S. 2896 — rfh

IC 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2896 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 28, 2018Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To require disclosure by lobbyists of convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money laundering. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act of 2018 or the JACK Act. 2. Disclosure of corrupt malpractice by lobbyists (a) Registration Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: (7) for any listed lobbyist who was convicted in a Federal or State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering, the date of the conviction and a description of the offense. . (b) Quarterly reports Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (6) for any listed lobbyist who was convicted in a Federal or State court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering, the date of the conviction and a description of the offense. . Passed the Senate August 23, 2018.Julie E. Adams,Secretary