H.R. 287 (98th): Hobbs Act Amendment of 1983

Introduced:
Jan 03, 1983 (98th Congress, 1983–1984)
Sponsor:
Rep. James Robinson [R-VA7]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:

H.R. 3206 (same title)
Referred to Committee — Jun 02, 1983

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Status

This bill was introduced on January 3, 1983, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jan 03, 1983
Cosponsors
68 cosponsors (61R, 7D) (show)
Committees

House Judiciary

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Full Title

A bill to amend section 1951, title 18, United States Code, Act of July 3, 1946.

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1/3/1983--Introduced.
Hobbs Act Amendment of 1983 - Amends the Hobbs Act to establish penalties for obstructing, affecting, or interfering with commerce by willfully injuring, damaging, burning, or destroying to the value of $2,000 or more any real or personal property of any person at or near any place where work or business of an employer or owner is carried on or where such employer or owner transports, stores, or maintains property for business or other purposes. States that such violation, as well as the offense of interfering with commerce by extortion, shall not be nullified or mitigated even if committed in the course of a legitimate labor dispute.

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