S. 5509 — No Gratuities for Governing Act of 2026

This section creates a new criminal offense for illegal gratuities under 18 U.S.C. 666. It prohibits any person from giving, offering, or promising anything of value of $1,000 or more to an agent of an organization or government receiving more than $10,000 in federal benefits in a year, or an agent from demanding or accepting such a payment, for or because of an official act in a transaction valued at $5,000 or more, punishable by up to 2 years imprisonment. It increases the maximum penalty for existing bribery and embezzlement offenses under the section from 10 years to 15 years and extends forfeiture authority to the new offense.