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Fireworks Trafficking and Money Laundering Prevention Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that unlawful interstate transportation of fireworks is specified unlawful activity for purposes of laundering of monetary instruments.
Summary
This bill designates the unlawful interstate transportation of fireworks as a specified unlawful activity for purposes of federal money laundering statutes. This designation allows federal money laundering laws to be applied to proceeds generated from illegal fireworks trafficking, significantly increasing the potential criminal penalties from a maximum of one year to up to twenty years of imprisonment. The bill aims to enhance law enforcement's investigative tools and ability to disrupt criminal financial networks involved in illegal fireworks trafficking, which the bill notes is frequently linked to other criminal enterprises and has resulted in numerous serious injuries and deaths.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ed Case’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $16,800
- ATS COMMUNICATIONS, INC $6,600
- ONEBRIEF, INC $6,600
- PETERSON MANAGEMENT LLC $6,600
- TRIDENT RESEARCH LLC $6,500
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ed Case → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- May 22, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 22, 2026 Introduced in House
- May 22, 2026 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E485)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2026
Mr. Case (for himself and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that unlawful interstate transportation of fireworks is specified unlawful activity for purposes of laundering of monetary instruments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Fireworks Trafficking and Money Laundering Prevention Act”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Illegal fireworks trafficking is a multifaceted criminal activity involving the transportation, distribution, and sale of explosive materials in violation of Federal and State laws.
(2) Law enforcement actions across the United States have demonstrated that individuals engaged in illegal fireworks trafficking frequently participate in related financial crimes, including money laundering, and may accumulate substantial illicit proceeds and assets subject to forfeiture.
(3) Investigations have revealed that illegal fireworks are often transported across state lines and sold at significant markups, creating highly profitable black-market operations that can persist over many years.
(4) The use of illegal fireworks has resulted in numerous incidents causing serious injuries, mass casualty events, and fatalities, including some of the deadliest explosions and accidents in recent history.
(5) Fireworks-related injuries place a significant burden on emergency response systems and healthcare infrastructure, with thousands of individuals requiring emergency medical treatment each year.
(6) Illegal trafficking of fireworks poses substantial risks to public safety, as such explosives are often manufactured, transported, stored, and used without proper safety standards, increasing the likelihood of fires, explosions, injuries, and deaths.
(7) Illegal fireworks trafficking is frequently linked to broader criminal activity, including drug trafficking, financial crimes, and organized criminal enterprises, which may use fireworks distribution networks to generate revenue, launder money, and evade law enforcement oversight.
(8) The investigation and prosecution of illegal interstate fireworks trafficking are often constrained by the limited statutory penalties, which provide for a maximum term of imprisonment of one year, thereby reducing the prioritization of such offenses relative to more serious Federal crimes, and providing an insufficient disincentive to engage in illegal activity especially as compared to the large financial incentives to do so.
(9) Designating illegal interstate fireworks trafficking as a specified unlawful activity for purposes of laundering of monetary instruments will strengthen law enforcement efforts by authorizing the application of Federal money laundering statutes to the proceeds of illegal fireworks trafficking, thereby enhancing investigative tools, disrupting criminal financial networks, and increasing the maximum term of imprisonment to up to twenty years.
SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF FIREWORKS TO BE CONSIDERED SPECIFIED UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY FOR PURPOSES OF LAUNDERING OF MONETARY INSTRUMENTS.
Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “section 836 (relating to interstate transportation of fireworks),” after “section 831 (relating to prohibited transactions involving nuclear materials),”. <all>
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