A bill to amend section 1951 (commonly called the "Hobbs Act") of title 18 of the United states Code to modify the offense described in such section and to provide a defense to prosecutions for such offense.

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Amends the Hobbs Act to eliminate the current qualification that extortion is the obtaining of property by "wrongful" use of force. Makes it a defense to extortion that the conduct was in furtherance of a legitimate objective or activity, unless the conduct: (1) consists of acts or threats of physical force to person or property; and (2) is a criminal offense punishable by more than two years' imprisonment under State law.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 8 December 1981

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