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S. 3608

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 3608, the Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 8, 2026 by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R). It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Jan 8, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 3608 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

sb3608/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S3608 IS: Trade Transparency Unit Strategy Act
 U.S. Senate
 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.
 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 3608  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 8 (legislative day, January 7), 2026   Mr. Sheehy  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    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 by 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 Finance, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

Tracker

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

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate Jan 8, 2026

sb3608/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (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

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) sponsors S. 3608 alone.

Tim Sheehy

Sen. · R–MT · Sponsor

Committees

S. 3608 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance
Finance
Referred To · Jan 8, 2026 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 3608 has taken 2 actions since Jan 8, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jan 8, 2026
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Finance Committee
Jan 8, 2026
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 3608 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 3608, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 3608 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
  • A bill 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 S. 3608 in 1 quarterly filing, 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, Intelligence, Science/Technology, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
FDD ACTION—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FDD ACTION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXANDRIA PAOLOZZI MOORE111
CONNOR PFEIFFER111
DANIEL VAYNSHTEYN111
MATTHEW REID ZWEIG111
NICHOLAS STEWART111
TYLER STAPLETON111
ZACHARY JUTCOVICH111

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2026 first_quarter$270K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3608 under Foreign Trade and International Finance, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3608’s is Foreign Trade and International Finance.

s3608/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

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com