursuant to its authority to
enter a pretrial restraining order under this section,
including its authority to restrain any property
forfeitable as substitute assets, the court may order a
defendant to repatriate any property that may be seized
and forfeited, and to deposit that property pending
trial in the registry of the court, or with the United
States Marshals Service or the Secretary of the
Treasury, in an interest-bearing account, if
appropriate.
``(B) Failure to comply.--Failure to comply with an
order under this subsection, or an order to repatriate
property under subsection (p), shall be punishable as a
civil or criminal contempt of court, and may also
result in an enhancement of the sentence of the
defendant under the obstruction of justice provision of
the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.''.
SEC. 110. PROCEEDS OF FOREIGN CRIMES.
Section 981(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
``(B) Any property, real or personal, within the
jurisdiction of the United States, constituting, derived from,
or traceable to, any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly
from an offense against a foreign nation, or any property used
to facilitate such an offense, if the offense--
``(i) involves the manufacture, importation, sale,
or distribution of a controlled substance (as that term
is defined for purposes of the Controlled Substances
Act), or any other conduct described in section
1956(c)(7)(B);
``(ii) would be punishable within the jurisdiction
of the foreign nation by death or imprisonment for a
term exceeding 1 year; and
``(iii) would be punishable under the laws of the
United States by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1
year, if the act or activity constituting the offense
had occurred within the jurisdiction of the United
States.''.
SEC. 111. EXCLUSION OF ALIENS INVOLVED IN MONEY LAUNDERING.
Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and
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Nationality Act of 1952 (8
U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(I) Money laundering activities.--Any alien who
the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or
has reason to believe is or has been engaged in
activities which, if engaged in within the United
States would constitute a violation of section 1956 or
1957 of title 18, United States Code, or has been a
knowing assister, abettor, conspirator, or colluder
with others in any such illicit activity is
inadmissible.''.
SEC. 112. CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY A FUGITIVE.
Section 2466 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
designating the present matter as subsection (a), and adding at the end
the following:
``(b) Subsection (a) may be applied to a claim filed by a
corporation if any majority shareholder, or individual filing the claim
on behalf of the corporation is a person to whom subsection (a)
applies.''.
SEC. 113. ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS.
Section 2467 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by adding the following after
paragraph (2):
``(3) Preservation of property.--To preserve the
availability of property subject to a foreign forfeiture or
confiscation judgment, the Government may apply for, and the
court may issue, a restraining order pursuant to section 983(j)
of title 18, United States Code, at any time before or after an
application is filed pursuant to subsection (c)(1). The court,
in issuing the restraining order--
``(A) may rely on information set forth in an
affidavit describing the nature of the proceeding
investigation underway in the foreign country, and
setting forth a reasonable basis to believe that the
property to be restrained will be named in a judgment
of forfeiture at the conclusion of such proceeding; or
``(B) may register and enforce a restraining order
has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in
the foreign country and certified by the Attorney
General pursuant to subsection (b)(2).
No person may object to the restraining order on any ground
that is the subject to parallel litigation involving the same
property that is pending in a foreign court.'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ``establishing
that the defendant received notice of the proceedings in
sufficient time to enable the defendant'' and inserting
``establishing that the foreign nation took steps, in
accordance with the principles of due process, to give notice
of the proceedings to all persons with an interest in the
property in sufficient time to enable such persons'';
(3) in subsection (d)(1)(D), by striking ``the defendant in
the proceedings in the foreign court did not receive notice''
and inserting ``the foreign nation did not take steps, in
accordance with the principles of due process, to give notice of the
proceedings to a person with an interest in the property''; and
(4) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting ``, any violation
of foreign law that would constitute a violation of an offense
for which property could be forfeited under Federal law if the
offense were committed in the United States'' after ``United
Nations Convention''.
SEC. 114. INCREASE IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR MONEY
LAUNDERING.
(a) Civil Penalties.--Section 5321(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Penalties for international counter money laundering
violations.--The Secretary may impose a civil money penalty in
an amount equal to not less than 2 times the amount of the
transaction, but not more than $1,000,000, on any financial
institution or agency that violates any provision of subsection
(i) or (j) of section 5318 or any special measures imposed
under section 5318A.''.
