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H. Rept. 115-569 1 (2018-02-20)

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                      115TH CONGRESS                                         REPT.115-569
                         2d Session   j  HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES             Part 1






                       END   BANKING FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ACT OF 2017



                                       FEBRUARY 20, 2018.-Ordered to be printed



                         Mr.  HENSARLING,   from  the Committee   on Financial  Services,
                                             submitted  the following


                                                REPORT

                                              [To accompany H.R. 2219]

                                [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                        The  Committee   on Financial  Services, to whom   was  referred  the
                     bill (H.R.  2219)  to increase  the  role of the financial  industry  in
                     combating   human trafficking, having considered the same, report
                     favorably  thereon  with  amendments and recommend that the bill
                     as  amended   do pass.
                        The  amendments (stated in terms of the page and line numbers
                     of the introduced  bill) are as follows:
                        Page  2, strike line 5 and all that follows through  page 4, line 25,
                      and insert the following:
                      (b) REQUIRED  REVIEW OF PROCEDURES.-Not  later than 180 days after the date
                      of the enactment of this Act, the Financial Institutions Examination Council, in con-
                      sultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the private sector, and appropriate law
                      enforcement agencies, shall-
                           (1) review and enhance training and examinations procedures to improve the
                         capabilities of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism
                         programs to detect human trafficking-related financial transactions;
                           (2) review and enhance procedures for referring potential human trafficking
                         cases to the appropriate law enforcement agency; and
                           (3) determine, as appropriate, whether requirements for financial institutions
                         are sufficient to detect and deter money laundering related to human traf-
                         ficking.
                       (c) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS TARGETING MONEY LAUNDERING
                     RELATED  TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.-
                           (1) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of
                         this Act, the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking shall
                         submit to the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on the Judi-
                         ciary of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
                         Urban Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the head
                         of each appropriate Federal banking agency-
                              (A) an analysis of anti-money laundering efforts of the United States Gov-
                              ernment and United States financial institutions related to human traf-
                              ficking; and
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