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S 105 IS
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 105
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or failing to file or report certain information required to be reported under that Act.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 6, 2009
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or failing to file or report certain information required to be reported under that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. KNOWING AND WILLFUL FALSIFICATION OR FAILURE TO REPORT.
Section 104 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
(1) by inserting ‘(1)’ after ‘(a)’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘(2)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully falsify, or to knowingly and willingly fail to file or report, any information that such person is required to report under section 102.
‘(B) Any person who violates subparagraph (A) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.’.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.105 as Introduced in Senate A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to establish criminal penalties fo...