(b) Criminal Penalties.--Section 5322 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) A financial institution or agency that violates any provision
of subsection (i) or (j) of section 5318, or any special measures
imposed under section 5318A, or any regulation prescribed under
subsection (i) or (j) of section 5318 or section 5318A, shall be fined
in an amount equal to not less than 2 times the amount of the
transaction, but not more than $1,000,000.''.
SEC. 115. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION.
Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Federal
banking agencies (as defined at section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act), the Securities and Exchange Commission, and such other
agencies as the Secretary may determine, at the discretion of the
Secretary, shall evaluate the operations of the provisions of this
title and make recommendations to Congress as to any legislative action
with respect to this title as the Secretary may determine to be
necessary or advisable.
SEC. 116. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS.
The Secretary shall report annually on measures taken pursuant to
this title, and shall submit the report to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and to the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 117. CONCENTRATION ACCOUNTS AT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
Section 5318(h) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by
section 202 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Concentration accounts.--The Secretary may issue
regulations under this subsection that govern maintenance of
concentration accounts by financial institutions, in order to
ensure that such accounts are not used to prevent association
of the identity of an individual customer with the movement of
funds of which the customer is the direct or beneficial owner,
which regulations shall, at a minimum--
``(A) prohibit financial institutions from allowing
clients to direct transactions that move their funds
into, out of, or through the concentration accounts of
the financial institution;
``(B) prohibit financial institutions and their
employees from informing customers of the existence of,
or the means of identifying, the concentration accounts
of the institution; and
``(C) require each financial institution to
establish written procedures governing the
documentation of all transactions involving a
concentration account, which procedures shall ensure
that, any time a transaction involving a concentration
account commingles funds belonging to 1 or more
customers, the identity of, and specific amount
belonging to, each customer is documented.''.
TITLE II--CURRENCY TRANSACTION REPORTING AMENDMENTS AND RELATED
IMPROVEMENTS
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPORTING OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES.
(a) Amendment Relating to Civil Liability Immunity for
Disclosures.--Section 5318(g)(3) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(3) Liability for disclosures.--
``(A) In general.--Any financial institution that
makes a voluntary disclosure of any possible violation
of law or regulation to a government agency or makes a
disclosure pursuant to
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this subsection or any other
authority, and any director, officer, employee, or
agent of such institution who makes, or requires
another to make any such disclosure, shall not be
liable to any person under any law or regulation of the
United States, any constitution, law, or regulation of
any State or political subdivision of any State, or
under any contract or other legally enforceable
agreement (including any arbitration agreement), for
such disclosure or for any failure to provide notice of
such disclosure to the person who is the subject of
such disclosure or any other person identified in the
disclosure.
``(B) Rule of construction.--Subparagraph (A) shall
not be construed as creating--
``(i) any inference that the term `person',
as used in such subparagraph, may be construed
more broadly than its ordinary usage so as to
include any government or agency of government;
or
``(ii) any immunity against, or otherwise
affecting, any civil or criminal action brought
by any government or agency of government to
enforce any constitution, law, or regulation of
such government or agency.''.
(b) Prohibition on Notification of Disclosures.--Section 5318(g)(2)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Notification prohibited.--
``(A) In general.--If a financial institution or
any director, officer, employee, or agent of any
financial institution, voluntarily or pursuant to this
section or any other authority, reports a suspicious
transaction to a government agency--
``(i) the financial institution, director,
officer, employee, or agent may not notify any
person involved in the transaction that the
transaction has been reported; and
``(ii) no officer or employee of the
Federal Government or of any State, local,
tribal, or territorial government within the
United States, who has any knowledge that such
report was made may disclose to any person
involved in the transaction that the
transaction has been reported, other than as
necessary to fulfill the official duties of
such officer or employee.
``(B) Disclosures in certain employment
references.--
``(i) Rule of construction.--
Notwithstanding the application of subparagraph
(A) in any other context, subparagraph (A)
shall not be construed as prohibiting any
financial institution, or any director,
officer, employee, or agent of such
institution, from including information that
was included in a report to which subparagraph
(A) applies--
``(I) in a written employment
reference that is provided in
accordance with section 18(v) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act in
response to a request from another
financial institution, except that such
written reference may not disclose that
such information was also included in
any such report or that such report was
made; or
``(II) in a written termination
notice or employment reference that is
provided in accordance with the rules
of the self-regulatory organizations
registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, except that such
written notice or reference may not
disclose that such information was also
included in any such report or that
such report was made.
