,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #h    
7legislative day1 ,january #g71         
#bjbf,mr4 ,sheehy introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to require a strategy for   
the expanded use of ,trade ,transparency
 ,units4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,trade ,transparency
 ,unit ,strategy ,act4  #b4 ,strategy   
for the expansion of ,trade             
,transparency ,units  7a7 ,sense of     
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that ,trade ,transparency ,units are a  
critical bilateral and multilateral tool
 to identify1 disrupt1 and dismantle    
international money laundering networks4
  7b7 ,strategy  7#a7 ,in ,general ,not 
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 in   
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,state1 the ,secretary of ,commerce1 and

 the ,secretary of the ,treasury1 shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a strategy to-- 7,a7 expand  
information sharing between ,u4,s4      
,customs and ,border ,protection1       
,homeland ,security ,investigations1    
appropriate elements of the ,department 
of ,commerce1 the ,financial ,crimes    
,enforcement ,network of the ,department
 of the ,treasury1 and appropriate      
counterparts of foreign customs agencies
 through ,trade ,transparency ,units2   
and  7,b7 improve intra-agency1         
inter-agency1 and other multilateral    
information-sharing with respect to     
,trade ,transparency ,units4  7#b7 ,form
 ,the strategy required by paragraph    
7#a7 shall be submitted in unclassified 
form and may contain a classified annex4
  7c7 ,comptroller ,general assessment  
,not later than #ahj days after the     
submission of the strategy required by  
subsection 7b71 the ,comptroller        
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit to the appropriate congressional 

committees a report that includes an    
assessment of the strategy required by  
subsection 7b74  7d7 ,appropriate       
congressional committees defined ,in    
this section1 the term appropriate      
congressional committees means-- 7#a7   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security1  
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 the ,committee on ,ways and ,means of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7#b7 the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security and ,governmental ,affairs1   
the ,committee on ,finance1 and the     
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate4