Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 211 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 211 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 694, Sec. 211, formerly Sec. 215;
Sept. 13, 1951, ch. 380, 65 Stat. 320; renumbered Sec. 211, Pub. L.
87-849, Sec. 1(b), Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1125; Pub. L. 103-322,
title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 150 and 151 (Dec. 11,
1926, ch. 3, Secs. 2, 3, 44 Stat. 918).
Same changes of style and substance were made in this section as
in section 214 of this title.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 211, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 693,
related to an offer of a gratuity to a revenue officer, prior to
the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 87-849 and is
substantially covered in revised section 201.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $1,000" in two places.
1951 - Act Sept. 13, 1951, inserted second paragraph.