2016 US Code
Title 52 - Voting and Elections
Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration
Chapter 209 - Election Administration Improvement
Subchapter VII - Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 21143 - Review and report on adequacy of existing electoral fraud statutes and penalties
| 52 U.S.C. § 21143 (2016) |
| §21143. Review and report on adequacy of existing electoral fraud statutes and penalties |
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(a) Review
The Attorney General shall conduct a review of existing criminal statutes concerning election offenses to determine— (1) whether additional statutory offenses are needed to secure the use of the Internet for election purposes; and (2) whether existing penalties provide adequate punishment and deterrence with respect to such offenses. The Attorney General shall submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives on the review conducted under subsection (a) together with such recommendations for legislative and administrative action as the Attorney General determines appropriate. |
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(Pub. L. 107–252, title IX, §904, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1729.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 15543 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS |
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| Title 52 - VOTING AND ELECTIONS Subtitle II - Voting Assistance and Election Administration CHAPTER 209 - ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT SUBCHAPTER VII - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 21143 - Review and report on adequacy of existing electoral fraud statutes and penalties |
| section 21143 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
| No |
| standard |
| 116 Stat. 1729 |
| Public Law 107-252 |
