[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5102 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5102

To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify certain conduct that 
     is prohibited for purposes of bribery of public officials and 
                   witnesses, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2026

  Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify certain conduct that 
     is prohibited for purposes of bribery of public officials and 
                   witnesses, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Closing Bribery Loopholes Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF OFFICIAL ACT.

    Section 201(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(3)(A) the term `official act' means any act within the 
        range of official duty, and any decision, recommendation, or 
        action on any question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding, or 
        controversy, which may at any time be pending, or which may by 
        law be brought before any public official, in such public 
        official's official capacity or in such official's place of 
        trust or profit, including any pardon, commutation, or 
        reprieve, or an offer of any such pardon, commutation, or 
        reprieve; and
            ``(B) for purposes of subparagraph (A), an official act--
                    ``(i) may be comprised of a single act, more than 
                one act, or a course of conduct to effect the official 
                act; and
                    ``(ii) may occur whether or not it successfully 
                achieves a desired outcome.''.
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