---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 706.210"
title: "18"
number: "706.210"
heading: "Coercion."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/706.210"
---

# §706.210. Coercion.


An employee shall not use his Government employment to coerce, or give the appearance of coercing, a person to provide financial benefit to himself or another person, particularly one with whom he has family, business, or financial ties.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Water Resources Planning Act, 1965 (Sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80, 79 Stat. 254 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-1)); E.O. 11222 (30 FR 6469, 3 CFR Proc. 3279; as amended); 5 CFR part 735 (33 FR 12487).

### Source

Source: 40 FR 32818, Aug. 4, 1975, unless otherwise noted.