Sec. 1103. Bribery in connection with pardons and commutations
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Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by inserting , including the President and the Vice President of the United States, after or an officer or employee or person ; and in paragraph (2)— by striking means any person and inserting the following: means— any person ; by striking and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: any person who is an apparent successful candidate for the office of President, as determined under section 3(c) of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note;
Public Law 88–277 ) and has not yet assumed the office of President; and any person who is an apparent successful candidate for the office of Vice President, as determined under section 3(c) of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 ( 3 U.S.C. 102 note; Public Law 88–277 ) and has not yet assumed the office of Vice President; and ; and in subsection (b)(3), by inserting (including, for purposes of this paragraph, any pardon, commutation, or reprieve, or an offer of any such pardon, commutation, or reprieve) after corruptly gives, offers, or promises anything of value .