HR 1577
Advanced toward a vote
Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to require U.S. banks and other financial institutions to take special measures against foreign institutions, jurisdictions, transactions, or accounts found to be of primary money laundering concern in fentanyl and narcotics financing.
Official title: Stop Fentanyl Money Laundering Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
25-FEB-2025
Referred
25-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2025
Reported
21-MAR-2025
On the calendar
21-MAR-2025
- Lets the Treasury Secretary order domestic financial institutions to apply special measures under 31 U.S.C. 5318A(b) to foreign financial institutions, transaction classes, or account types tied to fentanyl and narcotics financing.
- Applies the penalty and injunction provisions of Section 9714 of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act to violations of those orders.
- Directs FinCEN to issue a new advisory within one year on Chinese professional money laundering that facilitates fentanyl trafficking, incorporating three existing FinCEN advisories.
- Requires FinCEN to issue guidance within 180 days on suspicious activity reports tied to narcotics trafficking by transnational criminal organizations, and requires a Comptroller General report on lessons from past drug crises within 360 days.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (25-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 21-MAR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Financial Services Committee (House)
Finance and Financial Sector
■ 8 R■ 1 D
8 Republicans
1 Democrat