Sec. 7146. BRIEFING ON PROLIFERATION FINANCING

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## SEC. 7146 BRIEFING ON PROLIFERATION FINANCING ###

(a)In General Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on addressing proliferation finance. ###

(b)Elements The briefing required by subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)The Department of the Treasury’s description of the principles underlying appropriate methods for combating the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. ####

(2)An assessment of— #####

(A)Federal financial regulatory agency oversight, including by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, of United States financial institutions and the adoption by their foreign subsidiaries, branches, and correspondent institutions of the principles described under paragraph (1); and #####

(B)whether financial institutions in foreign jurisdictions known by the United States intelligence and law enforcement communities to be jurisdictions through which North Korea moves substantial sums of licit and illicit finance are applying a risk-based approach to proliferation financing, and if that approach is comparable to the approach required by United States financial institution supervisors. ####

(3)A survey of the technical assistance the Office of Technical Assistance of the Department of the Treasury and other appropriate Executive branch offices currently provide foreign governments on implementing counter-proliferation financing best practices. ####

(4)An assessment of the ability of foreign subsidiaries, branches, and correspondent institutions of United States financial institutions to implement a risk-based approach to proliferation financing.