110 HR 2402 IH: Public Official Accountability
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-05-21
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Public Official Accountability
Act
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2.Criminal penalties for
public officials
(a)Subchapter D of
chapter 227 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
3587.Increased
imprisonment for certain offenses by public officials.
(a)In any Federal criminal
case in which a public official is convicted of an offense against the United
States—
(1)consisting of
conduct during the course of official duty, intended to enrich that official;
and
(2)involving bribery,
fraud, extortion, or theft of public funds greater than $10,000;
the
sentencing judge may increase the sentence of imprisonment by an amount of up
to 2 years. The sentencing judge may double the sentence of imprisonment that
would otherwise be imposed in that case: Provided, however,
That in no instance may the sentencing judge be allowed to increase the
sentence by more than 2 years.(b)In
this section, the term public official
means—
(1)an elected
official of the United States or of a State or local government;
(2)a
presidentially-appointed official; and
(3)an official
appointed to a State or local governmental office by an elected official of a
State or local
government.
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(b)The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter D
of chapter 227 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
3587. Increased imprisonment for certain
offenses by public
officials.
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