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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60

§607 Place of Solicitation

Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 29— ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES › § 607

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

You must not ask for or accept money or anything of value for a federal, state, or local election while in a room or building used by U.S. officers or employees for their official work. That rule also applies to federal officers and employees, including the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress. Breaking the rule can bring a fine of up to $5,000, up to 3 years in jail, or both. Staff of a Senator, Representative, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or the Executive Office of the President may accept contributions in those places only if they were not told to have the giver mail or bring the gift to those workspaces, and the staff must transfer the contribution within seven days to a political committee as defined by section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §607

Crimes and Criminal Procedure — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)(1)It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing of value in connection with a Federal, State, or local election from a person who is located in a room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United States. It shall be unlawful for an individual who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, to solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing of value in connection with a Federal, State, or local election, while in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United States, from any person.
(2)A person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
(b)The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to the receipt of contributions by persons on the staff of a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or Executive Office of the President, provided, that such contributions have not been solicited in any manner which directs the contributor to mail or deliver a contribution to any room, building, or other facility referred to in subsection (a), and provided that such contributions are transferred within seven days of receipt to a political committee within the meaning of section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 211, 212 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §§ 121, 122, 35 Stat. 1110). This section consolidates section 211 and 212 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. This section was expanded to embrace all officers or persons acting on behalf of any independent agencies or Government-owned or controlled corporations by inserting words “or any department or agency thereof.” (See definitive section 6, and reviser’s note under section 201 of this title.) Changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 30102(e) of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–155, § 302(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: “It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or receive any contribution within the meaning of section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by any person mentioned in section 603, or in any navy yard, fort, or arsenal. Any person who violates this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–155, § 302(2), inserted “or Executive Office of the President” after “Congress”. 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”. 1980—Pub. L. 96–187 substituted provisions relating to the place of solicitation for provisions relating to the making of political contributions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–155 effective Nov. 6, 2002, see section 402 of Pub. L. 107–155, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2002 Amendment;

Regulations

note under section 30101 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

Effective Date

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–187 effective Jan. 8, 1980, see section 301(a) of Pub. L. 96–187, set out as a note under section 30101 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

18 U.S.C. § 607

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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