119th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 2544: GUARD Act
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Summary
This bill allows state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and grantees that receive funds from certain law enforcement grant programs to use the funds to investigate general financial fraud, elder financial fraud, and pig butchering. Pig butchering refers to a confidence and investment fraud in which a victim is gradually lured into transferring increasing amounts of money, generally in the form of cryptocurrency, into a fake virtual investment.
The bill allows federal law enforcement agencies to assist state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and fusion centers in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology tools.
Finally, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to report on efforts and recommendations related to general financial fraud, elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and scams. The bill also requires Treasury and FinCEN to report on the state of scams in the United States, including information about crimes committed, federal civil and criminal enforcement actions, and federal efforts to address the crimes.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NYOriginal
- Rick Scott R-FLOriginal
- James Lankford R-OK
- Raphael Warnock D-GA
- Christopher Coons D-DE
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Ted Cruz R-TX
- Charles Grassley R-IA
- Ashley Moody R-FL
- Angus King I-ME
- Dan Sullivan R-AK
- Margaret Hassan D-NH
- Pete Ricketts R-NE
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
Who scored on this bill
- 1Katie Britt SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported3 events+26
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Katie Britt.
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- Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 317.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.