Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019
Latest action · Jul 17, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 17, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jul 17, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1883 | Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 23, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
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