``(ii) Information not required.--Clause
(i) shall not be construed, by itself, to
create any affirmative duty to include any
information described in clause (i) in any
employment reference or termination notice
referred to in clause (i).''.
SEC. 202. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING PROGRAMS.
Section 5318(h) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``(h) Anti-Money Laundering Programs.--
``(1) In general.--In order to guard against money
laundering through financial institutions, each financial
institution shall establish anti-money laundering programs,
including, at a minimum--
``(A) the development of internal policies,
procedures, and controls;
``(B) the designation of a compliance officer;
``(C) an ongoing employee training program; and
``(D) an independent audit function to test
programs.
``(2) Regulations.--The Secretary may prescribe minimum
standards for programs established under paragraph (1), and may
exempt from the application of those standards any financial
institution that is not subject to the provisions of the rules
contained in part 103 of title 31, of the Code of Federal
Regulations, or any successor rule thereto, for so long as such
financial institution is not subject to the provisions of such
rules.''.
SEC. 203. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING ORDERS AND
CERTAIN RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS, AND LENGTHENING
EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING ORDERS.
(a) Civil Penalty for Violation of Targeting Order.--Section
5321(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or order issued'' after ``subchapter or
a regulation prescribed''; and
(2) by inserting ``, or willfully violating a regulation
prescribed under section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act or section 123 of Public Law 91-508,'' after ``sections
5314 and 5315)''.
(b) Criminal Penalties for Violation of Targeting Order.--Section
5322 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``or order issued'' after
``willfully violating this subchapter or a regulation
prescribed''; and
(B) by inserting ``, or willfully violating a
regulation prescribed under section 21 of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act or section 123 of Public Law 91-
508,'' after ``under section 5315 or 5324)''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by inserting ``or order issued'' after
``willfully violating this subchapter or a regulation
prescribed''; and
(B) by inserting ``or willfully violating a
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regulation prescribed under section 21 of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act or section 123 of Public Law 91-
508,'' after ``under section 5315 or 5324),''.
(c) Structuring Transactions To Evade Targeting Order or Certain
Recordkeeping Requirements.--Section 5324(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting a comma after ``shall'';
(2) by striking ``section--'' and inserting ``section, the
reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed by any order
issued under section 5326, or the recordkeeping requirements
imposed by any regulation prescribed under section 21 of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act or section 123 of Public Law 91-
508--'';
(3) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, to file a report or
to maintain a record required by an order issued under section
5326, or to maintain a record required pursuant to any
regulation prescribed under section 21 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act or section 123 of Public Law 91-508'' after
``regulation prescribed under any such section''; and
(4) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, to file a report or
to maintain a record required by any order issued under section
5326, or to maintain a record required pursuant to any
regulation prescribed under section 5326, or to maintain a
record required pursuant to any regulation prescribed under
section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or section 123
of Public Law 91-508,'' after ``regulation prescribed under any
such section''.
(d) Lengthening Effective Period of Geographic Targeting Orders.--
Section 5326(d) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking
``more than 60'' and inserting ``more than 180''.
SEC. 204. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING STRATEGY.
(a) Strategy.--Section 5341(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(12) Data regarding funding of terrorism.--Data
concerning money laundering efforts related to the funding of
acts of international terrorism, and efforts directed at the
prevention, detection, and prosecution of such funding.''.
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION TO INCLUDE SUSPICIONS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN
WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT REFERENCES.
Section 18 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(v) Written Employment References May Contain Suspicions of
Involvement in Illegal Activity.--
``(1) Authority to disclose information.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, any insured depository institution,
and any director, officer, employee, or agent of such
institution, may disclose in any written employment reference
relating to a current or former institution-affiliated party of
such institution which is provided to another insured
depository institution in response to a request from such other
institution, information concerning the possible involvement of
such institution-affiliated party in potentially unlawful
activity.
