,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eeaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bd1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,kim 7for himself and ,mr4   
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united ,states  
,code1 to modify the offense of bribery 
of public officials and witnesses4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,anti-,bribery ,improvement ,act4   
#b4 ,bribery of public officials and    
witnesses ,section #bja of title #ah1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph  
7#b71 by striking and at the end2  7,b7 
in paragraph 7#c71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#d7 the term access means  
use of a public official's ability to   
influence any decision or action on any 
question or matter1 which may at any    
time be pending1 or which may by law be 

brought before such public official1 in 
such official's official capacity1 or in
 such official's place of trust or      
profit4  2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7b7--
 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in        
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking or at the
 end2  7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by    
striking or at the end2  7iii7 in       
subparagraph 7,c71 by adding or at the  
end2 and  7iv7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7,d7 to induce such public  
official or person who has been selected
 to be a public official to1 through an 
explicit promise or undertaking1 provide
 access2  2 and  7,b7 in paragraph      
7#b7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by     
striking or at the end2  7ii7 in        
subparagraph 7,c71 by adding or at the  
end2 and  7iii7 by adding at the end the
 following3  7,d7 making an explicit    
promise or undertaking to provide       
access2  4