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witness for any other person (except the United 
States) in that matter; and 
‘‘(B) a former officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia who is subject to the re-
strictions contained in subsection (a)(1) with 
respect to a particular matter may not, except 
pursuant to court order, serve as an expert wit-
ness for any other person (except the District 
of Columbia) in that matter. 
‘‘(7) POLITICAL PARTIES AND CAMPAIGN COM-
MITTEES.—(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the restrictions contained in subsections (c), 
(d), and (e) do not apply to a communication or ap-
pearance made solely on behalf of a candidate in his 
or her capacity as a candidate, an authorized com-
mittee, a national committee, a national Federal 
campaign committee, a State committee, or a polit-
ical party. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to— 
‘‘(i) any communication to, or appearance 
before, the Federal Election Commission by a 
former officer or employee of the Federal Elec-
tion Commission; or 
‘‘(ii) a communication or appearance made 
by a person who is subject to the restrictions 
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contained in subsection (c), (d), or (e) if, at the 
time of the communication or appearance, the 
person is employed by a person or entity other 
than— 
‘‘(I) a candidate, an authorized com-
mittee, a national committee, a national 
Federal campaign committee, a State com-
mittee, or a political party; or 
‘‘(II) a person or entity who rep-
resents, aids, or advises only persons or en-
tities described in subclause (I). 
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘candidate’ means any person 
who seeks nomination for election, or election, 
to Federal or State office or who has authorized 
others to explore on his or her behalf the possi-
bility of seeking nomination for election, or elec-
tion, to Federal or State office; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘authorized committee’ 
means any political committee designated in 
writing by a candidate as authorized to receive 
contributions or make expenditures to promote 
the nomination for election, or the election, of 
such candidate, or to explore the possibility of 
seeking nomination for election, or the election, 
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of such candidate, except that a political com-
mittee that receives contributions or makes ex-
penditures to promote more than 1 candidate 
may not be designated as an authorized com-
mittee for purposes of subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘national committee’ means 
the organization which, by virtue of the bylaws 
of a political party, is responsible for the day- 
to-day operation of such political party at the 
national level; 
‘‘(iv) the term ‘national Federal campaign 
committee’ means an organization that, by vir-
tue of the bylaws of a political party, is estab-
lished primarily for the purpose of providing as-
sistance, at the national level, to candidates 
nominated by that party for election to the of-
fice of Senator or Representative in, or Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Con-
gress; 
‘‘(v) the term ‘State committee’ means the 
organization which, by virtue of the bylaws of 
a political party, is responsible for the day-to- 
day operation of such political party at the 
State level; and 
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‘‘(vi) the term ‘political party’ means an 
association, committee, or organization that 
nominates a candidate for election to any Fed-
eral or State elected office whose name appears 
on the election ballot as the candidate of such 
association, committee, or organization. 
‘‘(k) WAIVER.—(1)(A) The President may grant a 
waiver of a restriction imposed by this section to any offi-
cer or employee described in paragraph (2) if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing that it is in the 
public interest to grant the waiver and that the services 
of the officer or employee are critically needed for the ben-
efit of the Federal Government. Not more than 25 officers 
and employees currently employed by the Federal Govern-
ment at any one time may have been granted waivers 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(B)(i) A waiver granted under this paragraph to any 
person shall apply only with respect to activities engaged 
in by that person after that person’s Federal Government 
employment is terminated and only to that person’s em-
ployment at a Government-owned, contractor operated en-
tity with which the person served as an officer or employee 
immediately before the person’s Federal Government em-
ployment began. 
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‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), a waiver granted 
under this paragraph to any person who was an officer 
or employee of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, or Sandia National 
Laboratory immediately before the person’s Federal Gov-
ernment employment began shall apply to that person’s 
employment by any such national laboratory after the per-
son’s employment by the Federal Government is termi-
nated. 
