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HR 8794 116th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Advisory bodies Fraud offenses and financial crimes Public-private cooperation

Preventing Illicit Finance Act

Introduced: November 20, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Nov 20, 2020
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Preventing Illicit Finance Act

This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to convene an advisory team to examine strategies to increase cooperation between public and private sectors for purposes of countering illicit finance, and to advise on strategies to combat the risk relating to proliferation financing. The advisory team must include relevant federal agencies, private sector experts in banking, national security, and law enforcement, and other stakeholders.

What's happening now November 20, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Steil, Bryan
Wisconsin · Nov 20, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8794: Preventing Illicit Finance Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8794/
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"H.R. 8794: Preventing Illicit Finance Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8794/.
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H.R. 8794, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8794/.
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[H.R. 8794: Preventing Illicit Finance Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8794/)
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