Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 29 - Notes
    Sec.                                                     
    [591.       Repealed.]                                            
    592.        Troops at polls.                                      
    593.        Interference by armed forces.                         
    594.        Intimidation of voters.                               
    595.        Interference by administrative employees of Federal,
                 State, or Territorial Governments.                   
    596.        Polling armed forces.                                 
    597.        Expenditures to influence voting.                     
    598.        Coercion by means of relief appropriations.           
    599.        Promise of appointment by candidate.                  
    600.        Promise of employment or other benefit for political
                 activity.                                            
    601.        Deprivation of employment or other benefit for
                 political contribution.                              
    602.        Solicitation of political contributions.              
    603.        Making political contributions.                       
    604.        Solicitation from persons on relief.                  
    605.        Disclosure of names of persons on relief.             
    606.        Intimidation to secure political contributions.       
    607.        Place of solicitation.                                
    608.        Absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters. 
    609.        Use of military authority to influence vote of member
                 of Armed Forces.                                     
    610.        Coercion of political activity.                       
    611.        Voting by aliens.                                     
    [612 to 617. Repealed.]                                           
                         SENATE REVISION AMENDMENT                     
      By Senate amendment, item 610 was changed to read, "610.
    Contributions or expenditures by national banks, corporations, or
    labor organizations". See Senate Report No. 1620, amendment Nos. 4
    and 5, 80th Cong.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title II, Sec. 216(b), Sept. 30,
    1996, 110 Stat. 3009-573, added item 611.
      1993 - Pub. L. 103-94, Sec. 4(c)(2), Oct. 6, 1993, 107 Stat.
    1005, added item 610.
      1990 - Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3516, Nov. 29, 1990, 104
    Stat. 4923, substituted "Making political contributions" for "Place
    of solicitation" in item 603 and "Place of solicitation" for
    "Making political contributions" in item 607.
      1986 - Pub. L. 99-410, title II, Sec. 202(b), Aug. 28, 1986, 100
    Stat. 929, added items 608 and 609.
      1980 - Pub. L. 96-187, title II, Sec. 201(a)(2), Jan. 8, 1980, 93
    Stat. 1367, struck out item 591 "Definitions".
      1976 - Pub. L. 94-453, Sec. 2, Oct. 2, 1976, 90 Stat. 1517,
    substituted "political contribution" for "political activity" in
    item 601.
      Pub. L. 94-283 title II, Sec. 201(b), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 496,
    struck out items "608. Limitations on contributions and
    expenditures", "610. Contributions or expenditures by national
    banks, corporations or labor organizations", "611. Contributions by
    Government contractors", "612. Publication or distribution of
    political statements", "613. Contributions by foreign nationals",
    "614. Prohibition of contributions in name of another", "615.
    Limitation on contributions of currency", "616. Acceptance of
    excessive honorariums", and "617. Fraudulent misrepresentation of
    campaign authority".
      1974 - Pub. L. 93-443, title I, Sec. 101(d)(4)(B), (f)(3), Oct.
    15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1267, 1268, substituted "Contributions by
    foreign nationals" for "Contributions by agents of foreign
    principals" in item 613, and added items 614 to 617.
      1972 - Pub. L. 92-225, title II, Sec. 207, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat.
    11, substituted "contributions and expenditures" for "political
    contributions and purchases" in item 608, "Repealed" for "Maximum
    contributions and expenditures" in item 609, and "Government
    contractors" for "firms or individuals contracting with the United
    States" in item 611.
      1966 - Pub. L. 89-486, Sec. 8(c)(1), July 4, 1966, 80 Stat. 249,
    added item 613.
                     STATE LAWS AFFECTED; DEFINITIONS                 
      Section 104 of Pub. L. 93-443 provided that:
      "(a) The provisions of chapter 29 of title 18, United States
    Code, relating to elections and political activities, supersede and
    preempt any provision of State law with respect to election to
    Federal office.
      "(b) For purposes of this section, the terms 'election', 'Federal
    office', and 'State' have the meanings given them by section 591 of
    title 18, United States Code."
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                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in title 10 section 2670.
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