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S. 2144 116th Congress Senate

Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare a threat and operational analysis of the use of remittances by drug kingpins, crime syndicates, and … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare a threat and operational analysis of the use of remittances by drug kingpins, crime syndicates, and other persons to finance terrorism, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, and other forms of illicit financing, domestically or internationally.

Introduced: July 17, 2019 Introduced by: John Cornyn Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 17, 2019
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 Latest action July 17, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to assess and develop a strategy to prevent the use of remittances by certain individuals and crime syndicates for purposes of financing terrorism, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, and other forms of illicit financing. (Remittances are transfers of money and capital sent by migrants and foreign immigrant communities to their home countries.)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1883 Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2144: Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2144/
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"S. 2144: Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2144/.
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S. 2144, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2144/.
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