,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #be1 #bjbj   
,mr4 ,quigley 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,hastings1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and ,ms4       
,schakowsky7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to increase the penalties
 for violating the ,hatch ,act1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title2      
findings  7a7 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,reducing ,nefarious
 ,crimes ,act or the ,,rnc ,act4  7b7   
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,u4,s4 ,office of ,special  
,counsel 7,,osc7 found that ,counselor  
to the ,president ,kellyanne ,conway    
violated the ,hatch ,act on numerous    
occasions by disparaging ,democratic    
candidates for ,president in #bjai1 and 
in #bjah by advocating for and against  
candidates in the #bjag special election
 for ,senate in ,alabama4  7#b7         

,ambassador ,nikki ,haley1 then serving 
as ,u4,s4 ,ambassador to the ,united    
,nations1 retweeted an endorsement by   
,president ,trump for a congressional   
candidate in #bjag4  7#c7 ,in #bjai1 the
 ,,osc determined that former ,secretary
 of the ,interior ,ryan ,zinke violated 
the ,hatch ,act by posting a picture on 
,twitter that showed him in socks       
adorned with ,trump campaign insignia4  
7#d7 ,in #bjah1 the ,,osc found six     
,white ,house staff1 ,madeline          
,westerhout1 ,alyssa ,farah1 ,jacob     
,wood1 ,raj ,shah1 ,jessica ,ditto1 and 
,helen ,aguirre ,ferre1 in violation of 
the ,hatch ,act for social media posts  
on their official ,twitter accounts4    
7#e7 ,in #bjag1 the ,,osc determined    
that ,white ,house ,director of ,social 
,media ,dan ,scavino violated the ,hatch
 ,act when he used ,twitter to call for 
the defeat of a then-sitting ,republican
 ,member of the ,house4  7#f7 ,jared    
,kushner spoke at length during a       
television interview on how the         

impeachment trial benefitted ,president 
,trump politically4  7#g7 ,in #bjai1    
,ivanka ,trump used her official        
,twitter account to post political      
content relating to ,president ,trump's 
reelection campaign and ,ms4 ,trump may 
have violated the ,standard of ,conduct 
that prevents ,white ,house employees to
 endorse any product4  7#h7 ,white      
,house ,chief of ,staff ,mark ,meadows  
and ,senior ,advisor to the ,president  
,stephen ,miller criticized             
then-presumptive ,democratic nominee for
 ,president1 ,joe ,biden1 during        
interviews while in their official      
capacity as ,white ,house staff4  7#i7  
,as ,president1 ,donald ,j4 ,trump has  
given numerous political speeches in    
which he disparages political opponents 
from the ,white ,house4  7#aj7 ,the     
,president1 ,donald ,j4 ,trump1 planned 
to give his acceptance speech for the   
,republican ,nomination for ,president  
at the ,republican ,national ,convention
 on the ,white ,house grounds using     

,federal resources1 thereby compelling  
,government employees to violate the    
,hatch ,act on his behalf4  #b4         
,increase in ,hatch ,act penalties  7a7 
,in general ,section #gcbf of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking #e years
 and inserting #g years2 and  7#b7 in   
paragraph 7#b71 by striking #a1jjj and  
inserting #ej1jjj4  7b7 ,application    
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
shall apply to any violation of section 
#gcbc or #gcbd of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 occurring on or after the
 date of enactment of this ,act4  #c4   
,white ,house grounds covered under     
,hatch ,act ,section #gcbd7;a77#b7 of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended by inserting after building the 
following3 7including the ,white ,house 
and surrounding grounds1 including the  
,rose ,garden1 but not including the    
executive residence74