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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 5048 (Introduced in House) — To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability... · Sec. 203

Sec. 203. Contracts by the President, the Vice President, or a Cabinet member

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Section 431 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in the section heading, by inserting after the President, the Vice President, a Cabinet member, or a ; and Contracts by in the first undesignated paragraph, by inserting the President, the Vice President, in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, after Whoever, being . The table of sections for chapter 23 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 431 and inserting the following: 431. Contracts by the President, the Vice President, a Cabinet member, or a Member of Congress. .
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