‘‘(2) Waivers under paragraph (1) may be granted 
only to civilian officers and employees of the executive 
branch, other than officers and employees in the Executive 
Office of the President. 
‘‘(3) A certification under paragraph (1) shall take 
effect upon its publication in the Federal Register and 
shall identify— 
‘‘(A) the officer or employee covered by the 
waiver by name and by position, and 
‘‘(B) the reasons for granting the waiver. 
A copy of the certification shall also be provided to the 
Director of the Office of Government Ethics. 
‘‘(4) The President may not delegate the authority 
provided by this subsection. 
‘‘(5)(A) Each person granted a waiver under this sub-
section shall prepare reports, in accordance with subpara-
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graph (B), stating whether the person has engaged in ac-
tivities otherwise prohibited by this section for each six- 
month period described in subparagraph (B), and if so, 
what those activities were. 
‘‘(B) A report under subparagraph (A) shall cover 
each six-month period beginning on the date of the termi-
nation of the person’s Federal Government employment 
(with respect to which the waiver under this subsection 
was granted) and ending two years after that date. Such 
report shall be filed with the President and the Director 
of the Office of Government Ethics not later than 60 days 
after the end of the six-month period covered by the re-
port. All reports filed with the Director under this para-
graph shall be made available for public inspection and 
copying. 
‘‘(C) If a person fails to file any report in accordance 
with subparagraphs (A) and (B), the President shall re-
voke the waiver and shall notify the person of the revoca-
tion. The revocation shall take effect upon the person’s 
receipt of the notification and shall remain in effect until 
the report is filed. 
‘‘(D) Any person who is granted a waiver under this 
subsection shall be ineligible for appointment in the civil 
service unless all reports required of such person by sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) have been filed. 
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‘‘(E) As used in this subsection, the term ‘civil serv-
ice’ has the meaning given that term in section 2101 of 
title 5. 
‘‘(l) CONTRACT
ADVICE
BY
FORMER
DE-
TAILS.—Whoever, being an employee of a private 
sector organization assigned to an agency under 
chapter 37 of title 5, within one year after the end 
of that assignment, knowingly represents or aids, 
counsels, or assists in representing any other person 
(except the United States) in connection with any 
contract with that agency shall be punished as pro-
vided in section 1004. 
‘‘§ 998. Acts affecting a personal financial interest 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Except as permitted by subsection 
(b), whoever, being an officer or employee of the executive 
branch of the United States Government, or of any inde-
pendent agency of the United States, a Federal Reserve 
bank director, officer, or employee, or an officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia, including a special Gov-
ernment employee, participates personally and substan-
tially as a Government officer or employee, through deci-
sion, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the ren-
dering of advice, investigation, or otherwise, in a judicial 
or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or 
other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, 
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accusation, arrest, or other particular matter in which, to 
his knowledge, he, his spouse, minor child, general part-
ner, organization in which he is serving as officer, director, 
trustee, general partner or employee, or any person or or-
ganization with whom he is negotiating or has any ar-
rangement concerning prospective employment, has a fi-
nancial interest shall be subject to the penalties set forth 
in section 1004. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply— 
‘‘(1) if the officer or employee first advises the 
Government official responsible for appointment to 
his or her position of the nature and circumstances 
of the judicial or other proceeding, application, re-
quest for a ruling or other determination, contract, 
claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest, or 
other particular matter and makes full disclosure of 
the financial interest and receives in advance a writ-
ten determination made by such official that the in-
terest is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to 
affect the integrity of the services which the Govern-
ment may expect from such officer or employee; 
‘‘(2) if, by regulation issued by the Director of 
the Office of Government Ethics, applicable to all or 
a portion of all officers and employees covered by 
this section, and published in the Federal Register, 
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the financial interest has been exempted from the re-
quirements of subsection (a) as being too remote or 
too inconsequential to affect the integrity of the 
services of the Government officers or employees to 
which such regulation applies; 
‘‘(3) in the case of a special Government em-
ployee serving on an advisory committee within the 
meaning of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (in-
