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June 2016

Regulatory Releases

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The following summarizes the variety of regulatory releases that we issue pursuant to our authority as the administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act. We also outline the effect of the various releases on financial institutions subject to the regulatory provision at issue.

I. Regulations:

List of Non-substantive Technical Corrections and Other Changes Made in 31 CFR Chapter X

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In the Chapter X NPRM, FinCEN proposed to make non-substantive technical corrections to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) implementing regulations. These corrections included updating titles and offices to represent organizational changes within the Treasury Department and FinCEN, changing mailing addresses, and updating names of federal government agencies.

Notice Regarding the Withdrawals of Findings and Proposed Rulemakings under Section 311

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February 19, 2016 

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is withdrawing three findings and related proposed rulemakings under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, after having determined that the subjects of the rulemakings no longer pose a money laundering threat to the U.S. financial system.

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