JACK Act

Bill: 115-hr-7104
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2018-10-30
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Crimes against property

Criminal justice information and records

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives

Licensing and registrations

Public participation and lobbying

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-10-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act or the JACK Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7104 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act or the JACK Act . 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. .