II 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1072 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 25, 2011 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To provide for a good faith exemption from suspicious activity reporting requirements, and for other purposes.

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Suspicious activity reports

Section 5318(g) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1)in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , except as provided in paragraph (5); and (2)by adding at the end the following: (5)

Exemption

(A)

In general

A failure to submit a report with respect to a suspicious transaction shall not be a violation of this subsection with respect to a financial institution or any person described in paragraph (1), in any case in which such financial institution or person— (i)has in effect an established decision-making process with respect to suspicious transactions; (ii)has made a good faith effort to follow existing policies, procedures, and processes with respect to suspicious transactions; and (iii)has determined not to file a report with respect to a particular transaction. (B)

Exception

The exemption provided under subparagraph (A) does not apply in any case in which the failure to submit a suspicious transaction report is accompanied by evidence of bad faith on the part of the financial institution or other person described in paragraph (1). .