1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act or the ACES Act . 2. Reports on adoption of cryptocurrency as legal tender in El Salvador (a) In general Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the adoption by the Government of El Salvador of a cryptocurrency as legal tender. (b) Elements The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description of the process followed by the Government of El Salvador to develop and enact the Bitcoin Law (Legislative Decree No. 57, Official Record No. 110, Volume 431, enacted June 9, 2021), which provides the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, with legal tender status in El Salvador. (2) An assessment of— (A) potential gaps in the Anti-Money Laundering/Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework in El Salvador, and illicit finance risks associated with virtual assets in El Salvador, including El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender; (B) the impact on individuals and businesses of requiring tender of Bitcoin; and (C) the impact of such adoption of a cryptocurrency on— (i) the macroeconomic stability and public finances of El Salvador, including taxation; (ii) the rule of law and democratic governance in El Salvador; (iii) the unbanked population in El Salvador; (iv) the flow of remittances from the United States to El Salvador; (v) El Salvador's relations with multilateral financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and the Word Bank; (vi) bilateral and international efforts to combat transnational illicit activities