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PUBLIC LAW 91-452-OCT. 15, 1970

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IX—RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS

SEC. 901. (a) Title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding immediately after chapter 95 thereof the following new chapter:

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"Chapter 96.—RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS "Sec. "1961. "1962. "1963. "1964. "1965. "1966. "1967. "1968.

Definitions. Prohibited racketeering activities. Criminal penalties. Civil remedies. Venue and process. Expedition of actions. Evidence. Civil investigative demand.

"§ 1961. Definitions "As used in this chapter— " (1) 'racketeering activity' means (A) any act or threat involving murder, kidnaping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, or dealing in narcotic or other dangerous drugs, which is chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year; (B) any act which is indictable unxier any of the following provisions of title 18, United States Code: Section 201 (relating to bribery), section 224 (relating to sports bribery), ^e Stat. 1119. sections 471, 472, and 473, relating to counterfeiting), section 659 H |tat! 705." (relating to theft from interstate shipment) if the act indictable so Stat. 904. under section 659 is felonious, section 664 (relating to embezzle- '^^ s*^'- ^^^ ment from pension and welfare funds), sections 891-894 (relating ^^ ^*^*- ^^°to extortionate credit transactions) j section 1084 (relating to the ^^ ^*^*- '^^^^ transmission of gambling information), section 1341 (relating to ^2 Stat. 753. mail fraud), section 1343 (relating to wire fraud), section 1503 VI |*^*- 523. (relating to obstruction of justice), section 1510 (relating to si stat! 352! obstruction of criminal investigations), section 1511 (relating to ^f^te, p. 936, the obstruction of State or local law enforcement), section 1951 62 Stat. 793. (relating to interference with commerce, robbery, or extortion), section 1952 (relating to racketeering), section 1953 (relating to ^ ^ ^*^'- '^^^• interstate transportation of wagering paraphernalia), section 1954 (relating to unlawful welfare fund payments), section 1955 ^nfj®*" I37 (relating to the prohibition of illegal gambling businesses), sec- " ^' Ptions 2314 and 2315 (relating to interstate transportation of stolen ^2 Stat. soe. property), sections 2421-24 (relating to white slave traffic), (C) any act which is indictable under title 29, United States Code, section 186 (dealing with restrictions on payments and loans to ^^ s*^*- ^57; labor organizations) or section 501(c) (relating to embezzlement 73 Stat. 5 3 7, 5 3 5. from union funds), or (D) any offense involving bankruptcy fraud, fraud in the sale of securities, or the felonious manufacture, importation, receiving, concealment, buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in narcotic or other dangerous drugs, punishable under any law of the United States; " (2) 'State' means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, any political subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof; "(3) 'person' includes any individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property; "(4) 'enterprise' includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity;

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