§ 227. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Member of Congress or an officer or employee of the legislative or executive branch

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2007

   Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

   Pub. L. 110–81 title I § 102(a) · 121 Stat. 735

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 227

   Added Pub. L. 110–81, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 739

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 110–81, title I, § 102(a), Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 739

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 227. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Member of Congress   “Whoever, Penalties. being a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or an employee of either House of Congress, with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity— “(1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act, or “(2) influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.” .

2. 2012

   Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012

   Pub. L. 112–105 § 18(a) · 126 Stat. 291

   1. Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 227

      Pub. L. 112–105 inserted “or an officer or employee of the legislative or executive branch” after “Congress” in section catchline

   2. Amended · 18 U.S.C. § 227

      Pub. L. 112–105 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   3. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 227

      Pub. L. 112–105 substituted “a covered government person” for “a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or an employee of either House of Congress” in introductory provisions

   4. Added · 18 U.S.C. § 227

      Pub. L. 112–105 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 112–105 inserted “or an officer or employee of the legislative or executive branch” after “Congress” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “a covered government person” for “a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or an employee of either House of Congress” in introductory provisions, and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 227 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading of such section, by inserting after “Congress” the following: “or an officer or employee of the legislative or executive branch”; (2) by striking “Whoever” and inserting “(a) Whoever”; (3) by striking “a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or an employee of either House of Congress” and inserting “a covered government person”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(b) In this section, the term ‘covered government person’ means— “(1) a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; “(2) an employee of either House of Congress; or “(3) the President, Vice President, an employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, or any other executive branch employee (as such term is defined under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code).” .

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