[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4824 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4824

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of certain 
                        anti-racketeering laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 1994

  Mr. Dornan (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Crane, Mr. Smith of New 
  Jersey, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Livingston, Mr. 
  McHugh, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Hyde) 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 prevent the misuse of certain 
                        anti-racketeering laws.

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

SECTION 1. RACKETEERING DEFINITION.

    Section 1961(5) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``a profit-seeking purpose and'' after ``requires''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to cases 
arising on or after the date of the enactment of this Act and to cases 
pending on that date.
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