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      "id": 102703,
      "date": "2001-01-11",
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      "title": "RICO: Legislative Activity in the 106th Congress",
      "summary": "The federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) provisions outlaw the use\nof\nvarious state and federal crimes (predicate offenses) to acquire, maintain, or conduct the activities\nof a formal or informal enterprise whose activities affect interstate or foreign commerce, 18 U.S.C.\n 1961-1965. Violations subject offenders to criminal penalties and civil liability.\n The RICO legislative proposals introduced in the 106th Congress addressed offenses that their\nsponsors believe should be added to the list of predicate offenses. None of these proposals were\nenacted before the 106th Congress adjourned.\n RICO figured in the appropriations process as well, since the Department of Justice regularly\nbut unsuccessfully sought specific funds for its RICO litigation against the major tobacco companies,\n see e.g., Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies\nAppropriations for 2000: Hearings Before a Subcomm. On the House Comm. On Appropriations,\nPt.2 , 106th Cong., 1st Sess. 429 (1999). Although originally filed under RICO, the Medical\nCare\nRecovery Act, 42 U.S.C.  2651 et seq., and the Medicare Secondary Payer provisions of the Social\nSecurity Act, 42 U.S.C.  1395y, all but the RICO portions of the case have been dismissed,\n United\nStates v. Philip Morris , 116 F.Supp. 2d 131 (D.D.C. 2000). \n Related CRS Reports include: Doyle,  RICO: A Brief Sketch ,  CRS Report 96-950(pdf) \n(Oct. 1999);\nDoyle,  RICO: An Abridged Sketch ,  CRS Report RS20376(pdf)  (Oct. 1999); and Cohen,\n The Federal\nLawsuit Against Tobacco Companies to Recover Health Care Costs , CRS Report RS20091\n(Oct.\n6, 2000).",
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