3.0.0 3854 2023-01-11T13:21:23Z 2023-01-11T13:21:23Z Senate S S 2010-09-28 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-09-28T20:22:48Z Honest Services Restoration Act 111 6391 HR 2010-12-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2010-09-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7631-7632) IntroReferral 2010-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7631) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2010-09-28 True K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2010-09-28 True Crime and Law Enforcement Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2010-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2010-10-22T14:20:02Z Honest Services Restoration Act - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the definition of "scheme or artifice to defraud," for purposes of fraud offenses, to include: (1) a scheme or artifice by a public official to engage in undisclosed self-dealing; or (2) a scheme or artifice by officers and directors to engage in undisclosed private self-dealing.

Defines "undisclosed self-dealing" to mean: (1) performing an official act to benefit or further a financial interest of the public official, a spouse or minor child, a general partner, a business or organization in which the public official is serving as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner, or an individual, business, or organization with whom the public official is negotiating for, or has any arrangement concerning, prospective employment or financial compensation; and (2) knowingly falsifying, concealing, covering up, or failing to disclose material information regarding a financial interest as required by law.

Defines "undisclosed private self-dealing" to mean: (1) performing an act which causes or is intended to cause harm to the employer of the officer or director and which is undertaken to benefit or further by an actual or intended value of $5,000 or more a financial interest of the officer or director, a spouse or minor child, a general partner, another business or organization in which the officer or director is serving as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner, or an individual, business, or organization with whom the officer or director is negotiating for, or has any arrangement concerning, prospective employment or financial compensation; and (2) knowingly falsifying, concealing, covering up, or failing to disclose material information regarding a financial interest as required by law.

]]> Honest Services Restoration Act Display Title Honest Services Restoration Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand the definition of scheme or artifice to defraud with respect to mail and wire fraud. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Honest Services Restoration Act Introduced in Senate 2010-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3854is/xml/BILLS-111s3854is.xml 2010-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7631-7632) 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.