H.R. 1872

Effective Corruption Prosecutions Act of 2007

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1872

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 17, 2007

Mr. Johnson of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to give investigators and prosecutors the tools they need to combat public corruption.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Effective Corruption Prosecutions Act of 2007.

2.

Extension of statute of limitations for serious public corruption offenses

(a)

In general

Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

3300.

Corruption offenses

Unless an indictment is returned or the information is filed against a person within 8 years after the commission of the offense, a person may not be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate the offense in—

(1)

section 201 or 666;

(2)

section 1341, 1343, or 1346, if the offense involves a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services of a public official;

(3)

section 1951, if the offense involves extortion under color of official right;

(4)

section 1952, to the extent that the unlawful activity involves bribery; or

(5)

section 1963, to the extent that the racketeering activity involves bribery chargeable under State law, or involves a violation of section 201 or 666.

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(b)

Clerical amendment

The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

3300. Corruption offenses.

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(c)

Application of amendment

The amendments made by this section do not apply to any offense committed more than 5 years before the date of enactment of this Act.

3.

Inclusion of Federal program bribery as a predicate for interception of wire, oral or electronic communications and as a predicate for a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations offense

(a)

Interception of communications

Section 2516(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 224 (bribery in sporting contests), the following: section 666 (theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),.

(b)

RICO predicate

Section 1961 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 664 (relating to embezzlement from pension and welfare funds), the following: section 666 (relating to theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),.

4.

Authorization for additional personnel to investigate and prosecute public corruption offenses

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice, including the United States Attorneys’ Offices, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, to increase the number of personnel to investigate and prosecute public corruption offenses including sections 201, 203 through 209, 641, 654, 666, 1001, 1341, 1343, 1346, and 1951 of title 18, United States Code.