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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Dec 13, 1995
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.
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Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R–UT
Legislative record
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S18575)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S18575)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 242.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15291)
Introduced in Senate
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