Close Official Acts Loophole Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3843
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2017-09-26
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government studies and investigations

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Close Official Acts Loophole Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of &quot;official act&quot; for purposes of an offense involving bribery of public officials. </p> <p>Bribery of public officials includes offering a thing of value to (or acceptance of a thing of value by) a public official to influence an official act (or in return for being influenced in connection with an official act). 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. </p> <p>This bill broadens an official act to include the personal and substantial participation through, or investigation of, a question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding, or controversy. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3843 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2017 Mr. Suozzi (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to bribery.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Close Official Acts Loophole Act of 2017 . 2. Definition of official act for bribery offense Section 201(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking on any question, and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting on, or personal and substantial participation through, for example, approval, disapproval, recommendation, rendering of advice on, or investigation of any question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or controversy, which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before any public official, in such official’s official capacity, or in such official’s place of trust or profit. .