[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 279 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 279

 To categorize payments from lobbyists to, or on behalf of, Members of 
            Congress as bribery under Federal criminal law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To categorize payments from lobbyists to, or on behalf of, Members of 
            Congress as bribery under Federal criminal law.

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

SECTION 1. LOBBYIST PAYMENTS TO, OR ON BEHALF OF, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
              AS BRIBERY UNDER FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW.

    Any payment of money or any other thing of value to, or on behalf 
of, a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress from a professional lobbying organization 
or individual professional lobbyist for legislation shall constitute 
bribery under Federal criminal law.

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