[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2628 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2628

 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Director of the 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury 
 to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

  Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Director of the 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury 
 to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accountability through Confirmation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK.

    (a) Appointment of Director.--Section 310(b)(1) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``who shall be appointed by the 
Secretary of the Treasury'' and inserting ``who shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate''.
    (b) Pay of Director.--Section 310(b)(1) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Director 
shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay for a position at 
level IV of the Executive Schedule, as provided under section 5315 of 
title 5.''.
    (c) Transition Provision.--The individual serving as the Director 
of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the 
Treasury on the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall 
continue to serve in that position until the date on which the first 
Director is confirmed by the Senate pursuant to section 310(b)(1) of 
title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a).
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