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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5509 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5509
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the offense
pertaining to illegal gratuities concerning programs receiving Federal
funds.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 24, 2026
Mr. Kim (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the offense
pertaining to illegal gratuities concerning programs receiving Federal
funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Gratuities for Governing Act of
2026''.
SEC. 2. ILLEGAL GRATUITIES CONCERNING PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Section 666 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as
subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``subsection (b)'' and inserting ``subsection
(c)''; and
(B) in the matter following paragraph (2), by
striking ``10 years'' and inserting ``15 years'';
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Whoever, if the circumstance described in subsection (c) of
this section exists--
``(1) directly or indirectly, knowingly and purposefully
gives, offers, or promises anything of value of $1,000 or more
to any agent of an organization, or of a State, local, or
Indian Tribal government, or any agency thereof, for or because
of any official act performed by such agent in connection with
any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such
organization, government, or agency involving anything of value
of $5,000 or more; or
``(2) being an agent of an organization, or of a State,
local, or Indian Tribal government, or any agency thereof,
directly or indirectly, knowingly and purposefully demands,
seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept
anything of value of $1,000 or more personally for or because
of any official act performed by such agent in connection with
any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such
organization, government, or agency involving anything of value
of $5,000 or more;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 2 years,
or both.''; and
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking
``circumstance referred to in subsection (a)'' and inserting
``circumstance referred to in subsections (a) and (b)''.
(b) Forfeiture.--Chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in section 981(a)(1)(D), by striking clause (i) and
inserting the following:
``(i) subsection (a)(1) or (b) of section 666
(relating to Federal program fraud and illegal
gratuities concerning programs receiving Federal
funds);''; and
(2) in section 982(a)(3), by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
``(A) subsection (a)(1) or (b) of section 666 (relating to
Federal program fraud and illegal gratuities concerning
programs receiving Federal funds);''.
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