Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act Amendments of 1980

Summary

Title I: - Amends the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act to extend the current reporting requirement to include persons "attempting" to transport monetary instruments into or from the United States. Title II: Authorizes any customs officer who has reasonable cause to suspect that monetary instruments are being transported for which a report is required to search, without a search warrant, any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, envelope or other container, or person entering or departing from the United States. Title III: - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a reward to any individual providing original information which leads to a recovery of at least $50,000 by way of a criminal fine, civil penalty, or forfeiture for a violation of such Act. Makes ineligible for such payment any Federal, State, or local employee who furnishes information in the performance of official duties.

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• Reported to House amended, Part II

  summary · EN · 22 July 1980

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 18 March 1980

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 November 1979

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