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18 USC 227 - Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Member of Congress
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Sec. 227. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Member of Congress
Whoever, being a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or an employee of either House of Congress, with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity—
(1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act, or
(2) influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
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Last modified: July 21, 2011
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