Accountability through Confirmation Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4036 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4036

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2023

Mr. McHenry (for himself, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Barr, Ms. De 
La Cruz, Mr. Lawler, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Flood, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. 
Donalds, Mrs. Kim of California, Mr. Posey, Mr. Davidson, Mrs. Houchin, 
and Mr. Hill) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Director of the 
 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 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 rate provided under level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5''.
    (c) Transition Provision.--The Director of the Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network on the day before the date of enactment of this Act 
shall continue to serve in such 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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