18 U.S.C. § 217
Acceptance of consideration for adjustment of farm indebtedness
Whoever, being an officer or employee of, or person acting for the United States or any agency thereof, accepts any fee, commission, gift, or other consideration in connection with the compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of any farm indebtedness as provided by sections 1150, 1150a, and 1150b of Title 12, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1972–2005 · leading case: United States v. Ryan
United States v. Ryan (2005)
“”); see also 18 U.S.C. § 217 (2000) (“Whoever, being an officer or employee of, or person acting for the United States .”
Van Ee v. Environmental Protection Agency (2000)
“18 U.S.C. § 217 , 26 U.S.C. § 7214 (a)(9) (1994)); to compensate a federal employee for his or her assistance to anyone involved in a proceeding in which the United States has a direct and substantial interest (§ 203); for certain federal employees to engage in certain…”
United States v. Jay Scott Ballinger (2002)
“The Commerce Power and 18 U.S.C. § 217 Against this background of federalism and the boundaries it establishes for congressional activity in areas typically relegated to State law, the core issues in this case come into focus.”
United States v. Bristol (1972)
“Later the two offenses were severed for reasons of statutory convenience and clarity and re-codified as 18 U.S.C. §§ 217 and 218. Section 217 indicated that both section 217 and section 218 applied to all public examiners, whether appointed by state or federal authority.”
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