---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 206"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "206"
heading: "Exemption of retired officers of the uniformed services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/206"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 11 — Bribery, Graft, and Conflicts of Interest"
---

# §206. Exemption of retired officers of the uniformed services


Sections [203](/usc/18/203.md) and [205](/usc/18/205.md) of this title shall not apply to a retired [officer](/usc/18/202.md?p=c) of the uniformed services of the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9) while not on active duty and not otherwise an [officer or employee](/usc/18/202.md?p=a) of the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9), or to any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) specially excepted by Act of Congress.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 87–849, § 1(a), Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1123.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 206, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 692, related to an offer to a judge or judicial officer to influence him, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 87–849 and is substantially covered by revised section 201.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 23, 1962, see section 4 of Pub. L. 87–849, set out as a note under section 201 of this title.