,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bj1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois 7for     
himself and ,mr4 ,riggleman7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the    
,secretary of the ,treasury and the     
,attorney ,general to jointly conduct a 
study on the efforts of authoritarian   
regimes in foreign countries to exploit 
the financial system of the ,united     
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,study and report on the efforts of     
authoritarian regimes in foreign        
countries to exploit the financial      
system of the ,united ,states  7a7      
,study  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than
 #a year after the date of the enactment
 of this section1 the ,secretary of the 
,treasury and the ,attorney ,general    
shall jointly conduct a study on how    
authoritarian regimes in foreign        
countries and the proxies of such       

regimes use the financial system of the 
,united ,states to-- 7,a7 conduct       
political influence operations2  7,b7   
sustain kleptocratic methods of         
maintaining power2  7,c7 export         
corruption2  7,d7 fund nongovernmental  
organizations1 media organizations1 or  
academic initiatives in the ,united     
,states to advance the interests of such
 regimes2 and  7,e7 otherwise undermine 
democratic governance in the ,united    
,states and the partners and allies of  
the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,consultation
 ,the ,secretary of the ,treasury and   
the ,attorney ,general shall carry out  
the study required under paragraph 7#a7 
in consultation with the heads of other 
relevant national security1             
intelligence1 and law enforcement       
agencies4  7b7 ,report ,not later than  
#b years after the date of the enactment
 of this section1 the ,secretary of the 
,treasury shall submit to the ,committee
 on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban      
,affairs of the ,senate and the         

,committee on ,financial ,services of   
the ,house of ,representatives a report 
that includes-- 7#a7 the results of the 
study required under subsection 7a77#a72
 and  7#b7 any recommendations for      
legislative or regulatory action1 or    
steps to be taken by ,united ,states    
financial institutions1 that would      
address exploitation of the financial   
system of the ,united ,states by        
authoritarian regimes in foreign        
countries and the proxies of such       
regimes4