This section of the United States Code establishes whistleblower incentives and protections. It defines key terms such as ‘covered judicial or administrative action’, ‘monetary sanctions’, ‘original information’, ‘related action’, and ‘whistleblower’. The section outlines the awards that whistleblowers may receive for providing original information that leads to the successful enforcement of a covered judicial or administrative action. The awards range from 10 to 30 percent of the monetary sanctions imposed in the action.

This legal document, 5324 of the United States Code, prohibits the structuring of transactions to evade reporting requirements. It applies to domestic coin and currency transactions involving financial institutions, nonfinancial trades or businesses, and international monetary instrument transactions. The document states that no person shall cause or attempt to cause a financial institution or nonfinancial trade or business to fail to file a required report or maintain a required record, or structure or assist in structuring any transaction with such entities.

This legal document, 5330 of the United States Code, governs the registration of money transmitting businesses. It requires any person who owns or controls a money transmitting business to register the business with the Secretary of the Treasury within 180 days of the enactment of the Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994 or the date on which the business is established, whichever is later. The registration must include information such as the name and location of the business, the names and addresses of the owners, directors, officers, and other participants in the business, and the name and address of any depository institution where the business maintains a transaction account.

This legal document, found in the United States Code, specifically addresses the criminal offense of bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States. It states that anyone who knowingly conceals more than $10,000 in currency or other monetary instruments with the intent to evade currency reporting requirements and transports or transfers it between places within or outside the United States is guilty of a currency smuggling offense. The offense carries a penalty of imprisonment for up to 5 years.

The legal documents reviewed pertain to records and reports on monetary instruments transactions. They establish reporting requirements for domestic coins and currency transactions, transactions with foreign financial agencies, foreign currency transactions, exporting and importing monetary instruments, search and forfeiture of monetary instruments, compliance, exemptions, and summons authority related to records and reports, special measures for primary money laundering concerns, availability of reports, injunctions, civil penalties, criminal penalties, whistleblower incentives and protections, structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements, identification requirements for purchasing certain monetary instruments, orders requiring information, registration of money transmitting businesses, reporting requirements for certain transactions, bulk cash smuggling offenses, safe harbor provision for keep open requests, training requirements for Federal examiners, and criminal offenses related to concealment of material facts.

This legal document, 5342 of the United States Code, addresses the issue of high-risk money laundering and related financial crime areas. It allows for the designation of areas where money laundering or related financial crimes occur at a higher than average rate. The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, is responsible for designating these high-risk areas based on various factors. The purpose is to develop comprehensive approaches to address the problem in cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies.

This legal document, found in the United States Code under the section on Prohibition on Funding of Unlawful Internet Gambling, establishes the framework for understanding and regulating unlawful internet gambling. It prohibits the funding of unlawful internet gambling and provides definitions for terms related to unlawful internet gambling. The document applies to individuals and entities involved in internet gambling and exempts certain activities allowed under the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978.

This legal document provides definitions for key terms used in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification provisions. It applies to health care providers, health care clearinghouses, health plans, and other entities involved in the processing of health information. The document defines terms such as ‘code set’, ‘health care clearinghouse’, ‘health care provider’, ‘health information’, ‘health plan’, ‘individually identifiable health information’, ‘standard’, ‘standard setting organization’, and ‘operating rules’.

The legal documents reviewed under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act provide protections and benefits to servicemembers and their dependents during their military service. These documents cover various aspects such as jurisdiction, applicability, stay of proceedings, default judgments, taxes, public lands, inappropriate use of the chapter, and servicemembers’ rights and protections. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act applies to servicemembers, dependents, courts, and administrative agencies. It allows for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers.

2235a. Deposit and retention of credit card refunds or rebates On and after November 28, 2001 , refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis from a credit card services provider under the Department of Agricultures charge card programs may be deposited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in the Departments Working Capital Fund established under section 2235 of this title and used to fund management initiatives of general benefit to the Department of Agriculture bureaus and offices as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretarys designee.