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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1872 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to give investigators and prosecutors 

the tools they need to combat public corruption. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2007 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to give investigators 

and prosecutors the tools they need to combat public 

corruption. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Effective Corruption 

5 Prosecutions Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR SE7 RIOUS PUBLIC CORRUPTION OFFENSES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘§ 3300. Corruption offenses 

2 ‘‘Unless an indictment is returned or the information 

3 is filed against a person within 8 years after the commis4 sion of the offense, a person may not be prosecuted, tried, 

5 or punished for a violation of, or a conspiracy or an at6 tempt to violate the offense in— 

7 ‘‘(1) section 201 or 666; 

8 ‘‘(2) section 1341, 1343, or 1346, if the offense 

9 involves a scheme or artifice to deprive another of 

10 the intangible right of honest services of a public of11 ficial; 

12 ‘‘(3) section 1951, if the offense involves extor13 tion under color of official right; 

14 ‘‘(4) section 1952, to the extent that the unlaw15 ful activity involves bribery; or 

16 ‘‘(5) section 1963, to the extent that the racket17 eering activity involves bribery chargeable under 

18 State law, or involves a violation of section 201 or 

19 666.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 at the beginning of chapter 213 of title 18, United States 

22 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘3300. Corruption offenses.’’. 

23 (c) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amend24 ments made by this section do not apply to any offense 


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1 committed more than 5 years before the date of enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF FEDERAL PROGRAM BRIBERY AS A 

4 PREDICATE FOR INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, 

5 ORAL OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 

6 AND AS A PREDICATE FOR A RACKETEER IN7 FLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS 

8 OFFENSE. 

9 (a) INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 

10 2516(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

11 adding after ‘‘section 224 (bribery in sporting contests),’’ 

12 the following: ‘‘section 666 (theft or bribery concerning 

13 programs receiving Federal funds),’’. 

14 (b) RICO PREDICATE.—Section 1961 of title 18, 

15 United States Code, is amended by adding after ‘‘section 

16 664 (relating to embezzlement from pension and welfare 

17 funds),’’ the following: ‘‘section 666 (relating to theft or 

18 bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),’’. 

19 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO 

20 INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE PUBLIC COR21 RUPTION OFFENSES. 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to the De23 partment of Justice, including the United States Attor24 neys’ Offices, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the 

25 Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, 


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1 $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 

2 and 2011, to increase the number of personnel to inves3 tigate and prosecute public corruption offenses including 

4 sections 201, 203 through 209, 641, 654, 666, 1001, 

5 1341, 1343, 1346, and 1951 of title 18, United States 

6 Code. 

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