``(2) Information not required.--Nothing in paragraph (1)
shall be construed, by itself, to create any affirmative duty
to include any information described in paragraph (1) in any
employment reference referred to in paragraph (1).
``(3) Malicious intent.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subsection, voluntary disclosure made by an
insured depository institution, and any director, officer,
employee, or agent of such institution under this subsection
concerning potentially unlawful activity that is made with
malicious intent or otherwise, shall not be shielded from
liability from the person identified in the disclosure.
``(4) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the
term `insured depository institution' includes any uninsured
branch or agency of a foreign bank.''.
SEC. 206. BANK SECRECY ACT ADVISORY GROUP.
Section 1564 of the Annunzio-Wylie Anti-Money Laundering Act (31
U.S.C. 5311 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, of nongovernmental
organizations advocating financial privacy,'' after ``Drug
Control Policy''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``, other than
subsections (a) and (d) of such Act which shall apply'' before
the period at the end.
SEC. 207. AGENCY REPORTS ON RECONCILING PENALTY AMOUNTS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal banking agencies (as defined
in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813))
shall each submit their respective reports to the Congress containing
recommendations on possible legislation to conform the penalties
imposed on depository institutions (as defined in section 3 of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act) for violations of subchapter II of
chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, to the penalties imposed on
such institutions under section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. 1818).
SEC. 208. REPORTING OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES BY SECURITIES BROKERS AND
DEALERS; INVESTMENT COMPANY STUDY.
(a) 270-Day Regulation Deadline.--Not later than 270 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, after
consultation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, shall issue final
regulations requiring registered brokers and dealers to file reports of
suspicious financial transactions, consistent with the requirements
applicable to financial institutions, and directors, officers,
employees, and agents of financial institutions under section 5318(g)
of title 31, United States Code.
(b) Report on Investment Companies.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, Secretary of the Treasury, the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Securities and
Exchange Commission shall jointly submit a report to Congress
on recommendations for effective regulations to apply the
requirements of subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United
States Code, to investment companies, pursuant to section
5312(a)(2)(I) of title 31, United States Code.
(2) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``investment company''--
(A) has the same meaning as in section 3 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3); and
(B) any person that, but for the exceptions
provided for in paragraph (1) or (7) of section 3(c) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-
3(c)), would be an investment company.
(3) Additional recommendations.--In its report, the
Securities and Exchange Commission may make different
recommendations for different types of entities covered by this
section.
(4) Beneficial ownership of personal holding companies.--
The report described in paragraph (1) shall also include
recommendations as to whether the Secretary should promulgate
regulations to treat any corporation or business or other
grantor trust whose assets are predominantly securities, bank
certificates of deposit, or other securities or investment
instruments (other than such as relate to operating
subsidiaries of such corporation or trust) and that has 5 or
fewer common shareholders or holders of beneficial or other
equity interest, as a financial institution within the meaning
of that phrase in section 5312(a)(2)(I) and whet
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her to require
such corporations or trusts to disclose their beneficial owners
when opening accounts or initiating funds transfers at any
domestic financial institution.
SEC. 209. SPECIAL REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF BANK SECRECY PROVISIONS.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the
Congress relating to the role of the Internal Revenue Service in the
administration of subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United
States Code (commonly known as the ``Bank Secrecy Act'').
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a)--
(1) shall specifically address, and contain recommendations
concerning--
(A) whether it is advisable to shift the processing
of information reporting to the Department of the
Treasury under the Bank Secrecy Act provisions to
facilities other than those managed by the Internal
Revenue Service; and
(B) whether it remains reasonable and efficient, in
light of the objective of both anti-money-laundering
programs and Federal tax administration, for the
Internal Revenue Service to retain authority and
responsibility for audit and examination of the
compliance of money services businesses and gaming
institutions with those Bank Secrecy Act provisions;
and
(2) shall, if the Secretary determines that the information
processing responsibility or the audit and examination
responsibility of the Internal Revenue Service, or both, with
respect to those Bank Secrecy Act provisions should be
transferred to other agencies, include the specific
recommendations of the Secretary regarding the agency or
agencies to which any such function should be transferred,
complete with a budgetary and resources plan for expeditiously
accomplishing the transfer.
