Crime stopper groups skip federal cash payment reports.
S. 5644 — A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to exempt transactions with respect to cash reward payments by crime stopper organizations from certain currency transaction reports. · Filed by Ashley Moody (R-FL) · Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes federal law. Crime stopper groups would not have to file reports about large cash payments. Crime stoppers are groups that pay cash rewards for crime tips. Banks normally file reports when someone moves more than $10,000 in cash. This bill says crime stopper reward payments do not need those reports.
Who it affects
Crime stopper groups would skip filing certain reports. Banks that handle crime stopper payments would file fewer reports. The federal government would get less data about these cash moves.
One thing to notice
The bill stops the government from seeing reports about crime stopper reward cash. Large cash payments from crime stoppers will no longer be tracked the same way.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 30, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- crime stopper groups — Groups that pay cash rewards to people who give tips about crimes.
- federal law — Rules made by Congress that apply to the whole country.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (292 characters) on Oct 16, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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