[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2694 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2694

    To provide that it shall be a Federal crime to misappropriate a 
               person's name in connection with lobbying.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 1995

Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Flanagan, Mr. Levin, Mr. McInnis, and Mr. 
   Salmon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that it shall be a Federal crime to misappropriate a 
               person's name in connection with lobbying.

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

SECTION 1. MISAPPROPRIATION OF A NAME.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1035. Misappropriation of person's name in connection with 
              lobbying contact
    ``Whoever falsely uses or employs the name of any person, or causes 
such name to be falsely used or employed, in any telegram, letter, 
other printed or written matter, or electronic communication intended 
or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress to favor or 
oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation before the Congress or 
any nomination pending before the Senate, whether before or after the 
introduction of such legislation or the submission of such nomination, 
for the purpose of conveying the impression that such person authorized 
such use or employment of the person's name shall be fined under this 
title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for such chapter 
47 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``1035. Misappropriation of person's name in connection with lobbying 
                            contact.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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