One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America
2d Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen
S. 2896
AN ACT
To require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money laundering.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act of 2018
or the JACK Act
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Disclosure of corrupt malpractice by lobbyists
Registration
Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (5), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
for any listed lobbyist who was convicted in a Federal or State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering, the date of the conviction and a description of the offense.
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Quarterly reports
Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (4), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
for any listed lobbyist who was convicted in a Federal or State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering, the date of the conviction and a description of the offense.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate