To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional penalty for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony.

Amends the federal criminal code to impose on a public official who engages in conduct in furtherance of a federal felony a fine and two year prison term in addition to any penalties imposed for such felony. Defines "public official" as: (1) an elected official of the United States or of a state of local government; (2) a presidentially-appointed official; and (3) an official appointed to a state or local governmental office by an elected official of a state or local government.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5542 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5542

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional penalty 
for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2006

 Mr. Cardoza 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 provide an additional penalty 
for public officials who abuse their office in furtherance of a felony.

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

SECTION 1. ABUSE OF OFFICE IN FURTHERANCE OF A FELONY.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1925. Abuse of office in furtherance of a felony.
    ``(a) Whoever, as a public official, engages, or undertakes to 
engage, in any conduct in furtherance of a Federal felony, shall, in 
addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be fined under 
this title and imprisoned for 2 years.
    ``(b) In this section, the term `public official' means any of the 
following:
            ``(1) An official occupying an elected office of the United 
        States or of a State or local government.
            ``(2) An official appointed to an office of the United 
        States by the President with the advice and consent of the 
        Senate.
            ``(3) An official appointed to an office of a State or 
        local government by an official elected to an office of a State 
        or local government.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1925.  Abuse of office in furtherance of a felony''.
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