[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1872 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1872

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to give investigators and 
      prosecutors the tools they need to combat public corruption.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2007

    Mr. Johnson of Georgia 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 give investigators and 
      prosecutors the tools they need to combat public corruption.

    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 ``Effective Corruption Prosecutions 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR SERIOUS PUBLIC 
              CORRUPTION OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3300. Corruption offenses
    ``Unless an indictment is returned or the information is filed 
against a person within 8 years after the commission of the offense, a 
person may not be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a violation of, or 
a conspiracy or an attempt to violate the offense in--
            ``(1) section 201 or 666;
            ``(2) section 1341, 1343, or 1346, if the offense involves 
        a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right 
        of honest services of a public official;
            ``(3) section 1951, if the offense involves extortion under 
        color of official right;
            ``(4) section 1952, to the extent that the unlawful 
        activity involves bribery; or
            ``(5) section 1963, to the extent that the racketeering 
        activity involves bribery chargeable under State law, or 
        involves a violation of section 201 or 666.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``3300. Corruption offenses.''.
    (c) Application of Amendment.--The amendments made by this section 
do not apply to any offense committed more than 5 years before the date 
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF FEDERAL PROGRAM BRIBERY AS A PREDICATE FOR 
              INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ORAL OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 
              AND AS A PREDICATE FOR A RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT 
              ORGANIZATIONS OFFENSE.

    (a) Interception of Communications.--Section 2516(c) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after ``section 224 (bribery 
in sporting contests),'' the following: ``section 666 (theft or bribery 
concerning programs receiving Federal funds),''.
    (b) RICO Predicate.--Section 1961 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding after ``section 664 (relating to embezzlement from 
pension and welfare funds),'' the following: ``section 666 (relating to 
theft or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO INVESTIGATE AND 
              PROSECUTE PUBLIC CORRUPTION OFFENSES.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Justice, including the United States Attorneys' Offices, the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, and the Public Integrity Section of the 
Criminal Division, $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 
2010, and 2011, to increase the number of personnel to investigate and 
prosecute public corruption offenses including sections 201, 203 
through 209, 641, 654, 666, 1001, 1341, 1343, 1346, and 1951 of title 
18, United States Code.
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