SEC. 210. BANK SECRECY PROVISIONS AND ANTI-TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OF
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
(a) Amendment relating to the Purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act.--
Section 5311 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ``, or in the conduct of
intelligence or counterintelligence activities, including analysis, to
protect against international terrorism''.
(b) Amendment Relating to Reporting of Suspicious Activities.--
Section 5318(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``or supervisory agency'' and inserting ``, supervisory
agency, or United States intelligence agency for use in the conduct of
intelligence or counterintelligence activities, including analysis, to
protect against international terrorism''.
(c) Amendment Relating to Availability of Reports.--Section 5319 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 5319. Availability of reports
``The Secretary of the Treasury shall make information in a report
filed under this subchapter available to an agency, including any State
financial institutions supervisory agency or United States intelligence
agency, upon request of the head of the agency. The report shall be
available for a purpose that is consistent with this subchapter. The
Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by
any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than
supervisory purposes or by United States intelligence agencies.
However, a report and records of reports are exempt from disclosure
under section 552 of title 5.''.
(d) Amendment Relating to the Purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act
Provisions.--Section 21(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. 1829b(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Congressional Findings and Declaration of Purpose.--
``(1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
``(A) adequate records maintained by insured
depository institutions have a high degree of
usefulness in criminal, tax, and regulatory
investigations or proceedings, and that, given the
threat posed to the security of the Nation on and after
the terrorist attacks against the United States on
September 11, 2001, such records may also have a high
degree of usefulness in the conduct of intelligence or
counterintelligence activities, including analysis, to
protect against domestic and international terrorism;
and
``(B) microfilm or other reproductions and other
records made by insured depository institutions of
checks, as well as records kept by such institutions,
of the identity of persons maintaining or authorized to
act with respect to accounts therein, have been of particular value in
proceedings described in subparagraph (A).
``(2) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to
require the maintenance of appropriate types of records by
insured depository institutions in the United States where such
records have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or
regulatory investigations or proceedings, recognizes that,
given the threat posed to the security of the Nation on and
after the terrorist attacks against the United States on
September 11, 2001, such records may also have a high degree of
usefulness in the conduct of intelligence or
counterintelligence activities, including analysis, to protect
against international terrorism.''.
(e) Amendment Relating to the Purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act.--
Section 123(a) of Public Law 91-508 (12 U.S.C. 1953(a)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(a) Regulations.--If the Secretary determines that the
maintenance of appropriate records and procedures by any uninsured bank
or uninsured institution, or any person engaging in the business of
carrying on in the United States any of the functions referred to in
subsection (b), has a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or
regulatory investigations or proceedings, and that, given the threat
posed to the security of the Nation on and after the terrorist attacks
against the United States on September 11, 2001, such records may also
have a high degree of usefulness in the conduct of intelligence or
counterintelligence activities, including analysis, to protect against
international terrorism, he may by regulation require such bank,
institution, or person.''.
(f) Amendments to the Right to Financial Privacy Act.--The Right to
Financial Privacy Act of 1978 is amended--
(1) in section 1112(a) (12 U.S.C. 3412(a)), by inserting
``, or intelligence or counterintelligence activity,
investigation or analysis related to international terrorism''
after ``legitimate law enforcement inquiry''; and
(2) in section 1114(a)(1) (12 U.S.C. 3414(a)(1))--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) a Government authority authorized to conduct
investigations of, or intelligence or
counterintelligence analyses related to, international
terrorism for the purpose of conducting such
investigations or analyses.''.
(g) Amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.--The Fair Credit
Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
``SEC. 626. DISCLOSURES TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
PURPOSES.
``(a) Discl
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osure.--Notwithstanding section 604 or any other
provision of this title, a consumer reporting agency shall furnish a
consumer report of a consumer and all other information in a consumer's
file to a government agency authorized to conduct investigations of, or
intelligence or counterintelligence activities or analysis related to,
international terrorism when presented with a written certification by
such government agency that such information is necessary for the
agency's conduct or such investigation, activity or analysis.
``(b) Form of Certification.--The certification described in
subsection (a) shall be signed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
``(c) Confidentiality.--No consumer reporting agency, or officer,
employee, or agent of such consumer reporting agency, shall disclose to
any person, or specify in any consumer report, that a government agency
has sought or obtained access to information under subsection (a).
