,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #fjf  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#eghc  ,report ,no4 #aae-ghj  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may   
#aa1 #bjah ,mr4 ,hill 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,foster7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services      
,june #be1 #bjah;,additional sponsors3  
,mr4 ,hollingsworth and ,ms4 ,sinema    
,june #be1 #bjah ,reported with an      
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,may #aa1
 #bjah  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide a safe   
harbor for financial institutions that  
maintain a customer account at the      
request of a ,federal or ,state law     
enforcement agency4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,cooperate with ,law ,enforcement       

,agencies and ,watch ,act of #bjah4  #b4
 ,safe harbor with respect to keep open 
letters  7a7 ,in general ,subchapter    
,,ii of chapter #ec of title #ca1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #eccc4
 ,safe harbor with respect to keep open 
letters  7a7 ,in general ,with respect  
to a customer account of a financial    
institution1 if a ,federal1 ,state1     
,tribal1 or local law enforcement agency
 requests1 in writing1 the financial    
institution to keep such account open-- 
7#a7 the financial institution shall not
 be liable under this subchapter for    
maintaining such account consistent with
 the parameters of the request2 and     
7#b7 no ,federal or ,state department or
 agency may take any adverse supervisory
 action under this subchapter with      
respect to the financial institution for
 maintaining such account consistent    
with the parameters of the request4  7b7
 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this 
section may be construed-- 7#a7 from    

preventing a ,federal or ,state         
department or agency from verifying the 
validity of a written request described 
under subsection 7a7 with the ,federal1 
,state1 ,tribal1 or local law           
enforcement agency making the written   
request2 or  7#b7 to relieve a financial
 institution from complying with any    
reporting requirements1 including the   
reporting of suspicious transactions    
under section #ecah7;g74  7c7 ,letter   
termination date ,for purposes of this  
section1 any written request described  
under subsection 7a7 shall include a    
termination date after which such       
request shall no longer apply4  4  7b7  
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents for chapter #ec of title #ca1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #eccb the following3  #eccc4    
,safe harbor with respect to keep open  
letters4  4  ,june #be1 #bjah ,reported 
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  

,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed