[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3644 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3644

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the securities 
   fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2002

Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Ms. 
  Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Waters, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. 
   Stupak) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate the securities 
   fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations.

    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 ``Securities Fraud Prevention Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SECURITIES FRAUD EXCEPTION FROM CIVIL 
              RACKETEERING REMEDIES.

    Section 1964(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``, except that no person may rely'' and all that follows 
through ``conviction becomes final''.
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