S. 3496 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Dec 16, 2025
119th Congress
1st SessionS. 3496
1st SessionS. 3496
A BILL
United States Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Act
In the SenateNo vote yet
Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) · Introduced Dec 16, 2025 · International Affairs · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Feb 10, 2026: “Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 329.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 2 official versions.
Sections · 10
- Sec. 1Short title; table of contentsNo change
- Sec. 2FindingsNo change
- Sec. 3DefinitionsNo change
- Sec. 4Legal Gold and Mining Partnership StrategyNo change
- Sec. 5Classified briefing on illicit gold mining in VenezuelaNo change
- Sec. 6Investigation of the illicit gold trade in VenezuelaNo change
- Sec. 7Leveraging international supportNo change
- Sec. 8Public-private partnership to build responsible gold value chainsNo change
- Sec. 9Rule of construction regarding not authorizing the use of military forceNo change
- Sec. 10Consideration of certain transactions involving precious metals for purposes of identifying primary money laundering concernsNo change