[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3525 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3525

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish certain types of 
                     bribery in Federal elections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 1993

  Mr. Klein (for himself, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Fazio, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. 
  Klink, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Andrews of New Jersey, Mr. 
   Pallone, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, and Mr. Nadler) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish certain types of 
                     bribery in Federal elections.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Protection Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. VOTER PROTECTION.

    Section 597 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Whoever'' the first place 
        it appears; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Whoever, with the intent to influence any person to withhold 
his vote in an election for Federal, State or local political office, 
gives such person or any other person, for such purpose, anything of 
value shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 
years, or both.''.

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