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Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6829

Congress moves to strengthen global drug money laundering reporting and push consistent bank oversight

International Financial Access Improvements Act

3 months ago·View on Congress.gov

Legislative Progress

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Key Points

  • Requires Congress’s yearly country-by-country drug money laundering report to include real examples of progress when info is available (like new laws, more prosecutions, and seized assets).
  • Directs the President to consult the Treasury Department on money laundering sections, so financial crime details are checked by the main money-laundering agency.
  • Creates a separate “money laundering” volume of the report and sends it to the main banking oversight committees in the House and Senate for closer review.
  • Tells the Treasury Secretary to work with federal bank regulators to make bank anti-money laundering exams more consistent, then report back to Congress within 180 days.
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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

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Milestones

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Dec 17, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced in House

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

Soon after the bill becomes law

Treasury starts consultations to make Bank Secrecy Act exams more consistent across federal banking regulators.

Banks may be asked for input, and customers could later see more standardized bank verification practices (fewer conflicting requests across banks).

Within 180 days after enactment

Treasury submits a report to Congress on steps to build more consistent Bank Secrecy Act exams.

This is the first concrete public roadmap for how regulators may align expectations for banks’ anti–money laundering checks.

Starting with the next reporting cycle after enactment

International Narcotics Control Strategy Report adds country-by-country examples of improvements against narcotics-related money laundering (when information is available).

The U.S. government and the public may get clearer evidence of which countries are tightening laws, increasing prosecutions, or seizing criminal assets—information that can shape future pressure or cooperation.

With the next report submission after enactment

Money-laundering content is packaged as a separate volume and sent to key House and Senate banking committees.

Congress gets a focused document that may lead to follow-up hearings or future rules that affect how banks monitor and report suspicious activity.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

International Financial Access Improvements Act

Bill NumberHR 6829
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.

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