``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in section 625 shall be
construed to limit the authority of the Director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation under this section.
``(e) Safe Harbor.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subchapter, any consumer reporting agency or agent or employee thereof
making disclosure of consumer reports or other information pursuant to
this section in good-faith reliance upon a certification of a
governmental agency pursuant to the provisions of this section shall
not be liable to any person for such disclosure under this subchapter,
the constitution of any State, or any law or regulation of any State or
any political subdivision of any State.''.
SEC. 211. REPORTING OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES BY HAWALA AND OTHER
UNDERGROUND BANKING SYSTEMS.
(a) Definition for Subchapter.--Section 5312(a)(2)(R) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(R) a licensed sender of money or any other
person who engages as a business in the transmission of
funds, including through an informal value transfer
banking system or network of people facilitating the
transfer of value domestically or internationally
outside of the conventional financial institutions
system;''.
(b) Money Transmitting Business.--Section 5330(d)(1)(A) of title
31, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon
the following: ``or any other person who engages as a business in the
transmission of funds, including through an informal value transfer
banking system or network of people facilitating the transfer of value
domestically or internationally outside of the conventional financial
institutions system;''.
(c) Applicability of Rules.--Section 5318 of title 31, United
States Code, as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(l) Applicability of Rules.--Any rules promulgated pursuant to
the authority contained in section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b) shall apply, in addition to any other financial
institution to which such rules apply, to any person that engages as a
business in the transmission of funds, including through an informal
value transfer banking system or network of people facilitating the
transfer of value domestically or internationally outside of the
conventional financial institutions system.''.
(d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress on the
need for any additional legislation relating to informal value transfer
banking systems or networks of people facilitating the transfer of
value domestically or internationally outside of the conventional
financial institutions system, counter money laundering and regulatory
controls relating to underground money movement and banking systems,
such as the system referred to as `hawala', including whether the
threshold for the filing of suspicious activity reports under section
5318(g) of title 31, United States Code should be lowered in the case
of such systems.
SEC. 212. USE OF AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.
(a) Action by the President.--If the President determines that a
particular foreign country has taken or has committed to take actions
that contribute to efforts of the United States to respond to, deter,
or prevent acts of international terrorism, the Secretary of the
Treasury may, consistent with other applicable provisions of law,
instruct the United States Executive Director of each international
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the Executive
Director to support any loan or other utilization of the funds of
respective institutions for such country, or any public or private
entity within such country.
(b) Use of Voice and Vote.--The Secretary of the Treasury may
instruct the United States Executive Director of each international
financial institution to aggressively use the voice and vote of the
Executive Director to require an auditing of disbursements at such
institutions to ensure that no funds are paid to persons who commit,
threaten to commit, or support terrorism.
(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``international financial institution'' means an institution described
in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act
(22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2)).
TITLE III--CURRENCY CRIMES
SEC. 301. BULK CASH SMUGGLING.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) effective enforcement of the currency reporting
requirements of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code
(commonly referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act), and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, has forced drug dealers and
other criminals engaged in cash-based businesses to avoid using
traditional financial institutions;
(2) in their effort to avoid using traditional financial
institutions, drug dealers, and other criminals are forced to
move large quantities of currency in bulk form to and through
the airports, border crossings, and other ports of entry where
it can be smuggled out of the United States and placed in a
foreign financial institution or sold on the black market;
(3) the transportation and smuggling of cash in bulk form
may, at the time of enactment of this Act, be the most common
form of money laundering, and the movement of large sums of
cash is one of the most reliable warning signs of drug
trafficking, terrorism, money laundering, racketeering, tax
evasion, and similar crimes;
(4) the intentional transportation into or out of the
United States of large amounts of currency or monetary
instruments, in a manner designed to circumvent the mandatory
reporting provisions of chapter 53 of title 31, United States
Code, is the equivalent of, and creates the same harm as, the
smuggling of goods;
(5) the arrest and prosecution of bulk cash smugglers is an
important part of law enforcement's effort to stop the
laundering of criminal proceeds, but the couriers who attempt
to smuggle the cash out of the United States are typically low-
level employees of large criminal organizations, and are easily
replaced, and therefore only the confiscation of the smuggled
bulk cash can effectively break the cycle of criminal activity
of which the laundering of bulk cash is a critical part;
(6) the penalties for violations of the currency reporting
requirements of the chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code,
are insufficient to provide a deterrent to the laundering of
criminal proceeds;
(7) because the only criminal violation under Federal law
before the date of enactment of this Act was a reporting
offense, the law does not adequately pro
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vide for the
confiscation of smuggled currency; and
(8) if the smuggling of bulk cash were itself an offense,
the cash could be confiscated as the corpus delicti of the
smuggling offense.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to make the act of smuggling bulk cash itself a
criminal offense;
(2) to authorize forfeiture of any cash or instruments of
the smuggling offense;
(3) to emphasize the seriousness of the act of bulk cash
smuggling; and
(4) to prescribe guidelines for determining the amount of
property subject to such forfeiture in various situations.
