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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 17, 2022
Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2022
This bill makes changes to anti-money laundering requirements under federal criminal and banking laws.
Among the changes, the bill
specifies that a blank check that is drawn on an account containing more than $10,000 and that is possessed by the bearer to avoid reporting requirements is a monetary instrument subject to international transport reporting requirements,
increases the maximum criminal penalties for bulk cash smuggling, and
permits the government to charge a defendant with a single count of money laundering for multiple violations that are part of the same scheme or continuing course of conduct.
People & committees
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R–IA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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