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S 327 101th Congress Senate

Anti-Corruption Act of 1989

Official title: A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to punish corruption.

Introduced: February 2, 1989 See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement BriberyCivil actions and liabilityFederal officialsFraud
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Government Operations and PoliticsGovernment officialsMisconduct in officePostal crimesPostal servicePublic corruption
This bill died when the 101st Congress ended
It never became law before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Feb 2, 1989
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Anti-Corruption Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against 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.

Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who deprives or defrauds the inhabitants of the United States of the honest services of a public official.

Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official who: (1) uses interstate commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of any State or political subdivision of the right to have government affairs conducted on the basis of complete, true, and accurate information; or (2) 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 prohibit use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 327: Anti-Corruption Act of 1989. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-327/
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"S. 327: Anti-Corruption Act of 1989." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-327/.
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