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HR 1799 Advanced toward a vote

Raises the dollar thresholds that trigger Treasury currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, and requires periodic inflation adjustments to those thresholds.

Official title: Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 03-MAR-2025
Referred 03-MAR-2025
Approved by committee 22-JAN-2026
Reported 19-MAR-2026
On the calendar 19-MAR-2026
Key points
  • Directs the Treasury Secretary to raise the $10,000 currency transaction report threshold to $30,000 within 180 days, including the related threshold for coins and currency received in nonfinancial trades or businesses.
  • Raises suspicious activity report thresholds from $5,000 to $10,000 and from $2,000 to $3,000 for agencies that issue those regulations, also within 180 days.
  • Raises the money services business definition threshold in federal regulations from $1,000 to $3,000 within 180 days.
  • Requires updates to all these thresholds every 5 years based on the Consumer Price Index, rounded to the nearest $500, and requires a Treasury review of reporting forms due within 360 days.
  • Changes the look-back period in Section 5336(c)(11)(A) of title 31, United States Code, for testimony by the FinCEN Director from 5 years to 10 years.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 19-MAR-2026).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) Cosponsors · 20
■ 19 R■ 1 D
1 Democrat