Pedophile Financial Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4338 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4338 To require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury to carry out an investigation regarding whether financial institutions violated certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, with respect to transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury to carry out an investigation regarding whether financial institutions violated certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, with respect to transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein, 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 ``Pedophile Financial Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. FINCEN INVESTIGATION AND REPORT; REFERRALS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Bank secrecy act.--The term ``Bank Secrecy Act'' means subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code. (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of FinCEN. (3) Employee.--The term ``employee'' means an employee of a financial institution. (4) Financial institution.--The term ``financial institution'' has the meaning given the term in section 5312(a) of title 31, United States Code. (5) FinCEN.--The term ``FinCEN'' means the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury. (6) Sus