takes place in connection with the oath, declaration, cer-
tificate, verification, or statement.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 79 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘1624. Venue.’’. 
SEC. 16. PROHIBITION ON UNDISCLOSED SELF-DEALING BY 
PUBLIC OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1346 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1346A. Undisclosed self-dealing by public officials 
‘‘(a) UNDISCLOSED SELF-DEALING BY PUBLIC OFFI-
CIALS.—For purposes of this chapter, the term ‘scheme 
or artifice to defraud’ also includes a scheme or artifice 
by a public official to engage in undisclosed self-dealing. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) OFFICIAL ACT.—The term ‘official act’— 
‘‘(A) includes 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 pub-
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lic official’s official capacity or in such official’s 
place of trust or profit; 
‘‘(B) may be a single act, more than one 
act, or a course of conduct; and 
‘‘(C) includes a decision or recommenda-
tion that a government should not take action. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC OFFICIAL.—The term ‘public offi-
cial’ means an officer, employee, or elected or ap-
pointed representative, or person acting for or on be-
half of the United States, a State, or a subdivision 
of a State, or any department, agency or branch of 
government thereof, in any official function, under 
or by authority of any such department, agency, or 
branch of government. 
‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes a State 
of the United States, the District of Columbia, and 
any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
United States. 
‘‘(4) UNDISCLOSED SELF-DEALING.—The term 
‘undisclosed self-dealing’ means that— 
‘‘(A) a public official performs an official 
act for the purpose, in whole or in part, of ben-
efitting or furthering a financial interest of— 
‘‘(i) the public official; 
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‘‘(ii) the spouse or minor child of a 
public official; 
‘‘(iii) a general business partner of the 
public official; 
‘‘(iv) a business or organization in 
which the public official is serving as an 
employee, officer, director, trustee, or gen-
eral partner; or 
‘‘(v) an individual, business, or orga-
nization with whom the public official is 
negotiating for, or has any arrangement 
concerning, prospective employment or fi-
nancial compensation; and 
‘‘(B) the public official knowingly falsifies, 
conceals, or covers up material information that 
is required to be disclosed regarding that finan-
cial interest by any Federal, State, or local stat-
ute, rule, regulation, or charter applicable to 
the public official, or knowingly fails to disclose 
material information regarding that financial 
interest in a manner that is required by any 
Federal, State, or local statute, rule, regulation, 
or charter applicable to the public official.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1346 the following new item: 
‘‘1346A. Undisclosed self-dealing by public officials.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section apply to acts engaged in on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 17. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN COMPLAINTS 
AGAINST JUDGES. 
Section 360(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end, and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) such disclosure of information regarding a 
potential criminal offense is made to the Attorney 
General, a Federal, State, or local grand jury, or a 
Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.’’. 
SEC. 18. CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTION IN CERTAIN BRIB-
ERY OFFENSES. 
Section 666(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘This section does not apply 
to’’; and 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘This subsection shall apply to 
the giving or receiving of ‘anything of value’ that is 
corruptly solicited, demanded, accepted or agreed to 
be accepted in subsection (a)(1)(B) and corruptly 
given, offered, or agreed to be given in subsection 
(a)(2) shall not include’’, before the words ‘‘bona 
fide salary’’. 
SEC. 
19. 
CERTIFICATIONS 
REGARDING 
APPEALS 
BY 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 3731 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘United States attorney’’ the 
following: ‘‘, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney 
General, or the Attorney General’’. 
Æ 
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