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FinCEN intends to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a whistleblower award program for eligible individuals that provide information regarding certain violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and U.S. economic sanctions. The proposed regulations would implement section 6314 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act. Pursuant to the proposed regulations, potential whistleblowers would voluntarily provide information regarding relevant violations to FinCEN, the Department of Justice, or a whistleblower’s employer. The proposed regulations would also govern the award phase of the whistleblower program. Potential whistleblowers would apply for an award following the successful enforcement of a covered judicial or administrative action. FinCEN would adjudicate such award applications pursuant to the proposed regulations and would pay awards to eligible whistleblowers from the Financial Integrity Fund (Fund). As set forth in 31 U.S.C. 5323, the structure of the Fund is such that monetary sanctions collected by the Secretary or Attorney General in any judicial or administrative action under title 31, chapter 35 or section 4305 or 4312 of title 50, or the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act will be deposited into the Fund, (or an amount equal to those sanctions will be credited to the Fund), unless the balance of the Fund at the time the monetary sanction is collected exceeds $300,000,000.