HR-2514 : Still Just a Bill

Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019 or the COUNTER Act of 2019

This bill generally revises requirements related to anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism-financing laws.

Among other things, the bill

  • establishes new offices within financial regulatory agencies related to privacy and civil liberties;
  • creates programs within the Department of the Treasury to enable foreign and domestic outreach regarding these laws;
  • allows for increased information sharing between law enforcement, financial institutions, and financial regulators; and
  • revises whistleblower incentives related to actions brought by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

The bill also increases penalties for violations of anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism-financing laws, requires antiquities and art dealers to comply with these laws, and requires the reporting of beneficial ownership information to FinCEN in certain commercial real estate transactions.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-10-29IntroReferralReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Senate
2019-10-28FloorMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
2019-10-28FloorOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8494-8501)House floor actions
2019-10-28FloorDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2514.House floor actions
2019-10-28FloorConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8494-8503)House floor actions
2019-10-28FloorMr. Scott, David moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.House floor actions
2019-10-21CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 195.House floor actions
2019-10-21DischargeCommittee on Ways and Means discharged.House floor actions
2019-10-21CommitteeReported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-245, Part I.House floor actions
2019-05-03CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Trade.House committee actions
2019-05-03IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.House floor actions
2019-05-03IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.House floor actions
2019-05-03IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Finance and Financial Sector
See Subjects
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Archaeology and anthropology
  • Art, artists, authorship
  • Asia
  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Business ethics
  • Business records
  • China
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Corporate finance and management
  • Crime prevention
  • Currency
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Financial services and investments
  • Foreign and international banking
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Inflation and prices
  • International monetary system and foreign exchange
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Judicial review and appeals
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Multilateral development programs
  • Organized crime
  • Performance measurement
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Real estate business
  • Right of privacy
  • Russia
  • Sanctions
  • Smuggling and trafficking
  • Technology assessment
  • Terrorism

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