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[H.R. 5877 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 530
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5877

                      [Report No. 119-612, Part I]

  To strengthen the authority of the United States Secret Service to 
investigate various crimes related to digital asset transactions and to 
  counter transnational cyber criminal activity, including unlicensed 
   money transmitting businesses, structured transactions, and fraud 
        against financial institutions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2025

 Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, and Mr. 
   Sherman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

                             April 15, 2026

  Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             April 15, 2026

 Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 
                               31, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To strengthen the authority of the United States Secret Service to 
investigate various crimes related to digital asset transactions and to 
  counter transnational cyber criminal activity, including unlicensed 
   money transmitting businesses, structured transactions, and fraud 
        against financial institutions, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combatting Money Laundering in Cyber 
Crime Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE INVESTIGATIVE 
              AUTHORITIES.

    Section 3056(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``871, or 879'' and 
        inserting ``871, 879, or 1960''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``money laundering, structured 
                transactions,'' after ``documents or devices,'';
                    (B) by striking ``federally insured''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, as defined in section 5312 of 
                title 31'' after ``institution''.

SEC. 3. FINCEN EXCHANGE.

    Section 310(d)(3)(A) of title 31, United States Code, is amended, 
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``5 years'' and 
inserting ``10 years''.

SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

    Section 7125(b) of the Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions 
and Enforcement Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 262p-13 note) is amended by 
striking ``6'' and inserting ``10''.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study 
and submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate a report on the implementation of section 6102 of 
the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (title LXI of division F of the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 4552)).
    (b) Focus.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), the 
Government Accountability Office shall focus on evaluating the ability 
of law enforcement to identify and deter money laundering in cyber 
crimes.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 530

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5877

                      [Report No. 119-612, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To strengthen the authority of the United States Secret Service to 
investigate various crimes related to digital asset transactions and to 
  counter transnational cyber criminal activity, including unlicensed 
   money transmitting businesses, structured transactions, and fraud 
        against financial institutions, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 15, 2026

  Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with an amendment

                             April 15, 2026

 Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed