No Fortune for Fraud Act

Subjects: Congress

Summary:  <p><b>No Fortune for Fraud Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits a Member of the House of Representatives from receiving compensation for a biography, a media appearance, or other creative work if the Member is convicted of specified felony offenses (e.g., bribing public officials or defrauding the government) or offenses related to violations of campaign finance laws. A Member who violates the prohibition shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10 million for each violation.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1391 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1391

 To prohibit Members of the House of Representatives who are convicted 
    of offenses involving financial or campaign finance fraud from 
     receiving compensation for biographies, media appearances, or 
         expressive or creative works, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2023

Mr. D'Esposito (for himself, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Lawler, Mr. LaLota, Mr. 
  Langworthy, and Mr. Williams of New York) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Members of the House of Representatives who are convicted 
    of offenses involving financial or campaign finance fraud from 
     receiving compensation for biographies, media appearances, or 
         expressive or creative works, 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 ``No Fortune for Fraud Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONVICTED FOR 
              FINANCIAL OR CAMPAIGN FINANCE OFFENSES FROM RECEIVING 
              COMPENSATION FOR BIOGRAPHIES, MEDIA APPEARANCES, OR 
              EXPRESSIVE OR CREATIVE WORKS.

    (a) Prohibition.--A Member of the House of Representatives who is 
finally convicted of an offense described in subsection (b) may not, 
when serving as a Member or at any time after serving as a Member, 
receive compensation, or enter into an agreement to receive 
compensation, for a biography, media appearance, or an expressive or 
creative work.
    (b) Offenses Described.--An offense described in this paragraph 
is--
            (1) any offense described in subparagraph (B) of section 
        8332(o)(2) of title 5, United States Code, without regard to 
        whether the offense is described in subparagraph (A) of such 
        section; or
            (2) any offense which is based on a violation of the 
        Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et 
        seq.).
    (c) Penalty.--An individual who violates subsection (a) shall be 
subject to a civil money penalty of not to exceed $10,000,000 for each 
such violation.
    (d) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Member of the House of 
Representatives'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress.
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