18 U.S.C. § 217 — Acceptance of consideration for adjustment of farm indebtedness

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 64 words · no verdicts yet

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It's a crime for a federal officer or employee to accept a bribe related to adjusting someone's farm debt. This covers fees, commissions, gifts, or any other benefit tied to farm-debt relief. Violators face a fine or up to one year in prison, or both.

This is one undivided rule. Anyone who is an officer or employee of, or a person acting for, the United States or one of its agencies commits a crime if they accept a fee, commission, gift, or other consideration connected to compromising, adjusting, or canceling someone's farm debt as provided by sections 1150, 1150a, and 1150b of Title 12. The punishment is a fine under this title, or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.

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Whoever, being an officer or employee of, or person acting for the United States or any agency thereof, accepts any fee, commission, gift, or other consideration in connection with the compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of any farm indebtedness as provided by sections 1150, 1150a, and 1150b of Title 12, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 696, § 217, formerly § 222; renumbered § 217, Pub. L. 87–849, § 1(d), Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1125; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 696
1962Amended · Pub. L. 87-849 · 76 Stat. 1125
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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