[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1796 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1796

 To amend section 1951 (commonly called the Hobbs Act) of title 18 of 
           the United States Code to prevent union violence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1995

  Mr. Crane introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 1951 (commonly called the Hobbs Act) of title 18 of 
           the United States Code to prevent union violence.
    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 ``Freedom from Union Violence Act''.

SEC. 2. FREEDOM FROM UNION VIOLENCE.

    Section 1951 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) so that subsection (b)(2) reads as follows:
            ``(2) The term `extortion' means the obtaining of property 
        from another, with his or her consent, induced by use of actual 
        or threatened force, violence, or fear thereof, or wrongful use 
        of fear not involving force or violence, or under color of 
        official right.''; and
            (2) so that subsection (c) reads as follows:
    ``(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as indicating an 
intent on the part of the Congress--
            ``(1) to repeal, modify, or affect section 6 of the Act 
        entitled `An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful 
        restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes' (approved 
        October 15, 1914 (15 U.S.C. 17)) or section 20 of such Act (29 
        U.S.C. 52), the Act entitled `An Act to amend the Judicial Code 
        and define and limit the jurisdiction of courts sitting in 
        equity, and for other purposes', approved March 23, 1932 (29 
        U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the National Labor Relations Act (29 
        U.S.C. 151 et seq.), or the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et 
        seq.); or
            ``(2) to exclude Federal jurisdiction over the offenses 
        defined in this section on the ground that the conduct is also 
        a violation of State or local law, or that the conduct, if it 
        involves force, violence, or fear thereof, takes place in the 
        course of a legitimate business or labor dispute or in pursuit 
        of a legitimate business or labor objective.''.
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