§ 600. Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity

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. 1948

   Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 600

   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721

2. 1972

   Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

   Pub. L. 92–225 title II § 202 · 86 Stat. 3

   1. Struck · 18 U.S.C. § 600

      Pub. L. 92–225 struck out “work,” after “position,”

   2. Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 600

      Pub. L. 92–225 inserted “contract, appointment,” after “compensation,” and “or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit,” after “Act of Congress,”

   3. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 600

      Pub. L. 92–225 substituted “in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office” for “in any election”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 92–225 struck out “work,” after “position,”, inserted “contract, appointment,” after “compensation,” and “or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit,” after “Act of Congress,”, and substituted “in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office” for “in any election”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 202. Section 600 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 62 Stat. 721. read as follows: “§ 600. Promise of employment or other benefit for political activity “Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation, contract, appointment, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress, or any special consideration in obtaining any such benefit, to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity or for the support of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in connection with any general or special election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 92–225 effective Dec. 31, 1971, or sixty days after date of enactment [Feb. 7, 1972], whichever is later, see section 408 of Pub. L. 92–225, set out as an Effective Date note under section 30101 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

3. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–453 § 3 · 90 Stat. 1516

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 600

   Pub. L. 94–453 substituted $10,000 for $1,000 maximum allowable fine

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–453 substituted $10,000 for $1,000 maximum allowable fine.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Section 600 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by striking out “$1,000” and inserting “$10,000” in lieu thereof.

4. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

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

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 600

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (L) in sections 33, 224, 231, 241, 245, 246, 286, 289, 332, 335, 337, 351, 371, 437, 440, 441, 493, 496, 500, 510, 545, 595, 599, 600, 601, 641, 664, 665, 667, 757, 792, 793, 798, 844, 892, 893, 894, 924, 952, 955, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 970, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1019, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1027, 1082, 1084, 1115, 1202, 1361, 1362, 1364, 1365, 1385, 1461, 1462, 1464, 1587, 1623, 1654, 1656, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1910, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1992, 2101, 2113, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2231, 2232, 2271, 2274, 2275, 2314, 2315, 2383, 2386, 2387, 2388, and 2512 by striking “not more than $10,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial