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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 215. Receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring loans
(a) Whoever -
(1) corruptly gives, offers, or promises anything of value to
any person, with intent to influence or reward an officer,
director, employee, agent, or attorney of a financial institution
in connection with any business or transaction of such
institution; or
(2) as an officer, director, employee, agent, or attorney of a
financial institution, corruptly solicits or demands for the
benefit of any person, or corruptly accepts or agrees to accept,
anything of value from any person, intending to be influenced or
rewarded in connection with any business or transaction of such
institution;
shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or three times the value of
the thing given, offered, promised, solicited, demanded, accepted,
or agreed to be accepted, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not
more than 30 years, or both, but if the value of the thing given,
offered, promised, solicited, demanded, accepted, or agreed to be
accepted does not exceed $1,000, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
[(b) Transferred]
(c) This section shall not apply to bona fide salary, wages,
fees, or other compensation paid, or expenses paid or reimbursed,
in the usual course of business.
(d) Federal agencies with responsibility for regulating a
financial institution shall jointly establish such guidelines as
are appropriate to assist an officer, director, employee, agent, or
attorney of a financial institution to comply with this section.
Such agencies shall make such guidelines available to the public.
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