S. 4548 · 118th Congress

Foreign Extortion Prevention Technical Corrections Act

Introduced on Jun 13, 2024 by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). One cosponsor. Became Public Law 118-78.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 118-78
Introduced
Jun 13, 2024
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

A bill to make a technical correction to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 by repealing section 5101 and enacting an updated version of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government information and archives
  • Jurisdiction and venue

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Sheldon WhitehouseD-RISponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 13, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 13, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4096-4097; text: CR S4096-4097)
  3. Jun 13, 2024 · SenateIntroduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4096-4097; text: CR S4096-4097)
  4. Jun 17, 2024 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Jun 18, 2024 · HouseReceived in the House.
  6. Jun 18, 2024 · HouseHeld at the desk.
  7. Jul 22, 2024 · HouseMr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  8. Jul 22, 2024 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4656-4658)
  9. Jul 22, 2024 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 4548.
  10. Jul 22, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4656-4657)
  11. Jul 22, 2024 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4656-4657)
  12. Jul 22, 2024 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. Jul 25, 2024Presented to President.
  14. Jul 25, 2024 · HousePresented to President.
  15. Jul 30, 2024Signed by President.
  16. Jul 30, 2024Signed by President.
  17. Jul 30, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-78.
  18. Jul 30, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-78.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. FDD Action1 report
    $160K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.