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18 U.S.C. § 597 — Expenditures to influence voting

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18 U.S.C. § 597 — Expenditures to influence voting

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

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Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

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18 U.S.C. § 2 — Principals

**(a)** Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal. **(b)** Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States, is punishable as a principal.

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2 U.S.C. § 249 to 251 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948

### Statutory Notes Section 249, act Feb. 28, 1925, ch. 368, title III, § 310, 43 Stat. 1073, related to promises or pledges by candidates. See [section 599 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section599&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Section 250, act Feb. 28, 1925, ch. 368, title III, § 311, 43 Stat. 1073, related to expenditures to influence voting. See [section 597 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section597&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 251, acts Feb. 28, 1925, ch. 368, title III, § 313, 43 Stat. 1074; June 25, 1943, ch. 144, § 9, 57 Stat. 167; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title III, § 304, 61 Stat. 159, related to political contributions by national banks, corporations, or labor unions. See [section 30118 of Title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section30118&num=0&edition=prelim), Voting and Elections.

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5 U.S.C. § 8332 — Creditable service

**(a)** The total service of an employee or Member is the full years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate the fractional part of a month, if any. **(b)** The service of an employee shall be credited from the date of original employment to the date of separation on which title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the Government. Except as provided in paragraph (13) 11 So in original. Probably should be paragraph “(14)”. of this subsection, credit may not be allowed for a period of separation from the service in excess of 3 calendar days. The service includes— (1) employment as a substitute in the postal field service; (2) service in the Pan American Sanitary Bureau; (3) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(i) of this title, service performed before July 10, 1960, as an employee of a county committee established under [section 590h(b) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or of a committee or an association of producers described by [section 610(b) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section610/b&num=0&edition=prelim); (4) service as a student-employee as defined by [section 5351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5351&num=0&edition=prelim) only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter; (5) a period of satisfactory service of a volunteer or volunteer leader under chapter 34 of title 22 only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter; (6) employment under [section 709 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section709&num=0&edition=prelim) or any prior corresponding provision of law; (7) a period of service of

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18 U.S.C. § 597 — Expenditures to influence voting

Page 145 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 598 authority of section 61s of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which defined ‘‘State,’’ as used in this section, as ‘‘any State, Territory, or possession of the United States.’’ The punishment provision was derived from section 61g of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which, by reference, made this punishment applicable to this section. The second paragraph was derived from section 61u of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which made its provisions ap- plicable to this section by reference. Changes were made in phraseology. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(L), which directed the amendment of this section by substituting ‘‘under this title’’ for ‘‘not more than $10,000’’, could not be exe- cuted because the phrase ‘‘not more than $10,000’’ does not appear in text. Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(H), substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $1,000’’ in first par. 1970—Pub. L. 91–405 substituted reference to Delegate from District of Columbia or Resident Commissioner for Delegate or Resident Commissioner from any Terri- tory or Possession. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 91–405 effective Sept. 22, 1970, see section 206(b) of Pub. L. 91–405, set out as an Effec- tive Date note under section 25a of Title 2, The Con- gress. § 596. Polling armed forces Whoever, within or without the Armed Forces of the United States, polls any member of such forces, either within or without the United States, either before or after he executes any ballot under any Federal or State law, with ref- erence to his choice of or his vote for any can- didate, or states, publishes, or releases any re- sult of any purported poll taken

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