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S 300 99th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Destruction of property Extortion Labor and Employment Labor disputes Lockouts

A bill to amend section 1951 of title 18 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 29, 1985 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 12, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Failed to approve for reporting.
May 28, 1985
Committee on Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Law discharged from further consideration.
May 10, 1985
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Justice Department.
May 9, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Jan 29, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 29, 1985
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Hobbs Act to redefine "extortion" to mean obtaining property from another with consent by use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear thereof, or wrongful use of fear not involving force or violence, or under color of official right.

Expresses congressional intent: (1) not to exclude Federal jurisdiction on the ground that conduct involving force, violence, or fear thereof, takes place in the course of a legitimate business or labor dispute, or on the ground that the conduct violates State or local law; or (2) not to chill legitimate labor activity by authorizing Federal prosecution for offenses occurring during a labor dispute not involving extortion.

Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant's conduct: (1) was incidental to peaceful picketing in the course of a legitimate labor dispute; (2) consisted solely of minor bodily injury or property damage; or (3) was not intended to extort property.

What's happening now September 12, 1985

Committee on Judiciary. Failed to approve for reporting.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 300: A bill to amend section 1951 of title 18 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-300/
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"S. 300: A bill to amend section 1951 of title 18 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-300/.
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S. 300, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-300/.
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