Whether a federal court may decline to apply the reference canon to the money laundering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1956, which makes specific reference to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Petitioner respectfully presents two issues for review, each of which warrants the involvement of this Court: 1. Whether a federal court may decline to apply the reference canon, recently reaffirmed by this Court in Jam v. Int Fin. Corp., --U.S. ---, 139 8. Ct. 759, 769 (2019), to the money laundering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1956, which makes specific reference to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? 2. Whether an indictment may allege that a defendant violated a federal statute while also alleging that the defendant belongs to the class of persons who are exempt from prosecution under that statute?