Title: JACK Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act or the JACK Act
This bill amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require any listed lobbyist 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, to provide the date of the conviction and a description of the offense in the registration and in quarterly reports.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7104 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7104

    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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2018

Mr. Biggs (for himself and Mr. Jeffries) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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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'' 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 new 
        paragraph:
            ``(7) for any listed lobbyist 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 new paragraph:
            ``(6) for any listed lobbyist 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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