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No Fame for Fraud Resolution

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What This Bill Does

This resolution amends the House of Representatives rules to prevent members of Congress from making money off biographies, media appearances, or creative works if they have been indicted for financial fraud or campaign finance crimes. The resolution is titled the "No Fame for Fraud Resolution."

Who It Affects

Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners (elected officials representing U.S. territories and the District of Columbia).

Key Provisions

• A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who is indicted for financial or campaign finance fraud cannot receive payment or sign agreements to receive payment for biographies, media appearances, or expressive or creative works (Sec. 2). • The prohibited offenses include any financial crime described in federal pension law without regard to certain exceptions, and any offense based on violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (Sec. 2).

What Changes

House rules will be updated to add a new rule preventing indicted members from earning compensation for biographies, media appearances, or creative works related to their indictment for financial or campaign finance crimes.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 201 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member who is indicted for an offense involving financial or campaign finance fraud from receiving compensation for biographies, media appearances, or expressive or creative works, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 7, 2023 Mr. D’ESPOSITO (for himself, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. LANGWORTHY, and Mr. WILLIAMS of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member who is indicted for an offense involv- ing financial or campaign finance fraud from receiving compensation for biographies, media appearances, or ex- pressive or creative works, and for other purposes. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘No Fame for 3 Fraud Resolution’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:10 Mar 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR201.IH HR201 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 201 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS INDICTED FOR FINANCIAL 1 OR CAMPAIGN FINANCE OFFENSES FROM RE- 2 CEIVING COMPENSATION FOR BIOGRAPHIES, 3 MEDIA APPEARANCES, OR EXPRESSIVE OR 4 CREATIVE WORKS. 5 Rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representa- 6 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 7 clause: 8 ‘‘9.(a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis- 9 sioner who is indicted for an offense described in para- 10 graph (b) may not receive compensation, or enter into an 11 agreement to receive compensation, for a biography, media 12 appearance, or an expressive or creative work. 13 ‘‘(b) An offense described in this paragraph is— 14 ‘‘(1) any offense described in subparagraph (B) 15 of section 8332(o)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 16 without regard to whether the offense is described in 17 subparagraph (A) of such section; or 18 ‘‘(2) any offense which is based on a violation 19 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 20 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.)’’. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:10 Mar 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR201.IH HR201 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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