18 U.S.C. § 205
Activities of officers and employees in claims against and other matters affecting the Government
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 205, Activities of officers and employees in claims against and other matters affecting the Government, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448716
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Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government or in any agency of the United States, other than in the proper discharge of his official duties—
Whoever, being an officer or employee of the District of Columbia or an officer or employee of the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, otherwise than in the proper discharge of official duties—
A special Government employee shall be subject to subsections (a) and (b) only in relation to a covered matter involving a specific party or parties—
Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) prevents an officer or employee, if not inconsistent with the faithful performance of that officer’s or employee’s duties, from acting without compensation as agent or attorney for, or otherwise representing—
Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply with respect to a covered matter that—
Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) prevents an officer or employee, including a special Government employee, from acting, with or without compensation, as agent or attorney for, or otherwise representing, his parents, spouse, child, or any person for whom, or for any estate for which, he is serving as guardian, executor, administrator, trustee, or other personal fiduciary except—
Nothing in this section prevents an employee from acting pursuant to—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Ethics Reform Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To make technical changes in the Ethics Reform Act of 1989.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Employee Representation Improvement Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally