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Anti-Corruption Act of 1988

Introduced: September 15, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 24, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.
Oct 19, 1988
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Oct 18, 1988
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 14, 1988
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Oct 14, 1988
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Oct 5, 1988
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1078.
Oct 5, 1988
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden with an amendment. Without written report.
Oct 5, 1988
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Sep 15, 1988
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sep 15, 1988
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Anti-Corruption Act of 1988 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties upon anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of: (1) the honest services of a government official or employee; or (2) a fair and impartially conducted election process through the use of fraudulent ballots or voter registration forms or the filing of fraudulent campaign reports.

Imposes criminal penalties upon anyone who deprives or defrauds the inhabitants of the United States of the honest services of a public official.

Imposes criminal penalties upon any official who, in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States or any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice.

Amends mail fraud provisions to: (1) include within the definition of a "scheme or artifice to defraud" any scheme or artifice to deprive an organization of the intangible rights of honest services in which the defendant received or attempted to receive anything of value or in which the defendant intended loss or harm to the organization; and (2) prohibit use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud.

What's happening now October 24, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1