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[S. 2896 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2896

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
     To require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for bribery, 
    extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, 
   conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money 
                               laundering.

    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 ``Justice Against Corruption on K 
Street Act of 2018'' or the ``JACK Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CORRUPT MALPRACTICE BY LOBBYISTS.
    (a) Registration.--Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
    inserting ``; and''; and
        (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
        ``(7) for any listed lobbyist who was convicted in a Federal or 
    State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, 
    embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict 
    of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money 
    laundering, the date of the conviction and a description of the 
    offense.''.
    (b) Quarterly Reports.--Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
    inserting ``; and''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(6) for any listed lobbyist who was convicted in a Federal or 
    State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, 
    embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict 
    of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money 
    laundering, the date of the conviction and a description of the 
    offense.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.