Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 219 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 219 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 89-486, Sec. 8(b), July 4, 1966, 80 Stat. 249;
amended Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1116, Oct. 12, 1984, 98
Stat. 2149; Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 30, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3598;
Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3511, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat.
4922; Pub. L. 104-65, Sec. 12(b), Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 701.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, referred
to in subsec. (a), is act June 8, 1938, ch. 327, 52 Stat. 631, as
amended, which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 611
et seq.) of chapter 11 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and
Intercourse. Section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938 is classified to section 616 of Title 22. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 611 of Title 22 and Tables.
The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, referred to in subsec. (a),
is Pub. L. 104-65, Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 691, which is
classified principally to chapter 26 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title
2, The Congress. Section 3(6) of the Act is classified to section
1602(6) of Title 2. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 2
and Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 219 was renumbered section 214.
AMENDMENTS
1995 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-65 substituted "or a lobbyist
required to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in
connection with the representation of a foreign entity, as defined
in section 3(6) of that Act" for ", as amended,".
1990 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-647 substituted "Government" for
"Governments" before "thereof".
1986 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 30(1), designated first
par. as subsec. (a) and amended it generally, which prior to
amendment read as follows: "Whoever, being a public official of the
United States in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of
the Government or in any agency of the United States, including the
District of Columbia, is or acts as an agent of a foreign principal
required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or
imprisoned for not more than two years, or both."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 30(2), designated second par.
as subsec. (b).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 30(2), (3), designated third
par. as subsec. (c) and substituted "Delegate" for "Delegate from
the District of Columbia" and "branch of Government" for "branch of
Government, or a juror".
1984 - Pub. L. 98-473 substituted "a public official" for "an
officer or employee" in first par., and inserted par. defining
"public official".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104-65 effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as
otherwise provided, see section 24 of Pub. L. 104-65, set out as an
Effective Date note under section 1601 of Title 2, The Congress.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective ninety days after July 4, 1966, see section 9
of Pub. L. 89-486, set out as an Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
note under section 611 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and
Intercourse.