§ 292. Solicitation of employment and receipt of unapproved fees concerning Federal employees’ compensation

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. 1966

   Pub. L. 89–554 § 3(b) · 80 Stat. 378

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 292

   Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 3(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 608

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 3(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 608

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Chapter 15 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new section: “§ 292. Solicitation of employment and receipt of unapproved fees concerning Federal employees’ compensation “Whoever solicits employment for himself or another in respect to a case, claim, or award for compensation under, or to be brought under, subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5; or “Whoever receives a fee, other consideration, or gratuity on account of legal or other services furnished in respect to a case, claim, or award for compensation under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, unless the fee, consideration, or gratuity is approved by the Secretary of Labor— “Shall, for each offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”

2. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(H) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 292

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (H) in sections 81, 210, 211, 215, 217, 242, 245, 291, 292, 439, 442, 480, 483, 484, 490, 491, 494, 495, 503, 507, 510, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 604, 605, 641, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 665, 712, 751, 752, 756, 795, 796, 797, 836, 844, 871, 875, 876, 877, 879, 911, 912, 913, 924, 957, 959, 961, 1003, 1012, 1021, 1025, 1026, 1071, 1112, 1163, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1361, 1363, 1384, 1504, 1508, 1509, 1657, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1711, 1715, 1716, 1733, 1738, 1761, 1762, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2382, and 2389 by striking “not more than $1,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision