18 U.S.C. § 215

Historical and Revision Notes

Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 2238 Stat. 272July 17, 1916, ch. 245, § 211(e)Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 252, § 242 Stat. 1460June 21, 1917, ch. 32, § 1140 Stat. 240Sept. 26, 1918, ch. 177, § 540 Stat. 970Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 25242 Stat. 1472Based on sections 595, 1125, and 1315 of title 12, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking (, first sentence of second paragraph, ; , as added , ; , ; , part 22(c), ; , title II, § 216(e), ).

section 595 of title 12The punishment provisions of the three sections were identical, and all other provisions thereof were similar, except that , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking, relating to officers, directors, employees, or attorneys of member banks of the Federal Reserve System, did not include the terms “agent” and “acceptance” and did not include the phrase “or extension or renewal of loan or substitution of security”.

section 1 of this titleWords “shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor” were omitted because of definition of misdemeanor in .

Words “and upon conviction” and “and shall upon conviction thereof” were omitted as surplusage because punishment cannot be imposed until after conviction.

Verbal changes were made for style purposes.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 215 of this titleA prior was renumbered section 211.

Amendments

Pub. L. 104–2941996—Subsec. (a). substituted “$1,000” for “$100” in concluding provisions.

Pub. L. 103–3221994—Subsec. (a). substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in concluding provisions.

Pub. L. 101–6471990—Subsec. (a). substituted “30” for “20” before “years” in concluding provisions.

Pub. L. 101–73, § 961(a)1989—Subsec. (a). , in closing provisions, substituted “$1,000,000” for “$5,000” and “20 years” for “five years”.

Pub. L. 101–73, § 962(e)(1)section 20 of this titleSubsec. (b). , transferred subsec. (b) to .

Pub. L. 99–3701986— amended section generally, combining in subsec. (a) the statement of prohibited activities formerly set out in subsecs. (a) and (b), transferring to subsec. (b) and expanding provisions formerly set out in subsec. (c) which defined “financial institution”, transferring to subsec. (c) and amending provisions formerly set out in subsec. (d) relating to applicability of section, and adding new subsec. (d) relating to establishment of guidelines to assist financial institutions in complying with this section.

Pub. L. 98–4731984— amended section generally. Prior to amendment section read as follows: “Whoever, being an officer, director, employee, agent, or attorney of any bank, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, of a Federal intermediate credit bank, or of a National Agricultural Credit Corporation, except as provided by law, stipulates for or receives or consents or agrees to receive any fee, commission, gift, or thing of value, from any person, firm, or corporation, for procuring or endeavoring to procure for such person, firm, or corporation, or for any other person, firm, or corporation, from any such bank or corporation, any loan or extension or renewal of loan or substitution of security, or the purchase or discount or acceptance of any paper, note, draft, check, or bill of exchange by any such bank or corporation, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both.”

Sept. 21, 19501950—Act , substituted “any bank, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation” for “a member bank of the Federal Reserve System”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Pub. L. 99–370, § 3Aug. 4, 1986100 Stat. 780