24.31 Paying A Bribe—Elements (18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(2))

             The defendant is charged in [Count ___ of] the indictment with accepting a bribe in a violation of Section 666 (a)(2) of Title 18 the United States Code. For the defendant to be found guilty of that charge, the government must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 

First, the defendant gave, offered, or agreed to give a thing of value to another person; and 

Second, the defendant did so corruptly with the intent to influence or reward an agent of [an organization or any agency thereof] [[[a state] [local] [tribal]] [government or agency of that government]] in connection with some business, transaction, or series of transactions of the [organization] [government] [government agency]; and 

Third, this business, transaction, or series of transactions involved a thing with a value of $5,000 or more; and 

Fourth, the [organization] [government] [government agency] received more than $10,000 in federal funding annually.

Revised September 2025