cluding an individual being considered for an ap-
pointment to such a position), the official responsible 
for the employee’s appointment, after review of the 
financial disclosure report filed by the individual 
pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 
certifies in writing that the need for the individual’s 
services outweighs the potential for a conflict of in-
terest created by the financial interest involved; or 
‘‘(4) if the financial interest that would be af-
fected by the particular matter involved is that re-
sulting solely from the interest of the officer or em-
ployee, or his or her spouse or minor child, in birth-
rights— 
‘‘(A) in an Indian tribe, band, nation, or 
other organized group or community, including 
any Alaska Native village corporation as de-
fined in or established pursuant to the Alaska 
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Native Claims Settlement Act, which is recog-
nized as eligible for the special programs and 
services provided by the United States to Indi-
ans because of their status as Indians, 
‘‘(B) in an Indian allotment the title to 
which is held in trust by the United States or 
which is inalienable by the allottee without the 
consent of the United States, or 
‘‘(C) in an Indian claims fund held in trust 
or administered by the United States, 
if the particular matter does not involve the Indian 
allotment or claims fund or the Indian tribe, band, 
nation, organized group or community, or Alaska 
Native village corporation as a specific party or par-
ties. 
‘‘(c) DEEMING PROVISION.—(1) For the purpose of 
paragraph (1) of subsection (b), in the case of class A 
and B directors of Federal Reserve banks, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall be deemed 
to be the Government official responsible for appointment. 
‘‘(2) The potential availability of an exemption under 
any particular paragraph of subsection (b) does not pre-
clude an exemption being granted pursuant to another 
paragraph of subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
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‘‘(1) GENERALLY.—Upon request, a copy of 
any determination granting an exemption under sub-
section (b)(1) or (b)(3) shall be made available to 
the public by the agency granting the exemption 
pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 105 
of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. In making 
such determination available, the agency may with-
hold from disclosure any information contained in 
the determination that would be exempt from disclo-
sure under section 552 of title 5. For purposes of 
determinations under subsection (b)(3), the informa-
tion describing each financial interest shall be no 
more extensive than that required of the individual 
in his or her financial disclosure report under the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978. 
‘‘(2) UNIFORM REGULATIONS.—The Office of 
Government Ethics, after consultation with the At-
torney General, shall issue uniform regulations for 
the issuance of waivers and exemptions under sub-
section (b) which shall— 
‘‘(A) list and describe exemptions; and 
‘‘(B) provide guidance with respect to the types 
of interests that are not so substantial as to be 
deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services 
the Government may expect from the employee. 
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‘‘§ 999. Salary of Government officials and employees 
payable only by United States 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever— 
‘‘(1) receives any salary, or any contribution to 
or supplementation of salary, as compensation for 
his services as an officer or employee of the execu-
tive branch of the United States Government, of any 
independent agency of the United States, or of the 
District of Columbia, from any source other than the 
Government of the United States, except as may be 
contributed out of the treasury of any State, county, 
or municipality; or 
‘‘(2) whoever, whether an individual, partner-
ship, association, corporation, or other organization 
pays, makes any contribution to, or in any way sup-
plements, the salary of any such officer or employee 
under circumstances which would make its receipt a 
violation of this subsection; 
shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 1004. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSION.—Nothing in this section prevents 
an officer or employee of the executive branch of the 
United States Government, or of any independent agency 
of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, from 
continuing to participate in a bona fide pension, retire-
ment, group life, health or accident insurance, profit-shar-
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ing, stock bonus, or other employee welfare or benefit plan 
maintained by a former employer. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.—This sec-
tion does not apply to a special Government employee or 
to an officer or employee of the Government serving with-
out compensation, whether or not he is a special Govern-
ment employee, or to any person paying, contributing to, 
or supplementing his salary as such. 
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 41 OF TITLE 5.— 
This section does not prohibit payment or acceptance of 
contributions, awards, or other expenses under the terms 
of chapter 41 of title 5. 
