(2)

a clarification of the federal statute to assure that private plaintiffs may obtain equity-type relief;

the

clarification of the federal statute to assure that Attorneys General may bring parens patriae suits; and

the inclusion of recovery for personal injuries/or violent offenses;

Opposes

efforts in the U.S. Congress to repeal or weaken the provisions of Title IX, such as:

prohibiting suits by local units of government unless authorized by specific state statute;

providing that private suits for treble damages cannot be brought without a showing of prior criminal conviction under either RICO or a predicate offense;

prohibiting government corporations from bringing Civil RICO suits except by using Department of Justice attorneys;

limiting the recovery of punitive damage relief to natural persons;

excluding the securities industry from punitive damage liability;

making retroactive changes in the measure of damages in pending litigation;

imposing an unduly short statute of limitations on civil suits;

imposing unduly restrictive

RICO suits; and

pleading rules on civil

adopting an unduly strict definition of pattern and reforming only the civil definition of pattern;

by Attorney

(3) Authorizes the RICO Working Group chaired General Ken Eikenberry to monitor the RICO issue in the U.S. Congress and to speak on behalf of the Association; and

(4) Authorizes the Executive Director to transmit these views to the Administration, appropriate members of the Congress, and other