§ 607. — Place of solicitation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC607]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 29--ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
Sec. 607. Place of solicitation
(a) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit
or receive a donation of money or other thing of value in connection
with a Federal, State, or local election from a person who is
located in a room or building occupied in the discharge of official
duties by an officer or employee of the United States. It shall be
unlawful for an individual who is an officer or employee of the
Federal Government, including the President, Vice President, and
Members of Congress, to solicit or receive a donation of money or
other thing of value in connection with a Federal, State, or local
election, while in any room or building occupied in the discharge of
official duties by an officer or employee of the United States, from
any person.
(2) Penalty.--A person who violates this section shall be fined
not more than $5,000, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to the receipt
of contributions by persons on the staff of a Senator or Representative
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or Executive
Office of the President, provided, that such contributions have not been
solicited in any manner which directs the contributor to mail or deliver
a contribution to any room, building, or other facility referred to in
subsection (a), and provided that such contributions are transferred
within seven days of receipt to a political committee within the meaning
of section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 96-187, title II,
Sec. 201(a)(5), Jan. 8, 1980, 93 Stat. 1367; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107-
155, title III, Sec. 302, Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 96.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 211, 212 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, Secs. 121, 122, 35 Stat. 1110).
This section consolidates sections 211 and 212 of title 18, U.S.C.,
1940 ed.
This section was expanded to embrace all officers or persons acting
on behalf of any independent agencies or Government-owned or controlled
corporations by inserting words ``or any department or agency thereof.''
(See definitive section 6, and reviser's note under section 201 of this
title.)
Changes were made in phraseology.
References in Text
Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,
referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 432(e) of Title 2.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-155, Sec. 302(1), added subsec. (a)
and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: ``It shall be
unlawful for any person to solicit or receive any contribution within
the meaning of section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official
duties by any person mentioned in section 603, or in any navy yard,
fort, or arsenal. Any person who violates this section shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-155, Sec. 302(2), inserted ``or Executive
Office of the President'' after ``Congress''.
1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this
title'' for ``fined not more than $5,000''.
1980--Pub. L. 96-187 substituted provisions relating to the place of
solicitation for provisions relating to the making of political
contributions.
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107-155 effective Nov. 6, 2002, see section 402
of Pub. L. 107-155, set out as an Effective Date of 2002 Amendment;
Regulations note under section 431 of this title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-187 effective Jan. 8, 1980, see section
301(a) of Pub. L. 96-187, set out as a note under section 431 of Title
2, The Congress.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 5 sections 3374, 3704.
