[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3128 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3128

 To make it unlawful to send lobbying communications to Congress which 
                            are fraudulent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 1996

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make it unlawful to send lobbying communications to Congress which 
                            are fraudulent.

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

SECTION 1. FRAUDULENT LOBBYING COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Provision.--Whoever--
            (1) with the intent to influence action by a House of 
        Congress or any Member of Congress on any nomination or 
        legislation;
            (2) engages in any conduct whereby a purported 
        communication of the opinion of an identified individual 
        respecting such action is made to a Member of Congress in any 
        telegram, letter, or electronic communication; and
            (3) knows that such individual did not in fact authorize 
        such communication;
shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000. For purposes 
of this section, the term ``nomination or legislation'' means any 
nomination pending before the Senate or any legislation being 
considered by either House of Congress or a committee of either House 
of Congress.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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