United States HR 9389: No Gratuities for Governing Act of 2024

Bill Text

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118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 9389
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the offense pertaining
to illegal gratuities concerning programs receiving Federal funds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 20, 2024
Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr.
THANEDAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the offense
pertaining to illegal gratuities concerning programs re-
ceiving Federal funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Gratuities for Gov-4
erning Act of 2024’’. 5
SEC. 2. ILLEGAL GRATUITIES CONCERNING PROGRAMS RE-6
CEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS. 7
Section 666 of title 18, United States Code, is 8
amended— 9
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(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 1
as subsection (c) through (e), respectively; 2
(2) in subsection (a)— 3
(A) by striking ‘‘if the circumstance de-4
scribed in subsection (b) of this section exists’’ 5
and inserting ‘‘if the circumstance described in 6
subsection (c) of this section exists’’; and 7
(B) by striking ‘‘imprisoned not more than 8
10 years,’’ and inserting ‘‘imprisoned not more 9
than 15 years,’’; 10
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-11
lowing: 12
‘‘(b) Whoever, if the circumstance described in sub-13
section (c) of this section exists— 14
‘‘(1) directly or indirectly, knowingly and pur-15
posefully gives, offers, or promises anything of value 16
of $1,000 or more to any agent of an organization, 17
or of a State, local, or Indian tribal government, or 18
any agency thereof, for or because of any official act 19
performed by such agent in connection with any 20
business, transaction, or series of transactions of 21
such organization, government, or agency involving 22
anything of value of $5,000 or more; or 23
‘‘(2) being an agent of an organization, or of a 24
State, local, or Indian tribal government, or any 25
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agency thereof, directly or indirectly, knowingly and 1
purposefully demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or 2
agrees to receive or accept anything of value of 3
$1,000 or more personally for or because of any offi-4
cial act performed by such agent in connection with 5
any business, transaction, or series of transactions 6
of such organization, government, or agency involv-7
ing anything of value of $5,000 or more; 8
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 9
2 years, or both.’’; and 10
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by strik-11
ing ‘‘circumstance referred to in subsection (a)’’ and 12
inserting ‘‘circumstances referred to in subsections 13
(a) and (b)’’. 14
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