3.0.0 3547 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z Senate S S 2006-06-21 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-06-21T14:59:27Z Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 109 4356 HR 2006-06-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 109 3559 S 2006-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2006-06-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2006-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2006-07-18 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2006-07-18 False D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2006-07-18 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2006-08-03 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2006-08-03 False Crime and Law Enforcement Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Deceptive advertising Disaster relief Emergency Management Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government procurement Larceny Mail-order business Science, Technology, Communications Sentencing guidelines Subcontractors Telemarketing Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2006-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-26T19:42:46Z Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 (sic) - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) set forth criminal penalties for fraud in the provision of benefits or the procurement of property or services in connection with a major disaster or emergency declared under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974; and (2) increase criminal penalties for engaging in wire, radio, television, or mail fraud during and in relation to a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency.

Directs the U. S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for persons convicted of fraud or theft offenses in connection with a declared emergency or major disaster.

]]> Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 Display Title Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency funds. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3547is/xml/BILLS-109s3547is.xml 2006-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.