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Committee Meetings
                                             MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a markup on the Financial Services and General 
  Government Appropriations Bill, FY 2019. The Financial Services and 
 General Government Appropriations Bill, FY 2019, was forwarded to the 
                   full Committee, without amendment.
                            AMERICAN DREAM AND PROMISE ACT OF 2019
   Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 6, the 
 ``American Dream and Promise Act of 2019''. The Committee granted, by 
 record vote of 8-4, a closed rule providing for consideration of H.R. 
 6, the ``American Dream and Promise Act of 2019''. The rule provides 
two hours of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 
  the text of Rules Committee Print 116-16, modified by the amendment 
 printed in the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted 
and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives 
    all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. 
   Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
     instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Lofgren, and 
            Representatives Collins of Georgia, and Burgess.
Joint Meetings
                                      TRADE-BASED MONEY LAUNDERING
 Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Friday, May 24, 
   2019, Commission received a briefing with the House Committee on 
 Financial Services on trade-based money laundering from John Cassara, 
Special Agent, Department of the Treasury (Ret.), Lakshmi Kumar, Global 
   Financial Integrity, and David Luna, Luna Global Networks, all of 
                            Washington, D.C.
                                                CURBING CORRUPTION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Wednesday, May 29, 
   2019, Commission received a briefing with the House Committee on 
Financial Services on curbing corruption through corporate transparency 
  and collaboration, focusing on the British model from John Penrose, 
  Member of Parliament, London, United Kingdom; and Mark Hays, Global 
  Witness, Edward Kitt, British Embassy Washington, and Nate Sibley, 
Hudson Institute, all of Washington, D.C.

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