Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§924a Art. 124a. Bribery

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Makes bribery illegal for anyone covered by this law who holds an official job or has official duties and wrongfully asks for, accepts, or receives anything valuable to influence a decision in a matter where the United States has an interest. It also forbids anyone covered by this law from wrongfully giving, offering, or promising anything valuable to such an official to influence their decision; violators will be punished as a court-martial decides.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §924a

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Any person subject to this chapter—

(1)who occupies an official position or who has official duties; and

(2)who wrongfully asks, accepts, or receives a thing of value with the intent to have the person’s decision or action influenced with respect to an official matter in which the United States is interested;

(b)Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully promises, offers, or gives a thing of value to another person, who occupies an official position or who has official duties, with the intent to influence the decision or action of the other person with respect to an official matter in which the United States is interested, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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Effective Date

Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing

Regulations

and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 924a

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73