Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2347 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2347 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign official from demanding a bribe, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 18, 2023 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign official from demanding a bribe, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Extortion Prevention Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DEMAND FOR BRIBE. Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period a…