No Gratuities for Governing Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9389 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the offense 
pertaining to illegal gratuities concerning programs receiving Federal 
                                 funds.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Gratuities for Governing Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. ILLEGAL GRATUITIES CONCERNING PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS.

    Section 666 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as 
        subsection (c) through (e), respectively;
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``if the circumstance described in 
                subsection (b) of this section exists'' and inserting 
                ``if the circumstance described in subsection (c) of 
                this section exists''; and
                    (B) by striking ``imprisoned not more than 10 
                years,'' and inserting ``imprisoned not more than 15 
                years,'';
            (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Whoever, if the circumstance described in subsection (c) of 
this section exists--
            ``(1) directly or indirectly, knowingly and purposefully 
        gives, offers, or promises anything of value of $1,000 or more 
        to any agent of an organization, or of a State, local, or 
        Indian tribal government, or any agency thereof, for or because 
        of any official act performed by such agent in connection with 
        any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such 
        organization, government, or agency involving anything of value 
        of $5,000 or more; or
            ``(2) being an agent of an organization, or of a State, 
        local, or Indian tribal government, or any agency thereof, 
        directly or indirectly, knowingly and purposefully demands, 
        seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept 
        anything of value of $1,000 or more personally for or because 
        of any official act performed by such agent in connection with 
        any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such 
        organization, government, or agency involving anything of value 
        of $5,000 or more;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or 
both.''; and
            (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by striking 
        ``circumstance referred to in subsection (a)'' and inserting 
        ``circumstances referred to in subsections (a) and (b)''.
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