18-U.S.C.-1913
§1913 – Lobbying With Appropriated Moneys
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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 93 > Section 1913
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- Reference: Section 1913
- Legend: §1913 – Lobbying With Appropriated Moneys
- USCode Year: 2013
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No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any government, to favor, adopt, or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation, whether before or after the introduction of any bill, measure, or resolution proposing such legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation; but this shall not prevent officers or employees of the United States or of its departments or agencies from communicating to any such Member or official, at his request, or to Congress or such official, through the proper official channels, requests for any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business, or from making any communication whose prohibition by this section might, in the opinion of the Attorney General, violate the Constitution or interfere with the conduct of foreign policy, counter-intelligence, intelligence, or national security activities. Violations of this section shall constitute violations of section 1352(a) of title 31.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 792; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title II, §205(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1778.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §201 (July 11, 1919, ch. 6, §6, 41 Stat. 68).
Reference to department and agency was added in three instances after the words United States to remove doubt as to the scope of the section. (See definitions of department and agency in section 6 of this title.)
Reference to the offense as a misdemeanor was omitted as unnecessary in view of the definitive section 1 of this title.
Words on conviction thereof were omitted as surplusage since punishment can be imposed only after conviction.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–273 substituted a jurisdiction, or an official of any government, to favor, adopt, for to favor, inserted , law, ratification, policy, after legislation wherever appearing, struck out by Congress before , whether before or after, inserted , measure, before or resolution, substituted any such Member or official, at his request, for Members of Congress on the request of any Member, inserted or such official before , through the proper, substituted for any legislation for for legislation, substituted , or from making any communication whose prohibition by this section might, in the opinion of the Attorney General, violate the Constitution or interfere with the conduct of foreign policy, counter-intelligence, intelligence, or national security activities. Violations of this section shall constitute violations of section 1352(a) of title 31. for period at end of first par., and struck out last par. which read as follows: Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, violates or attempts to violate this section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and after notice and hearing by the superior officer vested with the power of removing him, shall be removed from office or employment.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $500 in last par.
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