‘‘(e) RELOCATION EXPENSES.—This section does not 
prohibit the payment of actual relocation expenses inci-
dent to participation, or the acceptance of same by a par-
ticipant in an executive exchange or fellowship program 
in an executive agency, if such program has been estab-
lished by statute or Executive order of the President, of-
fers appointments not to exceed three hundred and sixty- 
five days, and permits no extensions in excess of ninety 
additional days or, in the case of participants in overseas 
assignments, in excess of 365 days. 
‘‘(f) INJURIES DURING CERTAIN OFFENSE.—This 
section does not prohibit acceptance or receipt, by any offi-
cer or employee injured during the commission of an of-
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fense described in section 102(6) or 102(7), of contribu-
tions or payments from an organization which is described 
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
of such Code. 
‘‘(g) PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) GENERALLY.—This section does not pro-
hibit an employee of a private sector organization, 
while assigned to an agency under chapter 37 of title 
5, from continuing to receive pay and benefits from 
such organization in accordance with such chapter. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 
the term ‘agency’ means an agency (as defined by 
section 3701 of title 5) and the Office of the Chief 
Technology Officer of the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(h) RESERVE COMPONENTS OF ARMED FORCES.— 
This section does not prohibit a member of the reserve 
components of the armed forces on active duty pursuant 
to a call or order to active duty under a provision of law 
referred to in section 101(a)(13) of title 10 from receiving 
from any person that employed such member before the 
call or order to active duty any payment of any part of 
the salary or wages that such person would have paid the 
member if the member’s employment had not been inter-
rupted by such call or order to active duty. 
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‘‘§ 1000. Offer to procure appointive public office 
‘‘Whoever pays or offers or promises any money or 
thing of value, to any person, firm, or corporation in con-
sideration of the use or promise to use any influence to 
procure any appointive office or place under the United 
States for any person, shall be imprisoned not more than 
one year. 
‘‘§ 1001. Acceptance or solicitation to obtain appoint-
ive public office 
‘‘(a) PROMISE OF OFFICE.—Whoever solicits or re-
ceives, either as a political contribution, or for personal 
emolument, any money or thing of value, in consideration 
of the promise of support or use of influence in obtaining 
for any person any appointive office or place under the 
United States, shall be imprisoned not more than one 
year. 
‘‘(b) ADDING PERSON TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.— 
Whoever solicits or receives any thing of value in consider-
ation of aiding a person to obtain employment under the 
United States either by referring his name to an executive 
department or agency of the United States or by requiring 
the payment of a fee because such person has secured such 
employment shall be imprisoned not more than one year. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION.—This section does not apply to 
such services rendered by an employment agency pursuant 
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to the written request of an executive department or agen-
cy of the United States. 
‘‘§ 1002. Offer or acceptance of loan or gratuity 
‘‘(a) OFFER
TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EXAM-
INER.—Whoever, being an officer, director, or employee 
of a financial institution, makes or grants any loan or gra-
tuity, to any examiner or assistant examiner who examines 
or has authority to examine such bank, branch, agency, 
organization, corporation, association, or institution— 
‘‘(1) shall imprisoned not more than 1 year; 
and 
‘‘(2) may be fined, in addition to any fine other-
wise imposed under this title, a sum equal to the 
money so loaned or gratuity given. 
