Title 31 — Money and Finance
Chapter 53 — Monetary Transactions
§ 5319. Availability of reports
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Treasury shall make information in a report filed under this subchapter available to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency, United States intelligence agency or self-regulatory organization registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, upon request of the head of the agency or organization. The report shall be available for a purpose that is consistent with this subchapter. The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes or by United States intelligence agencies. However, a report and records of reports are exempt from search and disclosure under section 552 of title 5, and may not be disclosed under any State, local, tribal, or territorial “freedom of information”, “open government”, or similar law.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 999
Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 5319
Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 999
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 999AnnunzioWylie Anti-Money Laundering Act
Pub. L. 102–550 title XV § 1506 · 106 Stat. 3672
Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 5319
Pub. L. 102–550 substituted “to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency,” for “to an agency” in first sentence
Inserted · 31 U.S.C. § 5319
Pub. L. 102–550 inserted after second sentence “The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 102–550 substituted “to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency,” for “to an agency” in first sentence and inserted after second sentence “The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1506. ACCESS BY STATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SUPERVISORS TO CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS REPORTS. Section 5319 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking “to an agency” and inserting “to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency,”; and (2) by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: “The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes.”.International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
Pub. L. 107–56 title III § 358(c) · 115 Stat. 272
Amended · 31 U.S.C. § 5319
Pub. L. 107–56 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall make information in a report filed under section 5313, 5314, or 5316 of this title available to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency, on request of the head of the agency. The report shall be available for a purpose consistent with those sections or a regulation prescribed under those sections. The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes. However, a report and records of reports are exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 107–56 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall make information in a report filed under section 5313, 5314, or 5316 of this title available to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency, on request of the head of the agency. The report shall be available for a purpose consistent with those sections or a regulation prescribed under those sections. The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes. However, a report and records of reports are exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Amendment Relating to Availability of Reports.— Section 5319 of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 5319. Availability of reports “The Secretary of the Treasury shall make information in a report filed under this subchapter available to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency, United States intelligence agency or self-regulatory organization registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, upon request of the head of the agency or organization. The report shall be available for a purpose that is consistent with this subchapter. The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes or by United States intelligence agencies. However, a report and records of reports are exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5.”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–56 applicable with respect to reports filed or records maintained on, before, or after Oct. 26, 2001, see section 358(h) of Pub. L. 107–56, set out as a note under section 1829b of Title 12, Banks and Banking.Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Pub. L. 112–74 div. C title I § 119 · 125 Stat. 891
Inserted · 31 U.S.C. § 5319
Pub. L. 112–74 inserted “, and may not be disclosed under any State, local, tribal, or territorial ‘freedom of information’, ‘open government’, or similar law” after “section 552 of title 5”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 112–74 inserted “, and may not be disclosed under any State, local, tribal, or territorial ‘freedom of information’, ‘open government’, or similar law” after “section 552 of title 5”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 119. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the study of the Missouri River Projects authorized in section 108 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 (division C of Public Law 111–8).Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020
Pub. L. 116–283 div. F title LXI § 6109(b) · 134 Stat. 3388
Inserted · 31 U.S.C. § 5319
Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “search and” before “disclosure”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “search and” before “disclosure”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Availability of Reports.— Section 5319 of title 31, United States Code, is amended, in the fourth sentence, by inserting “search and” before “disclosure”.
5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 5319 | 31:1052(j). | Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91–508, §§ 203(j), 212, 84 Stat. 1120, 1121. |
| 31:1061. | ||
The words “upon such conditions and pursuant to such procedures as he may by regulation prescribe” and “set forth” in 31:1061, and the word “specifically” in 31:1052(j), are omitted as surplus.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1992–2021 · 4 rounds
2021
Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “search and” before “disclosure”.
2011
Pub. L. 112–74 inserted “, and may not be disclosed under any State, local, tribal, or territorial ‘freedom of information’, ‘open government’, or similar law” after “section 552 of title 5”.
2001
Pub. L. 107–56 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall make information in a report filed under section 5313, 5314, or 5316 of this title available to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency, on request of the head of the agency. The report shall be available for a purpose consistent with those sections or a regulation prescribed under those sections. The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes. However, a report and records of reports are exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5.”
1992
Pub. L. 102–550 substituted “to an agency, including any State financial institutions supervisory agency,” for “to an agency” in first sentence and inserted after second sentence “The Secretary may only require reports on the use of such information by any State financial institutions supervisory agency for other than supervisory purposes.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2001 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–56 applicable with respect to reports filed or records maintained on, before, or after , see section 358(h) of Pub. L. 107–56, set out as a note under section 1829b of Title 12, Banks and Banking.