SEC. 3. USE OF PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PRIVATE GAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 93 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1925. Use of public office for private gain 
‘‘(a) USE FOR PRIVATE GAIN.—Whoever, being a 
covered Federal officer or employee, uses his public office 
for— 
‘‘(1) his own private gain; 
‘‘(2) the endorsement of any product, service or 
enterprise; or 
‘‘(3) the private gain of a friend, relative, or a 
person with whom the covered Federal officer or em-
ployee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, 
including a nonprofit organization of which the cov-
ered Federal officer or employee is an officer or 
member, and a person with whom the employee has 
or seeks employment or business relations, 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
one year, or in the case of a willful violation, not more 
than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) COERCION.—Whoever, being a covered Federal 
officer or employee, uses or permits the use of his Govern-
ment position or title or any authority associated with his 
public office in a manner that is intended to coerce or in-
duce another person, including a subordinate, to provide 
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any benefit, financial or otherwise, to himself or to a 
friend, relative, or person with whom the covered Federal 
officer or employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental ca-
pacity, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than one year, or in the case of a willful violation, not 
more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) COVERED FEDERAL OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘covered Federal 
officer or employee’ means any of the following officers 
or employees of the Federal Government: 
‘‘(1) Assistant to the President for National Se-
curity Affairs. 
‘‘(2) Assistant to the President and Chief of 
Staff. 
‘‘(3) Assistant to the President and Deputy 
Chief of Staff. 
‘‘(4) Assistant to the President and Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Communications (or Director of 
Communications). 
‘‘(5) Assistant to the President and Press Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(6) Senior Advisor to the President. 
‘‘(7) Assistant to the President and Staff Sec-
retary. 
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‘‘(8) Assistant to the President for Homeland 
Security and Counterterrorism. 
‘‘(9) Assistant to the President and Counselor 
to the President. 
‘‘(10) Director of the National Economic Coun-
cil. 
‘‘(11) Director of the Domestic Policy Council. 
‘‘(12) Assistant to the President and Chief of 
Staff or Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President. 
‘‘(13) Special Assistant to the President and 
Director of Communications for the Vice President. 
‘‘(14) Press Secretary to the Vice President. 
‘‘(15) Senior Advisor to the Vice President. 
‘‘(16) Deputy Assistant to the President and 
National Security Advisor or Deputy National Secu-
rity Advisor to the Vice President. 
‘‘(17) Deputy Assistant to the President and 
Counselor to the Vice President. 
‘‘(18) Assistant to the President and White 
House Counsel. 
‘‘(19) Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
‘‘(20) Any officer or employee whose appoint-
ment is made by the President by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 1924 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘1925. Use of public office for private gain.’’. 
Æ 
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