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18 U.S.C. § 1352

Demands by foreign officials for bribes

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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18 U.S.C. § 1352, Demands by foreign officials for bribes, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449189
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In this section: The term “foreign official” means— any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of— The term “public international organization” means— It shall be unlawful for any foreign official or person selected to be a foreign official to corruptly demand, seek, receive, accept, or agree to receive or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of value personally or for any other person or nongovernmental entity, by making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce— from— in return for— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State as relevant, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and post on the publicly available website of the Department of Justice, a report—

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  • Enacted byPub. L. 118-78(S. 4548)2024-07-30
    Foreign Extortion Prevention Technical Corrections Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally