S. 21998th CongressSenate Bill

Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for engaging in conduct with the intent to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud…

Official title: A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 18 of the United States Code, relating to arson in executing a scheme to defraud.

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Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for engaging in conduct with the intent to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud or obtain property of another by false or fraudulent pretense, representation, or promise, where such scheme or artifice: (1) affects interstate commerce; and (2) involves obtaining insurance proceeds of $100,000 or more by arson.

Introduced Jan 27, 1983
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Strom Thurmond

Republican

U.S. Senator · SC

6 cosponsors — mostly Republicans

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