H.R. 6281: BANK Act of 2016
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H.R. 6281: BANK Act of 2016
114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-28 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
BANK Act of 2016
Plain summary
Block Access to North Korea Act of 2016 or BANK Act of 2016 This bill requires the President to impose sanctions pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, with specified waiver authority, against a person that continues to knowingly and directly provide specialized financial messaging services to, or to knowingly enable or facilitate access to such messaging services for: the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), a financial institution that facilitates any transaction or provides significant financial services for nuclear development or proliferation on North Korea's behalf, or a person identified on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control for assisting North Korea's nuclear development or proliferation efforts.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] · 9 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Brad Sherman (D-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Ami Bera (D-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA)
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- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr6281.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr6281 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114