S.Amdt. 712Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)
S.Amdt. 712
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Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
Submitted July 13, 2023
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SA 712. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: Subtitle _____--Crypto Assets SEC. ___01. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING EXAMINATION STANDARDS. (a) Treasury.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, shall establish a risk-focused examination and review process for money service businesses, as defined in section 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, to assess the following relating to crypto assets-- (1) the adequacy of reporting obligations and anti-money laundering programs under subsections (g) and (h) of section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, respectively as applied to those businesses; and (2) compliance of those businesses with anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism requirements under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code. (b) Securities Exchange Commission.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall establish a dedicated risk-focused examination and review process for entities regulated by the Commission to assess the following relating to crypto assets-- (1) the adequacy of reporting obligations and anti-money laundering programs under subsections (g) and (h) of section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, respectively as applied to those entities; and (2) compliance of those entities with anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism requirements under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code. (c) Commodity Futures Trading Commission.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall establish a dedicated risk- focused examination and review process for entities regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to assess the following relating to crypto assets-- (1) the adequacy of reporting obligations and anti-money laundering programs under subsections (g) and (h) of section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, respectively, as applied to those entities; and (2) compliance of those entities with anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism requirements under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code. SEC. ___02. CRYPTO ASSET KIOSKS. (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``crypto asset kiosk'' means a stand-alone machine, including a crypto asset automated teller machine, which facilitates the buying, selling, or exchange of crypto assets. (b) Update.--Beginning not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury shall require crypto asset kiosk owners and administrators to submit and update the physical addresses of the kiosks owned or operated by the owner or administrator, as applicable, once every 120 days and collect the name, date of birth, physical address, and phone number of each counterparty to a transaction.. (c) Rulemaking.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury shall issue rules requiring crypto asset kiosk owners and administrators to verify the identity of each customer using a valid form of government-issued identification or other documentary method, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. (d) Reports.-- (1) Financial crimes enforcement network.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury shall issue a public report identifying unlicensed kiosk operators and administrators, including identification of known unlicensed operators and estimates of the number and locations of suspected unlicensed operators, as applicable. (2) Drug enforcement agency.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Drug Enforcement Administration shall issue a report to Congress identifying recommendations to reduce drug trafficking with crypto asset kiosks. SEC. ___03. SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PAYMENT STABLECOIN ISSUERS. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall adopt guidance clarifying the sanctions compliance responsibilities and liability of an issuer of a payment stablecoin with respect to downstream transactions relating to the stablecoin that take place after the stablecoin is first provided to a customer of the issuer. SEC. ___04. CRYPTO ASSET MIXERS AND TUMBLERS. (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report that analyzes the following issues: (1) Current (as of the date on which the report is submitted) typologies of crypto asset mixers and tumblers and historical transaction volume. (2) Estimates of the percentage of transactions relating to mixers and tumblers which are used by actors engaged in illicit finance. [[Page S2848]] (3) An assessment of potential non-illicit uses of mixers and tumblers described in paragraph (1). (4) Analysis of regulatory approaches employed by other jurisdictions relating to mixers and tumblers. (5) Recommendations for legislation or regulation relating to mixers and tumblers. ______