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HR 1450 · in committee · niche

OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act

What this bill does

  • Requires OFAC to create a pilot program licensing private firms to conduct small financial transactions for sanctions investigations.
  • Affects private sector companies that investigate potential violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
  • Licensed firms must submit monthly reports to OFAC on their investigation activities.

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  1. 01

    How would licensing private investigators to conduct financial transactions under sanctions affect the accuracy and speed of detecting actual violations?

  2. 02

    What safeguards would prevent licensed private firms from misusing their transaction authority beyond their authorized investigation scope?

  3. 03

    Which investigative problems does OFAC currently face that this pilot program is designed to solve?

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-07-22 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

  2. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3517)

  3. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  4. 2025-07-21 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3517)

  5. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1450.

  6. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3517-3518)

  7. 2025-07-21 · house · Floor

    Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2025-03-27 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 34.

  9. 2025-03-27 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.

  10. 2025-03-27 · Committee

    Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.

  11. 2025-03-27 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-47, Part I.

  12. 2025-03-27 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-47, Part I.

  13. 2025-03-05 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.

  14. 2025-03-05 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-02-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  16. 2025-02-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  17. 2025-02-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  18. 2025-02-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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