MONEY related term(s) Coins

Bills and resolutions

Carson City, NV: mint coins in commemoration of Carson City Mint anniversary (see H.R. 6221), H5748 [26JN]

CFTC: study and report on prevention of virtual currency price manipulation (see H.R. 7224), H9767 [6DE]

——— study and report on state of global virtual currency markets and ways to promote U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 7225), H9767 [6DE]

Credit: improve regulation of ‘‘payday’’ lending by ensuring consumers control their own bank accounts, increasing transparency, and banning lead generators and anonymously registered websites in payday lending (see S. 2417), S907 [13FE] (see H.R. 4999), H1125 [13FE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a working group to recommend to Congress a definition of blockchain technology (see H.R. 6913), H9089 [26SE]

Dept. of Justice: assess usefulness of Bank Secrecy Act reporting (see H.R. 6851), H8738 [20SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: amend authority of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network relative to no-action letters (see H.R. 6861), H8738 [20SE]

——— amend duties of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to ensure cooperation with tribal law enforcement, protection against terrorism, and focus on virtual currencies (see H.R. 6411), H6463 [17JY]

——— modernize the research, development, information sharing, and acquisition process of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 6721), H7919 [6SE]

——— require $1 coins issued during 2019 to honor George Bush and issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor of Barbara Pierce Bush (see H.R. 7257), H10102 [11DE]

——— streamline requirements for currency transaction and suspicious activity reports (see H.R. 6892), H8884 [25SE]

——— take more prominent role in coordinating U.S. anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing policy and examinations (see H.R. 6858), H8738 [20SE]

——— update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction and suspicious activity reports (see H.R. 6850), H8738 [20SE]

——— update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction and suspicious activity reports and improve sharing of suspicious activity reports to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism (see H.R. 6068), H5093 [12JN]

Economy: define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold (see H.R. 5404), H2041 [22MR]

Financial institutions: amend laws relative to sharing of suspicious activity reports within a financial group (see H.R. 6853), H8738 [20SE]

——— encourage use of technological innovations (see H.R. 6849), H8737 [20SE]

Financial literacy: improve for secondary school students (see S. 3745), S7509 [12DE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 490), S2485 [26AP]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 806), H3046 [23MR]

FRS: establish a blackout period for public communications by the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 4756), H131 [10JA]

——— reform and increase monetary policy transparency and accountability (see H.R. 6741), H7941 [7SE]

——— require Federal Open Market Committee establishment of interest rates on balances maintained at a Federal Reserve Bank by depository institutions (see H.R. 4758), H131 [10JA]

——— revise Federal Open Market Committee membership (see H.R. 4759), H131 [10JA]

GAO: conduct study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking (see S. 3179), S4734 [28JN] (see H.R. 6069), H5093 [12JN]

Government regulations: provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services (see H.R. 6974), H9405 [28SE]

Information technology: clarify regulation of electronic records, signatures, and contracts created, stored, or secured on or through a blockchain and provide standards on legality and enforceability of such documents (see H.R. 7002), H9406 [28SE]

——— prioritize development of and support for blockchain technology and digital currencies and prevent and condemn illicit use of such technology (see H. Res. 1102), H9406 [28SE]

——— support research and development of blockchain technology and provide for a thoughtful and innovation-friendly regulatory approach (see H. Res. 1108), H9406 [28SE]

Iran: impose sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (see S. 3516), S6342 [26SE] (see H.R. 5132), H1340 [1MR]

——— impose sanctions relative to Iranian financial institutions and development and use of Iranian digital currency (see S. 3758), S7586 [13DE] (see H.R. 7321), H10269 [17DE]

Law enforcement: establish Independent Financial Technology Task Force, reward information leading to convictions for terrorist use of digital currencies, and establish FinTech Leadership in Innovation Fund (see H.R. 4752), H131 [10JA] (see H.R. 5036), H1211 [15FE]

National security: report on possible exploitation of virtual currencies by terrorists, authorize a competition program to identify regulatory solutions, and develop technology to counter terror threat financing (see H.R. 5664), H3741 [27AP]

——— require a report and strategy relative to virtual currencies and related emerging technologies being used to evade sanctions, finance terrorism, launder monetary instruments, and threaten U.S. national security (see H.R. 5227), H1501 [8MR]

SEC: clarify definition and regulation of digital tokens and tax treatment of virtual currency (see H.R. 7356), H10509 [20DE]

Taxation: allow exclusion of gain or loss on like-kind exchanges of virtual currency (see H.R. 7361), H10510 [20DE]

——— provide temporary safe harbor for the tax treatment of hard forks of convertible virtual currency in the absence of administrative guidance (see H.R. 6973), H9405 [28SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Treasury: amend duties of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to ensure cooperation with tribal law enforcement, protection against terrorism, and focus on virtual currencies (H.R. 6411), H8127, H8128 [12SE]

Financial institutions: encourage use of technological innovations (H.R. 6849), H9736 [29NO]

Financial Literacy Month: observance, H3690 [26AP]

GAO: conduct study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking, H6310, H6311 [17JY]

——— conduct study on how virtual currencies and online marketplaces are used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking (H.R. 6069), H5589, H5590 [25JN]

Information technology: add virtual currencies to assessment of threat financing relative to Russia, H6148 [12JY]

Law enforcement: establish Independent Financial Technology Task Force, reward information leading to convictions for terrorist use of digital currencies, and establish FinTech Leadership in Innovation Fund (H.R. 5036), H9060–H9062 [26SE]

National security: report on possible exploitation of virtual currencies by terrorists, authorize a competition program to identify regulatory solutions, and develop technology to counter terror threat financing, H6152, H6153 [12JY]

——— require a report and strategy relative to virtual currencies and related emerging technologies being used to evade sanctions, finance terrorism, launder monetary instruments, and threaten U.S. national security, H9061 [26SE]

Technology: address the rise of digital currency, H3788 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 490), S2498 [26AP]

Reports filed

Federal Reserve Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6741) (H. Rept. 115–1116), H10609 [2JA]

Fight Illicit Networks and Detect (FIND) Trafficking Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6069) (H. Rept. 115–781), H5647 [25JN]

Financial Technology Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 5036) (H. Rept. 115–984), H9088 [26SE]

FOMC Policy Responsibility Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4758) (H. Rept. 115–1078), H10168 [12DE]

Monetary Policy Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4270) (H. Rept. 115–652), H3574 [25AP]

Texts of

H.R. 5036, Financial Technology Protection Act, H9060 [26SE]

H.R. 6069, Fight Illicit Networks and Detect (FIND) Trafficking Act, H5589 [25JN]

H.R. 6411, FinCEN Improvement Act, H8127 [12SE]

S. Res. 490, Financial Literacy Month, S2492 [26AP]