I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Effective Corruption 
Prosecutions Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR SE-
RIOUS PUBLIC CORRUPTION OFFENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 213 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 3300. Corruption offenses 
‘‘Unless an indictment is returned or the information 
is filed against a person within 8 years after the commis-
sion of the offense, a person may not be prosecuted, tried, 
or punished for a violation of, or a conspiracy or an at-
tempt to violate the offense in— 
‘‘(1) section 201 or 666; 
‘‘(2) section 1341, 1343, or 1346, if the offense 
involves a scheme or artifice to deprive another of 
the intangible right of honest services of a public of-
ficial; 
‘‘(3) section 1951, if the offense involves extor-
tion under color of official right; 
‘‘(4) section 1952, to the extent that the unlaw-
ful activity involves bribery; or 
‘‘(5) section 1963, to the extent that the racket-
eering activity involves bribery chargeable under 
State law, or involves a violation of section 201 or 
666.’’. 
(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 do not apply to any offense 
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committed more than 5 years before the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF FEDERAL PROGRAM BRIBERY AS A 
PREDICATE FOR INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, 
ORAL OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 
AND AS A PREDICATE FOR A RACKETEER IN-
FLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS 
OFFENSE. 
(a) INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 
2516(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding after ‘‘section 224 (bribery in sporting contests),’’ 
the following: ‘‘section 666 (theft or bribery concerning 
programs receiving Federal funds),’’. 
(b) RICO PREDICATE.—Section 1961 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after ‘‘section 
664 (relating to embezzlement from pension and welfare 
funds),’’ the following: ‘‘section 666 (relating to theft or 
bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds),’’. 
SEC. 4. 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, 
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$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 
and 2011, 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. 
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