Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury AGENCY: Office of Terrorism and Financial Crime, Treasury. ACTION: Notice of updated guidelines. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) is publishing an updated version of its Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities (“Guidelines”) along with a new Annex. The Guidelines were originally released in November 2002. A revised version of the Guidelines was published for public comment on December 5, 2005. Treasury received nine (9) comments on the revised Guidelines and, as explained below, made a number of additional revisions in response to those comments. DATES: Effective Date: The updated Guidelines were published on Treasury's Web site on September 29, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220: (202) 622-3786 (not a toll-free call). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Guidelines, the Response to Comments Submitted on the U.S. Department of the Treasury Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities (“Response”), and additional information concerning the protection of charities are available on the Treasury's Web site at http:// www.treas.gov/​gov/​offices/​enforcement/​key-issues/​protecting/​ . The Response and Guidelines are reprinted below. Dated: October 16, 2006. Patrick M. O'Brien, A…