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                                                       Calendar No. 552
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2896

                          [Report No. 115-317]

    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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Manchin, and Mrs. McCaskill) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
             on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                            August 15, 2018

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
    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 registrant 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 registrant 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 552

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2896

                          [Report No. 115-317]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    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.

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                            August 15, 2018

                       Reported without amendment