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                                                 Union Calendar No. 351
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3166

                          [Report No. 104-680]

  To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the crime of 
                false statement in a Government matter.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 1996

  Mr. Martini (for himself, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Schumer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

                             July 16, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the crime of 
                false statement in a Government matter.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Accountability 
Act of 1996''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF FALSE STATEMENT PENALTIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 1001. Statements or entries generally</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, 
legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, 
knowingly and willfully--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any 
        trick, scheme, or device a material fact;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or 
        fraudulent statement or representation; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) makes or uses any false writing or document 
        knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, 
        or fraudulent statement or entry;</DELETED>
<DELETED>shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 
years, or both.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a party to a 
judicial proceeding, or that party's counsel, for statements, 
representations, writings or documents submitted by such party or 
counsel to a judge in that proceeding.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Accountability Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF FALSE STATEMENT PENALTIES.

    Section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 1001. Statements or entries generally
    ``(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any 
matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or 
judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and 
willfully--
            ``(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, 
        scheme, or device a material fact;
            ``(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent 
        statement or representation; or
            ``(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing 
        the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or 
        fraudulent statement or entry;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or 
both.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) does not apply--
            ``(1) to a party to a judicial proceeding, or that party's 
        counsel, for statements, representations, writings or documents 
        submitted by such party or counsel to a judge in that 
        proceeding; or
            ``(2) to--
                    ``(A) any non-administrative matter; or
                    ``(B) any investigative matter, other than with 
                respect to a person furnishing information pursuant to 
                a duly authorized investigation;
        within the jurisdiction of an entity within the legislative 
        branch.''.
                                     





                                                 Union Calendar No. 351

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3166

                          [Report No. 104-680]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the crime of 
                false statement in a Government matter.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 16, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed