Title 18 Uniformity Act of 1995 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal criminal code to increase from $100 ($500 for forging endorsements on U.S. checks, bonds, or securities) to $1,000 the dollar amount used to distinguish between grades of, and to trigger more severe punishment for, the following offenses: receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring loans; false claims for postal losses; embezzlement and theft of public money, property, or records; extortion by officers or employees of the United States; fraudulent demands against the United States; false pretenses on the high seas and other waters; embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations; willful injury or depredation against any property of, or manufactured or constructed for, the United States; theft of property used by the Postal Service; misappropriation of postal funds; and bank robbery and incidental crimes.
Title 18 Uniformity Act of 1995
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Title 18 Uniformity Act of 1995 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal criminal code to increase from $100 ($500 for forging endorsements on U.S. checks, bonds, or securities) to $1,000 the dollar amount used to distinguish between grades of, and to trigger more severe punishment for, the following offenses: receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring loans; false claims for postal losses; embezzlement and theft of public money, property, or records; extortion by officers or employees of the United States; fraudulent demands against the United States; false pretenses on the high seas and other waters; embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations; willful injury or depredation against any property of, or manufactured or constructed for, the United States; theft of property used by the Postal Service; misappropriation of postal funds; and bank robbery and incidental crimes.
What just happenedFeb 9, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Who’s behind it
- Feb 9, 1996CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee - Dec 14, 1995IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Dec 14, 1995Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 14, 1995FloorH14000
Received in the House.
- Dec 13, 1995Floor
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S18575)
- Dec 13, 1995Floor17000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S18575)
- Nov 16, 1995Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 242.
- Nov 16, 1995Committee
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Judiciary Committee - Nov 16, 1995Committee14000
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Judiciary Committee - Nov 16, 1995Committee
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Judiciary Committee - Oct 18, 1995IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Oct 18, 1995IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15291)
- Oct 18, 1995IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate
Title 18 Uniformity Act of 1995 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal criminal code to increase from $100 ($500 for forging endorsements on U.S. checks, bonds, or securities) to $1,000 the dollar amount used to distinguish between grades of, and to trigger more severe punishment for the following offenses: receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring loans; false claims for postal losses; embezzlement and theft of public money, property or records; extortion by officers or employees of the United States; fraudulent demands against the United States; false pretenses on the high seas and other waters; embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations; willful injury or depredation against any property of or manufactured or constructed for the United States; theft of property used by the Postal Service; misappropriation of postal funds; and bank robbery and incidental crimes.
Title 18 Uniformity Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) increase the dollar amount used to distinguish between grades of various offenses triggering more severe punishment from $100 to $1,000 (from $500 to $1,000 for forging endorsements on Treasury checks, bonds, or securities of the United States); and (2) decrease from $10,000 to $1,000 the amount of property damage resulting from the use of a hazardous or injurious device on Federal land that is punishable by a specified fine and up to ten years' imprisonment.