31 USC 5315 - Reports on foreign currency transactions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Feb 22, 2025

§ 5315.

Reports on foreign currency transactions

(a)

Congress finds that—

(1)

moving mobile capital can have a significant impact on the proper functioning of the international monetary system;

(2)

it is important to have the most feasible current and complete information on the kind and source of capital flows, including transactions by large United States businesses and their foreign affiliates; and

(3)

additional authority should be provided to collect information on capital flows under section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 App. U.S.C. 5(b)) 1

 See References in Text note below.

and section 8 of the Bretton Woods Agreement Act (22 U.S.C. 286f).

(b)

In this section, “United States person” and “foreign person controlled by a United States person” have the same meanings given those terms in section 7(f)(2)(A) and (C), respectively, of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78g(f)(2)(A), (C)).

(c)

The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations consistent with subsection (a) of this section requiring reports on foreign currency transactions conducted by a United States person or a foreign person controlled by a United States person. The regulations shall require that a report contain information and be submitted at the time and in the way, with reasonable exceptions and classifications, necessary to carry out this section.

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 997.)

cite as: 31 USC 5315