(c) Bulk Cash Smuggling Offense.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``Sec. 5331. Bulk cash smuggling
``(a) Criminal Offense.--
``(1) In general.--Whoever, with the intent to evade a
currency reporting requirement under section 5316, knowingly
conceals more than $10,000 in currency or other monetary
instruments on his or her person or in any conveyance, article
of luggage, merchandise, or other container, and transports or
transfers or attempts to transport or transfer the currency or
monetary instruments from a place within the United States to a
place outside of the United States, or from a place outside of
the United States to a place within the United States, shall be
guilty of a currency smuggling offense and subject to
punishment under subsection (b).
``(b) Penalties.--
``(1) Prison term.--A person convicted of a currency
smuggling offense under subsection (a), or a conspiracy to
commit such an offense, shall be imprisoned for not more than 5
years.
``(2) Forfeiture.--
``(A) In general.--In addition to a prison term
under paragraph (1), the court, in imposing sentence,
shall order that the defendant forfeit to the United
States any property, real or personal, involved in the
offense, and any property traceable to such property,
subject to subsection (d).
``(B) Applicability of other laws.--The seizure,
restraint, and forfeiture of property under this
section shall be governed by section 413 of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853). If the
property subject to forfeiture is unavailable, and the
defendant has no substitute property that may be
forfeited pursuant to section 413(p) of that Act, the
court shall enter a personal money judgment against the
defendant in an amount equal to the value of the
unavailable property.
``(c) Seizure of Smuggling Cash.--
``(1) In general.--Any property involved in a violation of
subsection (a), or a conspiracy to commit such violation, and
any property traceable thereto, may be seized and, subject to
subsection (d), forfeited to the United States.
``(2) Applicable procedures.--A seizure and forfeiture
under this subsection shall be governed by the procedures
governing civil forfeitures under section 981(a)(1)(A) of title
18, United States Code.
``(d) Proportionality of Forfeiture.--
``(1) Mitigation.--Upon a showing by the property owner by
a preponderance of the evidence that the currency or monetary
instruments involved in the offense giving rise to the
forfeiture were derived from a legitimate source and were
intended for a lawful purpose, the court shall reduce the
forfeiture to the maximum amount that is not grossly
disproportional to the gravity of the offense.
``(2) Considerations.--In determining the amount of the
forfeiture under paragraph (1), the court shall consider all
aggravating and mitigating facts and circumstances that have a
bearing on the gravity of the offense, including--
``(A) the value of the currency or other monetary
instruments involved in the offense;
``(B) efforts by the person committing the offense
to structure currency transactions, conceal property,
or otherwise obstruct justice; and
``(C) whether the offense is part of a pattern of
repeated violations of Federal law.
``(e) Rule of Construction.--For purposes of subsections (b) and
(c), any currency or other monetary instrument that is concealed or
intended to be concealed in violation of subsection (a) or a conspiracy
to commit such violation, any article, container, or conveyance used or
intended to be used to conceal or transport the currency or other
monetary instrument, and any other property used or intended to be used
to facilitate the offense, shall be considered property involved in the
offense.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 53 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 5330 the following new item:
``5331. Bulk cash smuggling.''.
