[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 797 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 797

To apply the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 to the International 
                           Olympic Committee.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 1999

 Mr. Ashcroft introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To apply the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 to the International 
                           Olympic Committee.

    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 ``International Olympic Committee 
Integrity Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The International Olympic Committee has been beset by 
        allegations of illegal and improper gifts made to its members 
        during the bid process in which cities compete to host the 
        Olympic games.
            (2) In order to maintain the integrity of the Olympic 
        games, reforms are necessary to ensure that future Olympic 
        games are awarded to host cities in an impartial manner.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to prevent persons from 
unfairly influencing the International Olympic Committee with respect 
to the process in which cities compete to host the Olympic games.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT OF 1977 TO 
              INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

    (a) In General.--Section 104(h)(2) of the Foreign Corrupt Practices 
Act of 1977 (15 U.S.C. 78dd-2(h)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
            ``(C) The term `foreign official' includes any member of, 
        employee of, or any person acting in an official capacity for 
        or on behalf of, the International Olympic Committee.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any act occurring on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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