[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 105 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 105

  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal 
penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or failing to file or 
   report certain information required to be reported under that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal 
penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or failing to file or 
   report certain information required to be reported under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. KNOWING AND WILLFUL FALSIFICATION OR FAILURE TO REPORT.

    Section 104 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and 
willfully falsify, or to knowingly and willingly fail to file or 
report, any information that such person is required to report under 
section 102.
    ``(B) Any person who violates subparagraph (A) shall be fined under 
title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or 
both.''.
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