Upholding the Integrity of Public Officials Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4218
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-11-01
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Upholding the Integrity of Public Officials Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the definition of &quot;official act&quot; for purposes of an offense involving bribery of public officials. </p> <p>Currently, an official act is any decision or action on a question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding, or controversy, which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before a public official, in their official capacity. This bill specifies that an official act includes any action taken or to be taken under color of official authority by a public official or person who has been selected to be a public official.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4218 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 1, 2017 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend section 201 of title 18, United States Code, to redefine the term official act in bribery cases involving public officials to strengthen accountability and oversight.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Upholding the Integrity of Public Officials Act of 2017 . 2. Strengthening accountability and oversight Section 201(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: (3) the term official act includes any action taken or to be taken under color of official authority by a public official or person who has been selected to be a public official. .