3.0.0 1872 2023-01-11T19:44:01Z 2023-01-11T19:44:01Z House H HR 2007-04-17 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-25T13:35:47Z Referred to 2007-04-17T14:33:35Z Effective Corruption Prosecutions Act of 2007 110 118 S 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S118) Related bill CRS Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act 110 1946 S 2007-12-10 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 527. Related bill CRS 2007-06-25 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2007-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 N C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2007-05-21 False U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 2007-06-07 False S001174 Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] Betty Sutton D OH 13 2007-06-07 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2007-06-07 False D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2007-06-28 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2007-07-11 False Crime and Law Enforcement Bribery Conspiracy Criminal investigation Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Electronic surveillance Embezzlement Extortion Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal aid programs Federal employees Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government attorneys Indictments Larceny Law Limitation of actions Misconduct in office Organized crime Prosecution Public corruption Public prosecutors State laws Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-04-17 Introduced in House 2007-05-21T14:31:08Z Effective Corruption Prosecutions Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) extend to eight years the statute of limitations for certain public corruption offenses involving bribery, theft of government funds, mail fraud, and racketeering; and (2) permit interception of wire, oral or electronic communications in connection the crimes of theft of federal funds or bribery (federal program bribery) and include such crimes within the definition of racketeering for purposes of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act (RICO).

Authorizes appropriations for additional Department of Justice personnel to investigate and prosecute public corruption offenses.

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