Title: Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act of 2018
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act of 2018 or the JACK Act
This bill requires each lobbyist registration and lobbying quarterly report to include the date of conviction and description of the offense of any listed lobbyist convicted of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2896 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2896

    To require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for bribery, 
    extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, 
   conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money 
                              laundering.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2018

  Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Manchin) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for bribery, 
    extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, 
   conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money 
                              laundering.

    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 ``Justice Against Corruption on K 
Street Act of 2018'' or the ``JACK Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CORRUPT MALPRACTICE BY LOBBYISTS.

    (a) Registration.--Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) for any registrant who was convicted in a Federal or 
        State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, 
        embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a 
        conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or 
        money laundering, the date of the conviction and a description 
        of the offense.''.
    (b) Quarterly Reports.--Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) for any registrant who was convicted in a Federal or 
        State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, 
        embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a 
        conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or 
        money laundering, the date of the conviction and a description 
        of the offense.''.
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