118th Congress Crime and Law Enforcement
S. 4548: Foreign Extortion Prevention Technical Corrections Act
Became Law
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- To the President (completed)
- Became law (completed)
Summary
This act makes technical corrections and substantive changes to the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), which was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.
As originally enacted, FEPA established a new federal criminal offense involving bribery by foreign officials. Also, FEPA explicitly granted extraterritorial jurisdiction over offenses and established criminal penalties for violations.
This act narrows the scope of individuals who are foreign officials subject to the federal criminal provisions. Specifically, it redefines foreign official so that it does not include an individual acting in an unofficial capacity on behalf of a foreign government or international organization.
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Additionally, this act broadens the scope of conduct that is prohibited. As originally enacted, FEPA generally prohibited conduct to solicit or accept a bribe in return for influence in the performance of any official act. This act broadens the scope of the prohibited conduct to include the solicitation or acceptance of a bribe in return for influence in the performance of any act or decision.
Finally, this act specifies that extraterritorial jurisdiction applies if the foreign official soliciting or accepting the bribe is in the United States.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Sheldon Whitehouse SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, passed Senate, passed House, became law5 events+136
- 2Thom TillisCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Signed by the President. Became Public Law 118-78.
- Presented to the President.
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the Senate by Sheldon Whitehouse. Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
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- Signed by President.
- Became Public Law No: 118-78.
- Presented to President.
- Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4656-4658)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4548.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4656-4657)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4656-4657)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Received in the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Introduced in Senate
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4096-4097; text: CR S4096-4097)
- Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4096-4097; text: CR S4096-4097)