[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1720 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1720

    To provide enhanced penalties for crimes committed using funds 
    appropriated for remediation of any injury or damage caused by 
                           Hurricane Katrina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2005

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide enhanced penalties for crimes committed using funds 
    appropriated for remediation of any injury or damage caused by 
                           Hurricane Katrina.

    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 ``Katrina Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 
Deterrence Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 26. Enhanced penalties
    ``Whoever commits any violation of this title and such violation 
involves funds appropriated for remediation of any injury or damage 
caused by Hurricane Katrina shall be fined under this title, imprisoned 
not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years, or both, in addition 
to any other penalty authorized.''.
    (b) Chapter Analysis.--The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 26. Enhanced penalties.''.
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