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HR 3843 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Members of Congress

Close Official Acts Loophole Act of 2017

Introduced: September 26, 2017 Introduced by: Suozzi, Thomas R. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Oct 4, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sep 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Close Official Acts Loophole Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of "official act" for purposes of an offense involving bribery of public officials.

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.

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.

What's happening now October 4, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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Donovan, Daniel
· Nov 7, 2017
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Sep 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3843: Close Official Acts Loophole Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3843/
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