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Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2144| Senate 
| Updated: 7/17/2019
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.)
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Timeline
Jul 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jul 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • July 17, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 17, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • S 116-1883: Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019
Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDrug trafficking and controlled substancesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHuman traffickingIntergovernmental relationsInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeLaw enforcement administration and fundingOrganized crimeTerrorism

Remittances and Money Laundering Risk Assessment Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2144| Senate 
| Updated: 7/17/2019
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.)
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Timeline
Jul 17, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jul 17, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • July 17, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 17, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • S 116-1883: Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCrime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDrug trafficking and controlled substancesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHuman traffickingIntergovernmental relationsInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeLaw enforcement administration and fundingOrganized crimeTerrorism