PUBLIC LAW 109–177—MAR. 9, 2006
120 STAT. 243
TITLE IV—COMBATING TERRORISM FINANCING
Combating Terrorism Financing Act of 2005.
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
18 USC 1 note.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Terrorism Financing Act of 2005’’. SEC. 402. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR TERRORISM FINANCING.
Section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by deleting ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’; and (2) in subsection (b), by deleting ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘twenty years’’. SEC. 403. TERRORISM-RELATED SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES FOR MONEY LAUNDERING.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO RICO.—Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘section 1960 (relating to illegal money transmitters),’’ before ‘‘sections 2251’’. (b) AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1956(c)(7).—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or any felony violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’’ and inserting ‘‘any felony violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’’. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 1956(e) AND 1957(e).— (1) Section 1956(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(e) Violations of this section may be investigated by such components of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may direct, and by such components of the Department of the Treasury as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, as appropriate, and, with respect to offenses over which the Department of Homeland Security has jurisdiction, by such components of the Department of Homeland Security as the Secretary of Homeland Security may direct, and, with respect to offenses over which the United States Postal Service has jurisdiction, by the Postal Service. Such authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Postal Service shall be exercised in accordance with an agreement which shall be entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Postal Service, and the Attorney General. Violations of this section involving offenses described in paragraph (c)(7)(E) may be investigated by such components of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may direct, and the National Enforcement Investigations Center of the Environmental Protection Agency.’’. (2) Section 1957(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(e) Violations of this section may be investigated by such components of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may direct, and by such components of the Department of the Treasury as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, as appropriate, and, with respect to offenses over which the Department of Homeland Security has jurisdiction, by such components of the Department of Homeland Security as the Secretary of Homeland
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