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H.R. 6988

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Summary

H.R. 6988, the Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 8, 2026 by Rep. August Pfluger (R). It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Jan 8, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 6988 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb6988/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 6988 IH: Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-01-08
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I
 119th CONGRESS  2d Session
 H. R. 6988
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 January 8, 2026
  Mr. Pfluger  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means
 A BILL
To require a strategy for the expanded use of Trade Transparency Units.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act  .
2.
Strategy for the expansion of Trade Transparency Units
(a)
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that Trade Transparency Units are a critical bilateral and multilateral tool to identify, disrupt, and dismantle international money laundering networks.
(b)
Strategy
(1)
In General
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to—
(A)
expand information sharing between U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations, appropriate elements of the Department of Commerce, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury, and appropriate counterparts of foreign customs agencies through Trade Transparency Units; and
(B)
improve intra-agency, inter-agency, and other multilateral information sharing with respect to Trade Transparency Units.
(2)
Form
The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form and may contain a classified annex.
(c)
Comptroller General assessment
Not later than 180 days after the submission of the strategy required by subsection (b), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes an assessment of the strategy required in subsection (b).
(d)
Appropriate congressional committees defined
In this section, the term  appropriate congressional committees  means—
(1)
the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and
(2)
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2026-01-08
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in House Jan 8, 2026

hb6988/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/08/2026)

Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act

This bill requires a strategy and report related to the expansion of trade transparency units. Trade transparency units examine trade anomalies and financial irregularities associated with trade-based money laundering, customs fraud, contraband smuggling, and tax evasion.

Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security must coordinate with the Departments of State, Commerce, and the Treasury to submit a strategy to Congress. This strategy must (1) expand information sharing between U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appropriate elements of the Department of Commerce, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury, and appropriate counterparts of foreign customs agencies through trade transparency units; and (2) improve intra-agency, interagency, and other multilateral information sharing with respect to these units.

The Government Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress that includes an assessment of the strategy.

Sponsors

Rep. August Pfluger (R) sponsors H.R. 6988 alone.

Committees

H.R. 6988 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Jan 8, 2026 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6988 has taken 2 actions since Jan 8, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jan 8, 2026
House
Introduced in House
Jan 8, 2026
House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 6988 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 6988, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 6988 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act — Display Title
  • Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To require a strategy for the expanded use of Trade Transparency Units. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6988 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Banking, Defense, Education, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security, Science/Technology, Trade (domestic/foreign), Intelligence.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
FDD ACTION—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FDD ACTION14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXANDRIA PAOLOZZI MOORE114
CONNOR PFEIFFER114
DANIEL VAYNSHTEYN114
MATTHEW REID ZWEIG114
NICHOLAS STEWART114
TYLER STAPLETON114
ZACHARY JUTCOVICH114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 fourth_quarter$300K4th Quarter - Amendme…
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 fourth_quarter$290K4th Quarter - Report
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2026 first_quarter$270K1st Quarter - Report
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2026 second_quarter$240K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6988 under Foreign Trade and International Finance, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6988’s is Foreign Trade and International Finance.

hr6988/policy-areas.txt
Foreign Trade and International FinanceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6988, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PFLUGER:H.R. 6988.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H253]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com