Bill also works to lower the compliance burden on Financial Institutions, most of which are Community Banks, by establishing several tools to allow for more targeted sharing of b. S. A. , is bsaamlrelated information. Studies kes modest and waste ways to reduce the cost associated with researching and writing suspicious activity reports. The bill also creates a new privacy and Civil Liberties officer, as well as an innovation officer in each of the federal financial regulators. And importantly, the bill imposes new penalties on Financial Institutions and personnel that violate the law and creates a Whistleblower Program to encourage and protect those who identify such bad acts. R. 2513, as amended, has the strong support of Financial Institutions. It is also supported by n. G. O. s like the aflcio, global witness, oxfam america, friends of the earth, jubilee u. S. A. Network, and the Small Business majority, all of which are members of the transparency focus fact coalition. Its widely
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