S 2144
116th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Terrorism
Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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