Payments to Obtain Public Office

(a) Base Offense Level: 8 Commentary Statutory Provisions: 18 U.S.C. §§ 210, 211. Application Note: 1. Do not apply the adjustment in §3B1.3 (Abuse of Position of Trust or Use of Special Skill). Background: Under 18 U.S.C. § 210, it is unlawful to pay, offer, or promise anything of value to a person, firm, or corporation in consideration of procuring appointive office. Under 18 U.S.C. § 211, it is unlawful to solicit or accept anything of value in consideration of a promise of the use of influence in obtaining appointive federal office. Both offenses are misdemeanors for which the maximum term of imprisonment authorized by statute is one year. Historical Note Effective November 1, 1987. §§2C1.6 – 2C1.7. [Deleted] Historical Note Section 2C1.6 (Loan or Gratuity to Bank Examiner, or Gratuity for Adjustment of Farm Indebtedness, or Procuring Bank Loan, or Discount of Commercial Paper), effective November 1, 1987, and amended effective November 1, 2001 (amendment 617), was deleted by consolidation with §2C1.2 effective November 1, 2004 (amendment 666). Section 2C1.7 (Fraud Involving Deprivation of the Intangible Right to the Honest Services of Public Officials; Conspiracy to Defraud by Interference with Governmental Functions), effective November 1, 1991 (amendment 368), and amended effective November 1, 1992 (amendment 468), November 1, 1997 (amendment 547), November 1, 2001 (amendment 617), and November 1, 2003 (amendment 653), was deleted by consolidation with §2C1.1 effective November 1, 2004 (amendment 666).