(d) Currency Reporting Violations.--Section 5317(c) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Forfeiture of Property.--
``(1) In general.--
``(A) Criminal forfeiture.--The court, in imposing
sentence for any violation of section 5313, 5316, or
5324, or any conspiracy to commit such violation, shall
order the defendant to forfeit all property, real or
personal, involved in the offense and any property
traceable thereto.
``(B) Applicable procedures.--Forfeitures under
this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures set
forth in section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 853), and the guidelines set forth in
paragraph (3) of this subsection.
``(2) Civil forfeiture.--Any property involved in a
violation of section 5313, 5316, or 5324, or any conspiracy to
commit such violation, and any property traceable thereto, may
be seized and, subject to paragraph (3), forfeited to the
United States in accordance with the procedures governing civil
forfeitures in money laundering cases pursuant to section
981(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code.
``(3) Mitigation.--In a forfeiture case under this
subsection, upon a showing by the property owner by a
preponderance of the evidence that any currency or monetary
instruments involved in the offense giving rise to the
forfeiture were derived from a legitimate source, and were
intended for a lawful purpose, the court shall reduce the
forfeiture to the maximum amount that is not grossly
disproportional to the gravity of the offense. In determining the
amount of the forfeiture, the court shall consider all aggravating and
mitigating facts and circumstances that have a bearing on the gravity
of the offense. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, the
following: the value of the currency or other monetary instruments
involved in the offense; efforts by the person committing the offense
to structure currency transactions, conceal property, or otherwise
obstruct justice; and whether the offense is part of a pattern of
repeated violations.''.
(e) Conforming Amendments.--Title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in section 981(a)(1)(A) by striking ``of section
5313(a) or 5324(a) of title 31, or''; and
(2) in section 982(a)(1), striking ``of section 531
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3(a),
5316, or 5324 of title 31, or''.
TITLE IV--ANTICORRUPTION MEASURES
SEC. 401. CORRUPTION OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND RULING ELITES.
It is the sense of Congress that, in deliberations between the
United States Government and any other country on money laundering and
corruption issues, the United States Government should--
(1) emphasize an approach that addresses not only the
laundering of the proceeds of traditional criminal activity but
also the increasingly endemic problem of governmental
corruption and the corruption of ruling elites;
(2) encourage the enactment and enforcement of laws in such
country to prevent money laundering and systemic corruption;
(3) make clear that the United States will take all steps
necessary to identify the proceeds of foreign government
corruption which have been deposited in United States financial
institutions and return such proceeds to the citizens of the
country to whom such assets belong; and
(4) advance policies and measures to promote good
government and to prevent and reduce corruption and money
laundering, including through instructions to the United States
Executive Director of each international financial institution
(as defined in section 1701(c) of the International Financial
Institutions Act) to advocate such policies as a systematic
element of economic reform programs and advice to member
governments.
SEC. 402. SUPPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE ON MONEY
LAUNDERING.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States should continue to actively and
publicly support the objectives of the Financial Action Task
Force on Money Laundering (hereafter in this section referred
to as the ``FATF'') with regard to combating international
money laundering;
(2) the FATF should identify noncooperative jurisdictions
in as expeditious a manner as possible and publicly release a
list directly naming those jurisdictions identified;
(3) the United States should support the public release of
the list naming noncooperative jurisdictions identified by the
FATF;
(4) the United States should encourage the adoption of the
necessary international action to encourage compliance by the
identified noncooperative jurisdictions; and
(5) the United States should take the necessary
countermeasures to protect the United States economy against
money of unlawful origin and encourage other nations to do the
same.
SEC. 403. TERRORIST FUNDING THROUGH MONEY LAUNDERING.
It is the sense of the Congress that, in deliberations and
negotiations between the United States Government and any other country
regarding financial, economic, assistance, or defense issues, the
United States should encourage such other country--
(1) to take actions which would identify and prevent the
transmittal of funds to and from terrorists and terrorist
organizations; and
(2) to engage in bilateral and multilateral cooperation
with the United States and other countries to identify
suspected terrorists, terrorist organizations, and persons
supplying funds to and receiving funds from terrorists and
terrorist organizations.
Calendar No. 185
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1511
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A BILL
To combat international money laundering, thwart the financing of
terrorism, and protect the United States financial system, and for
other purposes.
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October 9, 2001
Read twice and placed on the calendar
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