§209. Salary of Government officials and employees payable only by United States

(a) Whoever receives any salary, or any contribution to or supplementation of salary, as compensation for his services as an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, of any independent agency of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, from any source other than the Government of the United States, except as may be contributed out of the treasury of any State, county, or municipality; or

Whoever, whether an individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization pays, or makes any contribution to, or in any way supplements the salary of, any such officer or employee under circumstances which would make its receipt a violation of this subsection-

Shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 216 of this title.

(b) Nothing herein prevents an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, or of any independent agency of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, from continuing to participate in a bona fide pension, retirement, group life, health or accident insurance, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other employee welfare or benefit plan maintained by a former employer.

(c) This section does not apply to a special Government employee or to an officer or employee of the Government serving without compensation, whether or not he is a special Government employee, or to any person paying, contributing to, or supplementing his salary as such.

(d) This section does not prohibit payment or acceptance of contributions, awards, or other expenses under the terms of chapter 41 of title 5.

(e) This section does not prohibit the payment of actual relocation expenses incident to participation, or the acceptance of same by a participant in an executive exchange or fellowship program in an executive agency: Provided, That such program has been established by statute or Executive order of the President, offers appointments not to exceed three hundred and sixty-five days, and permits no extensions in excess of ninety additional days or, in the case of participants in overseas assignments, in excess of three hundred and sixty-five days.

(f) This section does not prohibit acceptance or receipt, by any officer or employee injured during the commission of an offense described in section 351 or 1751 of this title, of contributions or payments from an organization which is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.

(Added Pub. L. 87–849, §1(a), Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1125 ; amended Pub. L. 96–174, Dec. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 1288 ; Pub. L. 97–171, Apr. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 67 ; Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095 ; Pub. L. 99–646, §70, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3617 ; Pub. L. 101–194, title IV, §406, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753 ; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, §3510, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330008(7), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2143 .)

References in Text

Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (f), is classified to section 501 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 209, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 693 , related to an offer of a bribe to a witness, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 87–849 and is substantially covered by section 201.

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in section 1914 of this title prior to the repeal of such section and the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 87–849.

Amendments

1994-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–322 struck out "the" before "chapter 41".

1990-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–647 substituted "chapter 41 of title 5" for "Government Employees Training Act (Public Law 85–507, 72 Stat. 327; 5 U.S.C. 2301–2319, July 7, 1958)".

1989-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–194 substituted at end "Shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 216 of this title." for "Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."

1986-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99–646 inserted "or, in the case of participants in overseas assignments, in excess of three hundred and sixty-five days".

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954".

1982-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97–171 added subsec. (f).

1979-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–174 added subsec. (e).

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 23, 1962, see section 4 of Pub. L. 87–849, set out as a note under section 201 of this title.

Exemptions

Exemptions from former section 1914 of this title deemed to be exemptions from this section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 87–849, set out as a note under section 203 of this title.

Promulgation of Regulations

Responsibility of Office of Government Ethics for promulgating regulations and interpreting this section, see section 201(c) of Ex. Ord. No. 12674, Apr. 12, 1989, 54 F.R. 15159, as amended, set out as a note under section 7301 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Canal Zone

Applicability of section to Canal Zone, see section 14 of this title.

Cross References

Acceptance of contributions, awards and other payments incident to training without regard to this section, see section 4111 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Definitions, see section 202 of this title.

Department of Agriculture officials and employees not subject to this section, see section 2220 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Doctors, hospitals, etc., performing services in connection with benefits under Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act exempt from this section, see section 362 of Title 45, Railroads.

Forest Service officials and employees not subject to this section, see section 2220 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Immigration officials, section not to prevent receipt of reimbursements for services incident to inspection of aliens in foreign contiguous territory, see section 1353c of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

International organizations, payment of employees detailed to without regard to this section, see section 3343 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Memorandum of Attorney General regarding conflict of interest provisions, see note under section 201 of this title.

Railroad Retirement Board employees administrating Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act exempt from this section, see section 362 of Title 45, Railroads.

Reading assistants for blind employees, payment without regard to this section, see section 3102 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 14, 202, 216 of this title; title 2 section 162; title 5 sections 568, 3102, 3343, 3374, 4111; title 7 section 2220; title 8 section 1353c; title 12 section 2245; title 16 section 459b–7; title 22 sections 3507, 3508; title 28 section 594; title 30 section 663; title 40 App. section 108; title 42 sections 280d–11, 1314; title 45 section 362.