Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 123.djvu/1638

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123STA T . 1 6 1 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 21 —M A Y 2 0, 200 9(1)strik i ng‘ ‘ o r ’ ’ af t e r ‘‘t h e I nternationa lB anking Ac tof 1 978 ) , ’’

an d ( 2 ) inserting after ‘‘section 2 5 (a) of the F ederal R eser v e Act’’ the follo w ing

‘‘,ora m ortgage lending bu siness, or an yp erson or entity that makes in whole or in part a federally related mortgage loan as defined in section 3 of the Real E state S ettlement P rocedures Act of 197 4 ’’ . (d) MAJOR FRA UD A G A INST T HEG O V ERN M ENT AMENDED T O IN CL UDE ECONOMIC RELIE F AND TROU B LED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM FUNDS. — Section 1 0 31(a) of title 18, U nited States C ode, is amended by— (1) inserting after ‘‘or promises, in’’ the following: ‘‘any grant, contract, subcontract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insur - ance, or other form of Federal assistance, including through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, an economic stimulus, recovery or rescue plan provided by the Government, or the Government’s purchase of any troubled asset as defined in the Emergency Economic Stabili z ation Act of 2008, or in’’; (2) striking ‘‘the contract, subcontract’’ and inserting ‘‘such grant, contract, subcontract, subsidy, loan, guarantee, insur- ance, or other form of Federal assistance’’; and (3) striking ‘‘for such property or services’’. (e) SECURITIES FRAUD AMENDED TO INCLUDE FRAUD INVOLVING OP TIONS AND FUTURES IN COMMODITIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1348 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in the caption, by inserting ‘‘ andcom mod it i es ’’ after ‘‘ S ec ur ities’’; (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘any commodity for future delivery, or any option on a commodity for future delivery, or’’ after ‘‘any person in connection with’’; and (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘any commodity for future delivery, or any option on a commodity for future delivery, or’’ after ‘‘in connection with the purchase or sale of’’. (2) CHAPTER ANAL Y SIS.—The item for section 1348 in the chapter analysis for chapter 6 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and commodities’’ after ‘‘Securities’’. (f) MONEY L AUNDERING AMENDED TO D EFINE PROCEEDS OF SPECIFIED UNLA W FUL ACTIVITY.— (1) MONEY LAUNDERING.—Section 1956(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (B) by inserting at the end the following: ‘‘(9) the term ‘proceeds’ means any property derived from or obtained or retained, directly or indirectly, through some form of unlawful activity, including the gross receipts of such activity.’’. (2) MONETARY TRANSACTIONS.—Section 1957(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) the terms ‘specified unlawful activity’ and ‘proceeds’ shall have the meaning given those terms in section 1956 of this title.’’. (g) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS AND REPORT CONCERNING RE Q UIRED APPROVAL FOR MERGER CASES.—