61. Numerous bills proposed in Congress would better regulate those labs and increase penalties for unauthorized possession of biological agents. 62. Penalties had been increased for repeat offenders. 63. Pataki is also seeking legislation to increase criminal penalties for no-fault insurance fraud. 64. Penalties have been increased over the years by a series of amendments. 65. Reed said administration officials were looking at several options to increase the penalties. 66. Samper promised to increase penalties against traffickers, stop operations of foreign companies suspected of laundering drug money and prevent drug money from entering political campaigns. 67. Several cities and states, in addition to offering at least temporary protection to witnesses, have tried to increase penalties for witness intimidation. 68. So far it includes provisions to study prevention and drug treatment programs for prostitutes, but Villalobos said he would not propose increasing the penalty until further study. 69. Still, one strategy, Pate and other experts said, is to increase the penalties for making false threats. 70. Summers is proposing a law that would require companies to disclose tax shelters to the IRS as they are being created and would increase penalties for engaging in shams. |