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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would establish a task force to combat terrorist use of cryptocurrencies.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on September 26 that would establish a crypto task force to combat terrorist use of cryptocurrencies, public records indicate.
House Resolution (H.R.) 5036, which represents an amended version of the bill proposed by Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) to the Committee on Financial Services in January, establishes an âIndependent Financial Technology Task Forceâ to fight the illicit use of cryptocurrency.
According to public records published on the official online database of the U.S. Congress, the new version of the bill has been passed by the whole House by voice vote.
Similar to the original version of the bill that was introduced on January 10, H. R. 5036 establishes the same time-frames for investigating and providing reports on the potential use of crypto in criminal activities. According to the document, the Task Force should provide their findings ânot later than 1 year after the date of the enactmentâ of the bill.
One of the key amendments of the upgraded bill is the introduction of section on preventing entities from using cryptocurrencies in order to evade sanctions. The new section entitled âPreventing Rogue And Foreign Actors From Evading Sanctionsâ obliges regulators to report ânot later than 180 daysâ after enactment of the bill on the potential uses of crypto and emerging technologies as a means of sanctions evasion, terrorism financing, or money laundering.
The bill contains a reward policy for assisting regulators in providing information âleading to convictions related to terrorist use of digital currencies.â H.R. 5036 suggests that the reward amount should not exceed $450,000 to âany person who provides information leading to the convictionâ of an individual involved with terrorist use of cryptocurrencies.
Earlier this month, experts from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF), testified before Congress regarding crypto and terrorist financing. At the hearing before the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, the FDD CSIF director of analysis Yaya Fanusie stated that crypto is a âpoor form of money for jihadistsâ and âcold hard cash is still king.â
Fanusie also noted that the crypto and blockchain industry is ânot innately illicit and should not be feared,â since any emerging technology can be utilized for both âgoodâ and âillâ, âdepending on the user.â
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