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S. 1273 119th Congress Senate

Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to strengthen the authority of the United States Secret Service to investigate various crimes related to digital asset transactions and to counter trans… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to strengthen the authority of the United States Secret Service to investigate various crimes related to digital asset transactions and to counter transnational cyber criminal activity, including unlicensed money transmitting businesses, structured transactions, and fraud against financial institutions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 3, 2025 Introduced by: Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Apr 3, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act of 2025

This bill expands the investigative authority of the U.S. Secret Service, extends reporting requirements related to public-private information sharing, and requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate existing requirements to combat money laundering and related crimes.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the Secret Service to investigate money laundering and structured transactions (i.e., structuring currency transactions to evade currency reporting requirements).

Additionally, the bill extends the requirement for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to report on the efforts of the FinCEN Exchange. The FinCEN Exchange is a voluntary public-private information sharing partnership among law enforcement agencies, national security agencies, financial institutions, and FinCEN to combat money laundering and related crimes, including the financing of terrorism.

The bill also extends the requirement for the U.S. executive director at the International Monetary Fund to support the increased use of the fund's administrative budget to help members prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The requirement expires on December 20, 2025.

Finally, the bill directs the GAO to report on implementation of provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 that expanded information sharing with tribal authorities and expanded reporting requirements related to money laundering and terrorist financing. The GAO must focus on evaluating the ability of law enforcement to identify and deter money laundering in cybercrimes.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5877 Identical bill Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act of 2025
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 18

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC
    for FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC ON BEHALF OF DEFI EDUCATION FUND · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC
    for FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC ON BEHALF OF DEFI EDUCATION FUND · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC
    for FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC ON BEHALF OF DEFI EDUCATION FUND · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC
    for FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC ON BEHALF OF DEFI EDUCATION FUND · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC
    for FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC ON BEHALF OF DEFI EDUCATION FUND · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC
    for FEDERAL HALL POLICY ADVISORS, LLC ON BEHALF OF DEFI EDUCATION FUND · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 3, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1273: Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1273/
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"S. 1273: Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber Crime Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1273/.
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S. 1273, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1273/.
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