‘‘(b) ACCEPTANCE BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EX-
AMINER.—Whoever, being an examiner or assistant exam-
iner, accepts a loan or gratuity from any bank, branch, 
agency, organization, corporation, association, or institu-
tion examined by the examiner or from any person con-
nected with it, shall— 
‘‘(1) be imprisoned not more than 1 year; and 
‘‘(2) shall be disqualified from holding office as 
an examiner. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) EXAMINER.—The term ‘examiner’ means 
any person— 
‘‘(A) appointed by a Federal financial in-
stitution regulatory agency or pursuant to the 
laws of any State to examine a financial institu-
tion; or 
‘‘(B) elected under the law of any State to 
conduct examinations of any financial institu-
tions. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REGU-
LATORY AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal financial insti-
tution regulatory agency’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency; 
‘‘(B) the Board of Governors of the Fed-
eral Reserve System; 
‘‘(C) the Office of Thrift Supervision; 
‘‘(D) the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration; 
‘‘(E) the Federal Housing Finance Agency; 
‘‘(F) the Farm Credit Administration; 
‘‘(G) the Farm Credit System Insurance 
Corporation; and 
‘‘(H) the Small Business Administration. 
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‘‘(3) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘fi-
nancial institution’ does not include a credit union, 
a Federal Reserve Bank, a Federal home loan bank, 
or a depository institution holding company. 
‘‘(4) LOAN.—The term ‘loan’ does not include 
any credit card account established under an open 
end consumer credit plan or a loan secured by resi-
dential real property that is the principal residence 
of the examiner, if— 
‘‘(A) the applicant satisfies any financial 
requirements for the credit card account or res-
idential real property loan that are generally 
applicable to all applicants for the same type of 
credit card account or residential real property 
loan; 
‘‘(B) the terms and conditions applicable 
with respect to such account or residential real 
property loan, and any credit extended to the 
examiner under such account or residential real 
property loan, are no more favorable generally 
to the examiner than the terms and conditions 
that are generally applicable to credit card ac-
counts or residential real property loans offered 
by the same financial institution to other bor-
rowers or cardholders in comparable cir-
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cumstances under open end consumer credit 
plans or for residential real property loans; and 
‘‘(C) with respect to residential real prop-
erty loans, the loan is with respect to the pri-
mary residence of the applicant. 
‘‘§ 1003. Receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring 
loans 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever— 
‘‘(1) corruptly gives, offers, or promises any-
thing of value to any person, with intent to influence 
or reward an officer, director, employee, agent, or 
attorney of a financial institution in connection with 
any business or transaction of such institution; or 
‘‘(2) as an officer, director, employee, agent, or 
attorney of a financial institution, corruptly solicits 
or demands for the benefit of any person, or cor-
ruptly accepts or agrees to accept, anything of value 
from any person, intending to be influenced or re-
warded in connection with any business or trans-
action of such institution; 
shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years, but if the 
value of the thing given, offered, promised, solicited, de-
manded, accepted, or agreed to be accepted does not ex-
ceed $1,000, shall be imprisoned not more than one year. 
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‘‘(b) EXCLUSION.—This section does not apply to 
bona fide salary, wages, fees, or other compensation paid, 
or expenses paid or reimbursed, in the usual course of 
business. 
‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.—Federal agencies with responsi-
bility for regulating a financial institution shall jointly es-
tablish such guidelines as are appropriate to assist an offi-
cer, director, employee, agent, or attorney of a financial 
institution to comply with this section. Such agencies shall 
make such guidelines available to the public. 
‘‘§ 1004. Penalties and injunctions 
‘‘(a) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—The punishment for an 
offense under section 993, 994, 995, 997, 998, or 999 is 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Whoever engages in the conduct consti-
tuting the offense shall be imprisoned for not more 
than one year. 
‘‘(2) Whoever knowingly engages in the conduct 
constituting the offense shall be imprisoned for not 
more than five years. 
‘‘(b) CIVIL ACTION.—The Attorney General may 
bring a civil action in the appropriate United States dis-
trict court against any person who engages in conduct con-
stituting an offense under section 993, 994, 995, 997, 
998, or 999 and, upon proof of such conduct by a prepon-
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derance of the evidence, such person shall be subject to 
a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation 
or the amount of compensation which the person received 
or offered for the prohibited conduct, whichever amount 
is greater. The imposition of a civil penalty under this sub-
section does not preclude any other criminal or civil statu-
tory, common law, or administrative remedy, which is 
available by law to the United States or any other person. 
