Advancing Innovation to Assist Law Enforcement Act

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2613 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs AN ACT To require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to carry out a study on the use of emerging technologies within the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Sep 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2613.RFS H2613 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 HR 2613 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Innovation 2 to Assist Law Enforcement Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. FINCEN STUDY ON USE OF EMERGING TECH- 4 NOLOGIES. 5 (a) STUDY.— 6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Finan- 7 cial Crimes Enforcement Network (‘‘FinCEN’’) shall 8 carry out a study on— 9 (A) the status of implementation and in- 10 ternal use of emerging technologies, including 11 artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’), digital identity 12 technologies, blockchain technologies, and other 13 innovative technologies within FinCEN; 14 (B) whether AI, digital identity tech- 15 nologies, blockchain technologies, and other in- 16 novative technologies can be further leveraged 17 to make FinCEN’s data analysis more efficient 18 and effective; and 19 (C) how FinCEN could better utilize AI, 20 digital identity technologies, blockchain tech- 21 nologies, and other innovative technologies to 22 more actively analyze and disseminate the infor- 23 mation it collects and stores to provide inves- 24 tigative leads to Federal, State, Tribal, and 25 local law enforcement, and other Federal agen- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Sep 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2613.RFS H2613 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 HR 2613 RFS cies (collective, ‘‘Agencies’’), and better support 1 its ongoing investigations when referring a case 2 to the Agencies. 3 (2) INCLUSION OF GTO DATA.—The study re- 4 quired under this subsection shall include data col- 5 lected through the Geographic Targeting Orders 6 (‘‘GTO’’) program. 7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 6-month 8 period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 9 the Director shall issue a report to the Committee on 10 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 11 the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep- 12 resentatives containing— 13 (1) all findings and determinations made in car- 14 rying out the study required under subsection (a); 15 (2) with respect to each of subparagraphs (A), 16 (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(1), any best practices 17 or significant concerns identified by the Director, 18 and their applicability to AI, digital identity tech- 19 nologies, blockchain technologies, and other innova- 20 tive technologies with respect to United States ef- 21 forts to combat money laundering and other forms 22 of illicit finance; and 23 (3) any policy recommendations that could fa- 24 cilitate and improve communication and coordination 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Sep 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2613.RFS H2613 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 HR 2613 RFS between the private sector, FinCEN, and Agencies 1 through the implementation of innovative ap- 2 proaches, in order to meet their Bank Secrecy Act 3 (as defined under section 5312 of title 31, United 4 States Code) and anti-money laundering compliance 5 obligations. 6 (c) BANK SECRECY ACT DEFINED.—For purposes of 7 this section, the term ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act’’ means— 8 (1) subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, 9 United States Code; 10 (2) section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 11 Act; and 12 (3) chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508. 13 Passed the House of Representatives September 19, 2019. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Sep 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2613.RFS H2613 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS