§ 603. Making political contributions

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. § 603

   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 722

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 722

2. 1980

   Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1979

   Pub. L. 96–187 title II § 201(a)(4) · 93 Stat. 1339

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 603

   Pub. L. 96–187 substituted provisions relating to the making of political contributions for provisions relating to the place of solicitation. See section 607 of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–187 substituted provisions relating to the making of political contributions for provisions relating to the place of solicitation. See section 607 of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) Section 603 of such title is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 603. “making political contributions (a) It shall be unlawful for an officer or employee of the 18 USC 603. United States or any department or agency thereof, or a person receiving any salary or compensation for services from money derived from the Treasury of the United States, to make any contribution within the meaning of section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to any other such officer, employee or person or to any Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, if the person receiving such contribution is the employer or employing authority of the person making the contribution. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. “(b) For purposes of this section, a contribution to an authorized committee as defined in section 302(e)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 shall be considered a contribution to the Ante, p. 1345. individual who has authorized such committee.”.

3. 1993

   Pub. L. 103–94 § 4(b) · 107 Stat. 1001

   Added · 18 U.S.C. § 603(c)

   Pub. L. 103–94 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–94 added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   “(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any activity of an employee (as defined in section 7322(1) of title 5) or any individual employed in or under the United States Postal Service or the Postal Kate Commission, unless that activity is prohibited by section 7323 or 7324 of such title.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–94 effective 120 days after Oct. 6, 1993, but not to release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under amended provision, which is to be treated as remaining in force for purpose of sustaining any proper proceeding or action for enforcement of that penalty, forfeiture, or liability, and no provision of Pub. L. 103–94 to affect any proceedings with respect to which charges were filed on or before 120 days after Oct. 6, 1993, with orders to be issued in such proceedings and appeals taken therefrom as if Pub. L. 103–94 had not been enacted, see section 12 of Pub. L. 103–94, set out as an Effective Date; Savings Provision note under section 7321 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

4. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

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

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 603(a)

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (K) in sections 35, 81, 112, 152, 153, 155, 212, 213, 214, 285, 334, 351, 435, 436, 438, 471, 472, 473, 476, 477, 478, 481, 485, 487, 488, 497, 498, 505, 506, 508, 509, 541, 542, 543, 544, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 592, 593, 602, 603, 606, 607, 642, 655, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 751, 799, 844, 872, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 914, 915, 924, 953, 954, 956, 1004, 1010, 1011, 1015, 1017, 1025, 1028, 1071, 1073, 1074, 1163, 1169, 1231, 1265, 1363, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1465, 1503, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1510, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1588, 1658, 1659, 1717, 1732, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1991, 2072, 2073, 2113, 2217, 2152, 2197, 2231, 2244, 2314, 2316, 2317, 2344, and 2701 by striking “not more than $5,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

5. 2006

   Pub. L. 109–435 title VI § 604(f) · 120 Stat. 3198

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 603(c)

   Pub. L. 109–435 substituted “Postal Regulatory Commission” for “Postal Rate Commission”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–435 substituted “Postal Regulatory Commission” for “Postal Rate Commission”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (f) Other References.— Whenever a reference is made in any provision of law (other than this Act or a provision of law amended by this Act), regulation, rule, document, or other record of the United States to the Postal Rate Commission, such reference shall be considered a reference to the Postal Regulatory Commission.

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