Top Summary
This bill mandates the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to conduct a comprehensive review one year after enactment on how foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal syndicates use digital assets for illicit activities, and to submit a report within 180 days of completing the review, including an assessment of such usage and recommendations to enhance regulatory compliance and enforcement of digital asset-related entities.
Original Bill Text:
SEC. 509.Study on illicit use of digital assets.
(a) In general.—One year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, shall conduct a comprehensive review of how Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Transnational Criminal Syndicates utilize digital assets in connection with illicit activities.
(b) Report.—Not later than 180 days after completing the review under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue a report to the Committees on Agriculture and on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate on the findings of the Secretary, including—
(1) an assessment of how Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Transnational Criminal Syndicates utilize digital assets in connection with illicit activities; and
(2) recommendations to assist the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in strengthening compliance and enforcement of digital assets-related entities registered with their respective agencies.