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No Gratuities for Governing Act of 2025
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the offense pertaining to illegal gratuities concerning programs receiving Federal funds.
Summary
The bill amends federal law governing illegal gratuities for programs that receive federal funds. It increases the maximum prison sentence for the primary offense from 10 years to 15 years and creates a new lower-tier offense for gratuities of $1,000 or more in transactions involving $5,000 or more, carrying penalties of up to 2 years imprisonment. The new offense applies to anyone giving or receiving such gratuities to or from agents or employees of organizations, state/local, or tribal governments receiving federal funds.
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- Jun 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 26, 2025
Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the offense pertaining to illegal gratuities concerning programs receiving Federal funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Gratuities for Governing Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. ILLEGAL GRATUITIES CONCERNING PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS.
Section 666 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsection (c) through (e), respectively;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking “if the circumstance described in subsection (b) of this section exists” and inserting “if the circumstance described in subsection (c) of this section exists”; and
(B) by striking “imprisoned not more than 10 years,” and inserting “imprisoned not more than 15 years,”;
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
“(b) Whoever, if the circumstance described in subsection (c) of this section exists—
“(1) directly or indirectly, knowingly and purposefully gives, offers, or promises anything of value of $1,000 or more to any agent of an organization, or of a State, local, or Indian Tribal government, or any agency thereof, for or because of any official act performed by such agent in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving anything of value of $5,000 or more; or
“(2) being an agent of an organization, or of a State, local, or Indian Tribal government, or any agency thereof, directly or indirectly, knowingly and purposefully demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value of $1,000 or more personally for or because of any official act performed by such agent in connection with any business, transaction, or series of transactions of such organization, government, or agency involving anything of value of $5,000 or more; shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.”; and
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by striking “circumstance referred to in subsection (a)” and inserting “circumstances referred to in subsections (a) and (b)”. <all>
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