2015 US Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance (Sections 101 - 9705)
Subtitle IV - Money (Sections 5101 - 5367)
Chapter 53 - Monetary Transactions (Sections 5301 - 5367)
Subchapter III - Money Laundering and Related Financial Crimes (Sections 5340 - 5355)
Sec. 5340 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE SUBTITLE IV - MONEY CHAPTER 53 - MONETARY TRANSACTIONS SUBCHAPTER III - MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED FINANCIAL CRIMES Sec. 5340 - Definitions |
Contains | section 5340 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 105-310, §2(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2941; amended Pub. L. 114-22, title I, §105(c)(2)(A)(ii)(II), May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 237. |
Statutes at Large References | 112 Stat. 2941 129 Stat. 237 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 105-310, Public Law 114-22 |
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For purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Department of the treasury law enforcement organizations.—The term "Department of the Treasury law enforcement organizations" has the meaning given to such term in section 9705(o).
(2) Money laundering and related financial crime.—The term "money laundering and related financial crime"—
(A) means the movement of illicit cash or cash equivalent proceeds into, out of, or through the United States, or into, out of, or through United States financial institutions, as defined in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code; or
(B) has the meaning given that term (or the term used for an equivalent offense) under State and local criminal statutes pertaining to the movement of illicit cash or cash equivalent proceeds.
(3) Secretary.—The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Treasury.
(4) Attorney general.—The term "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 105–310, §2(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2941; amended Pub. L. 114–22, title I, §105(c)(2)(A)(ii)(II), May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 237.)
AMENDMENTS2015—Par. (1). Pub. L. 114–22 substituted "section 9705(o)" for "section 9703(p)(1)".
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