A bill to amend section 3681 of title 18, United States Code (the Son of Sam statute), to include crimes involving pecuniary harm.

Summary

Amends the "Son of Sam statute" under the Federal criminal code (which provides for the forfeiture of proceeds received by a defendant convicted of specified crimes or a transferee of that defendant from a contract relating to a depiction of such crime in a movie, book, newspaper, magazine, radio or television production, or live entertainment, or an expression of that defendant's thoughts, opinions, or emotions regarding such crime) to cover: (1) offenses involving the gathering, transmitting, or losing of defense information and the disclosure of classified information; (2) specified offenses under the Subversive Activities Control Act; and (3) offenses against the United States resulting in pecuniary (currently, limited to physical) harm. Authorizes the court to order such a defendant or transferee to forfeit all or any part of such proceeds, including the proceeds from any contract and any other proceeds directly or indirectly traceable to the offense.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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