(1), the Secretary of the Treasury shall consider the following: (A) The remittances threat and operational analysis required under subsection (b), with an emphasis on efforts to mitigate threats and challenges identified in the analysis. (B) Efforts to reduce the use of remittances and money transmitting services by drug kingpins, crime syndicates, and other persons to finance terrorism, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, and other forms of illicit financing, domestically or internationally. (C) Efforts to prevent human trafficking and the unlawful movement of illicit drugs and other contraband through the use of remittances and money transmitting services, and standards against which the effectiveness of those efforts may be determined. (D) Efforts to focus collection and information analysis to disrupt transnational criminal organizations attempting to exploit security vulnerabilities, and standards against which the effectiveness of those efforts may be determined. (E) Personnel, technology, and infrastructure needs of Federal law enforcement agencies. (F) Efforts to prevent, detect, investigate, and mitigate money laundering activities through remittances and money transmitting services, and standards against which the effectiveness of those efforts may be determined. (G) The lawful use of remittances, the role that remittances play in countries’ economies, and how any recommended measures would impose additional burdens on remittances in light of their lawful uses. 14. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to apply to the authorized law enforcement, protective, or intelligence activities of the United States or of an intelligence agency of the United States.