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Coalition letter to leaders of the House Financial Services Subcommittees on Terrorism and Illicit Finance and Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit regarding proposals to expand and add penalties for information sharing and paperwork violations by banking and financial services institutions, as outlined in the discussion draft of Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (to become H.R. 6068, 2018).
Letter to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee regarding proposed changes to beneficial ownership rules and penalties for violations, as addressed in the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 (S. 1717).
Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding proposed changes to beneficial ownership rules and penalties for violations, as addressed in the True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act (S. 1454, 2017).
Letter to the House Financial Services Committee regarding proposed changes to beneficial ownership rules and penalties for violations, as addressed in the Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R. 3089, 2017).
Letter with the American Civil Liberties Union to members of the U.S. House regarding a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the next fiscal year addressing beneficial ownership reporting (Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, H.R. 2513).
Letter to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee regarding criminalizing beneficial ownership violations for new incorporations, as proposed in the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 1483, 2011).
President Cynthia Hujar Orr's letter to Senate Homeland Security Committee leadership on overbroad, overcriminalized rules for beneficial ownership reporting proposed in the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 569, 2009).
Letter with ACLU to U.S. House leadership regarding Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 H.R.2513, addressing rules on beneficial ownership (116th Congress).
Letter with ACLU to House Financial Services Committee leadership regarding Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 H.R.2513, addressing rules on beneficial ownership (116th Congress).
