No Fortune for Fraud Act

Bill: 118-hr-1391
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. D'Esposito, Anthony [R-NY-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-07
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Books and print media

Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Civil actions and liability

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Members of Congress

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Fortune for Fraud Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits a Member of the House of Representatives from receiving compensation for a biography, a media appearance, or other creative work if the Member is convicted of specified felony offenses (e.g., bribing public officials or defrauding the government) or offenses related to violations of campaign finance laws. A Member who violates the prohibition shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10 million for each violation.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1391 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2023 Mr. D'Esposito (for himself, Mr. Molinaro , Mr. Lawler , Mr. LaLota , Mr. Langworthy , and Mr. Williams of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To prohibit Members of the House of Representatives who are convicted of offenses involving financial or campaign finance fraud from receiving compensation for biographies, media appearances, or expressive or creative works, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Fortune for Fraud Act . 2. Prohibiting Members of House of Representatives convicted for financial or campaign finance offenses from receiving compensation for biographies, media appearances, or expressive or creative works (a) Prohibition A Member of the House of Representatives who is finally convicted of an offense described in subsection (b) may not, when serving as a Member or at any time after serving as a Member, receive compensation, or enter into an agreement to receive compensation, for a biography, media appearance, or an expressive or creative work. (b) Offenses described An offense described in this paragraph is— (1) any offense described in subparagraph (B) of section 8332(o)(2) of title 5, United States Code, without regard to whether the offense is described in subparagraph (A) of such section; or (2) any offense which is based on a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq. ). (c) Penalty An individual who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil money penalty of not to exceed $10,000,000 for each such violation. (d) Definition In this Act, the term Member of the House of Representatives includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.