Bill makes it a crime to sell access to federal workers.
S. 5510 — Anti-Bribery Improvement Act · Filed by Andy Kim (D-NJ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill changes federal law about paying people to break rules. It makes it illegal to give money or favors to a federal worker. The worker must promise to use power to help in exchange. Access means using power over choices or matters that may come before the worker. A promise to give access must be clear and in writing. It must be a clear deal to count as a crime.
Who it affects
Federal workers and people who might try to pay them. People gain from clearer rules about what counts as paying to break rules.
One thing to notice
The bill requires a promise of access to be clear and in writing. This may make some rule-breaking harder to prove in court than now.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- paying to break rules — giving money or favors to a worker to get them to do something.
- access — using power or pull over choices or matters that may come before a worker.
- clear — stated directly, not hidden or suggested.
- federal worker — a person who works for the federal government in a job with power.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,324 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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