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This resolution memorializes the United States Congress to address what the Louisiana Legislature perceives as problematic regulatory practices affecting financial institutions' banking relationships. The resolution highlights concerns about federal regulators potentially "weaponizing" banks by pressuring them to discontinue services to certain businesses or individuals through complex regulatory mechanisms. Specifically, it references past instances like "Operation Choke Point" where regulators allegedly pressured banks to stop doing business with specific industries like gun sellers and cryptocurrency businesses. The resolution calls for modernizing anti-money laundering laws, demanding that regulatory agencies focus narrowly on protecting the financial system's integrity rather than advancing unrelated policy priorities. It requests increased transparency and accountability for regulators, urging them to balance legitimate financial crime prevention with protecting law-abiding citizens' access to financial services. The resolution also seeks to prevent regulators from using "guidance" documents as implicit threats to financial institutions and asks for a more focused approach to identifying actual financial criminal activity. As a final step, the resolution directs that copies be sent to key federal financial regulatory leaders and members of Congress.