Updating the Federal bribery statute

(a) In general Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (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; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking means any person and inserting the following: “means— (A) any person; (ii) by striking and at the end; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (B) any candidate, as defined in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101), with respect to any official act the candidate would have authority to perform upon taking office;; (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting, including any pardon, commutation, reprieve, or other form of executive clemency pursuant to section 2 of article II of the Constitution of the United States; and; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (4) the term anything of value includes any pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fine or restitution, reprieve, or other form of executive clemency pursuant to section 2 of article II of the Constitution of the United States.. (b) Limitations Section 3282 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Extended limitations period for bribery offenses involving executive clemency Notwithstanding subsection (a), no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense under section 201 of this title arising from or related to the granting, denying, withholding, promising, or offering of any pardon, commutation, remission, or reprieve pursuant to section 2 of article II of the Constitution of the United States, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 10 years after the offense was committed..