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 PUBLIC LAW 101-194—NOV. 30, 1989 103 STAT. 1747 "(2) whose interests may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the individual's official duties. "(b)(1) Each supervising ethics office is authorized to issue rules or Regulations, regulations implementing the provisions of this section and provid- ing for such reasonable exceptions as may be appropriate. "(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), a Member, officer, or em- ployee may accept a gift pursuant to rules or regulations established by such individual's supervising ethics office pursuant to para- graph (1). "(B) No gift may be accepted pursuant to subparagraph (A) in return for being influenced in the performance of any official act. "(3) Nothing in this section precludes a Member, officer, or em- ployee from accepting gifts on behalf of the United States Govern- ment or any of its agencies in accordance with statutory authority. "(c) An employee who violates this section shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary and other remedial action in accordance with any applicable laws. Executive orders, and rules or regulations. "(d) For purposes of this section— "(1) the term 'supervising ethics office' means— "(A) the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives or the House of Representa- tives as a whole, for Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives; "(B) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, or the Senate as a whole, for Senators, officers and employees of the Senate; "(C) the Judicial Conference of the United States for judges and judicial branch officers and employees; "(D) the Office of Government Ethics for all executive branch officers and employees; and "(E) the ethics committee with which the officer or em- ployee is required to file financial disclosure forms, for all legislative branch officers and employees other than those specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B), except that such authority may be delegated; and "(2) the term 'officer or employee' means an individual hold- ing an appointive or elective position in the executive, legisla- tive, or judicial branch of Government other than a Member of Congress, (b) AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7352 the following new item: "7353. Gifts to Federal employees.". TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE SEC. 401. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 202 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. Section 202 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(c) Except as otherwise provided in such sections, the terms 'officer' and 'employee' in sections 203, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of this title, mean those individuals defined in sections 2104 and 2105 of

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