‘‘(iii) section 1951, if the offense in-
volves extortion under color of official 
right; 
unless an indictment is returned or the information is filed 
within 6 years after the commission of the offense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 213 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘3300. Corruption offenses.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF AMENDMENT.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall not apply to any offense 
committed before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. THEFT OR BRIBERY CONCERNING PROGRAMS RE-
CEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 666(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘of 
$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘of $1,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,000’’. 
SEC. 4. ADDITION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO THEFT OF 
PUBLIC MONEY OFFENSE. 
Section 641 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘the District of Columbia or’’ before 
‘‘the United States’’ each place that term appears. 
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SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL RICO AND MONEYLAUDERING PREDI-
CATES. 
(a) RICO.—Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘section 641 (relating to em-
bezzlement or theft of public money, property, or 
records),’’ after ‘‘473 (relating to counterfeiting),’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘section 666 (relating to theft 
or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal 
funds),’’ after ‘‘section 664 (relating to embezzle-
ment from pension and welfare funds),’’. 
(b) MONEYLAUNDERING.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 641 (relating to public 
money, property, or records),’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 666 (relating to theft 
or bribery concerning programs receiving Federal 
funds),’’. 
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL WIRETAP PREDICATES. 
Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘section 641 (relating to embez-
zlement or theft of public money, property, or records), 
section 666 (relating to theft or bribery concerning pro-
grams receiving Federal funds),’’ after ‘‘section 224 (brib-
ery in sporting contests),’’. 
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SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF CRIME OF ILLEGAL GRATU-
ITIES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 201(a) of title 18, United 
states Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) the term ‘rule or regulation’ means a Fed-
eral regulation or a rule of the House of Representa-
tives or the Senate, including those rules and regula-
tions governing the acceptance of campaign con-
tributions.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Section 201(c)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the matter before subparagraph 
(A) and inserting ‘‘otherwise than as provided by 
law for the proper discharge of official duty, or by 
rule or regulation—’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ‘‘, 
or person selected to be a public official,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘for or because of the official’s or person’s 
official position,’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘otherwise than as pro-
vided by law for the proper discharge of official 
duty,’’; and 
(B) by striking all after ‘‘anything of value 
personally’’ and inserting ‘‘for or because of the 
official’s or person’s official position, or for or 
because of any official act performed or to be 
performed by such official or person;’’. 
SEC. 8. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF OFFICIAL ACT. 
Section 201(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘official act’— 
‘‘(A) means any action within the range of 
official duty, and any decision or action on any 
question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or con-
troversy, 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; and 
‘‘(B) may be a single act, more than one 
act, or a course of conduct; and’’. 
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SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO 
INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE PUBLIC COR-
RUPTION OFFENSES. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Justice, including the United States Attor-
neys’ Offices, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the 
Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, 
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, 
and 2013, to increase the number of personnel to inves-
tigate and prosecute public corruption offenses including 
sections 201, 203 through 209, 641, 654, 666, 1001, 
1341, 1343, 1346, and 1951 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
Æ 
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