,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ab1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,guest introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,bank ,secrecy 
,act to exempt transactions with respect
 to cash reward payments by crime       
stopper organizations from certain      
currency transaction reports4  #a4      
,crime stopper organizations ,section   
#ecac7;d7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#c7 ,crime stopper     
organizations ,the ,secretary of the    
,treasury shall exempt a depository     
institution from the reporting          
requirements of subsection 7a7 with     
respect to a transaction between the    
depository institution and a nonprofit  
organization if the transaction is in   
connection with the nonprofit           
organization providing a cash reward in 
exchange for information about a crime4 

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