‘‘(c) COURT ORDER.—If the Attorney General has 
reason to believe that a person is engaging in conduct con-
stituting an offense under section 993, 994, 995, 997, 
998, or 999, the Attorney General may petition an appro-
priate United States district court for an order prohibiting 
that person from engaging in such conduct. The court may 
issue an order prohibiting that person from engaging in 
such conduct if the court finds that the conduct con-
stitutes such an offense. The filing of a petition under this 
section does not preclude any other remedy which is avail-
able by law to the United States or any other person. 
‘‘§ 1005. Voiding transactions in violation of sub-
chapter; recovery by the United States 
‘‘In addition to any other remedies provided by law 
the President or, under regulations prescribed by him, the 
head of any department or agency involved, may declare 
void and rescind any contract, loan, grant, subsidy, li-
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cense, right, permit, franchise, use, authority, privilege, 
benefit, certificate, ruling, decision, opinion, or rate sched-
ule awarded, granted, paid, furnished, or published, or the 
performance of any service or transfer or delivery of any 
thing to, by or for any agency of the United States or 
officer or employee of the United States or person acting 
on behalf thereof, in relation to which there has been a 
final conviction for any violation of this subchapter, and 
the United States shall be entitled to recover in addition 
to any penalty prescribed by law or in a contract the 
amount expended or the thing transferred or delivered on 
its behalf, or the reasonable value thereof. 
‘‘§ 1006. Officers and employees acting as agents of 
foreign principals 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, being a public official, is 
or acts as an agent of a foreign principal required to reg-
ister under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 
or a lobbyist required to register under the Lobbying Dis-
closure Act of 1995 in connection with the representation 
of a foreign entity, as defined in section 3(6) of that Act 
shall be imprisoned for not more than two years. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSION.—Nothing in this section applies to 
the employment of any agent of a foreign principal as a 
special Government employee in any case in which the 
head of the employing agency certifies that such employ-
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ment is required in the national interest. A copy of any 
certification under this paragraph shall be forwarded by 
the head of such agency to the Attorney General who shall 
cause the same to be filed with the registration statement 
and other documents filed by such agent, and made avail-
able for public inspection in accordance with section 6 of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section ‘public of-
ficial’ means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner, either before or after he has qualified, or 
an officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf 
of the United States, or any department, agency, or 
branch of Government thereof, including the District of 
Columbia, in any official function, under or by authority 
of any such department, agency, or branch of Government. 
‘‘§ 1007. Bribery in sporting contests 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly engages in any 
scheme in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce to 
influence any sporting contest in any way by bribery, shall 
be imprisoned not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘sporting contest’ means any contest in any sport, between 
individual contestants or teams of contestants (without re-
gard to the amateur or professional status of the contest-
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‘‘(c) ENHANCED PENALTY FOR OFFENSES INVOLV-
ING CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a decoration or medal in-
volved in an offense under subsection (a) or (b) is 
a Congressional Medal of Honor, in lieu of the pun-
ishment provided in that subsection, the offender 
shall be imprisoned not more than 1 year. 
‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘Congressional 
Medal of Honor’ means— 
‘‘(A) a medal of honor awarded under sec-
tion 3741, 6241, or 8741 of title 10 or section 
491 of title 14; 
‘‘(B) a duplicate medal of honor issued 
under section 3754, 6256, or 8754 of title 10 
or section 504 of title 14; or 
‘‘(C) a replacement of a medal of honor 
provided under section 3747, 6253, or 8747 of 
title 10 or section 501 of title 14. 
‘‘(d) ENHANCED PENALTY FOR OFFENSES INVOLV-
ING CERTAIN OTHER MEDALS.—If a decoration or medal 
involved in an offense described in subsection (a) or (b) 
is a distinguished-service cross awarded under section 
3742 of title 10, a Navy cross awarded under section 6242 
of title 10, an Air Force cross awarded under section 8742 
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