§ 214.
Offer for procurement of Federal Reserve bank loan and discount of commercial paper
Whoever stipulates for or gives or receives, or consents or agrees to give or receive, any fee, commission, bonus, or thing of value for procuring or endeavoring to procure from any Federal Reserve bank any advance, loan, or extension of credit or discount or purchase of any obligation or commitment with respect thereto, either directly from such Federal Reserve bank or indirectly through any financing institution, unless such fee, commission, bonus, or thing of value and all material facts with respect to the arrangement or understanding therefor shall be disclosed in writing in the application or request for such advance, loan, extension of credit, discount, purchase, or commitment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
([June 25, 1948, ch. 645], [62 Stat. 695], § 214, formerly § 219; renumbered § 214, [Pub. L. 87–849, § 1(d)], Oct. 23, 1962, [76 Stat. 1125]; [Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)], Sept. 13, 1994, [108 Stat. 2147].)