Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3 and 78m(b) · Read 2026-08-15
In force since 1977. The act has two halves: the anti-bribery provisions and the books and records and internal controls provisions, the latter enforced by the Commission against issuers.
Identifier
- Identifier
- 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3 and 78m(b)
- Level
- Federal
- Status
- In force
- Adopted
- 1977-12-19
- Applies from
- 1977-12-19
- Supervisory bodies
- DOJ Fraud Section, SEC
Named requirements
Anti-bribery, issuers
Payments to foreign officials to obtain or retain business, by issuers.
Anti-bribery, domestic concerns
The same prohibition for US companies and nationals.
Anti-bribery, persons acting in the territory
Acts in furtherance of a bribe within US territory by any person.
Books, records and internal controls
Accurate books and a system of internal accounting controls for issuers.
Official source
United States case law
20 decisions · Read from CourtListener, Free Law Project on 2026-08-22.
- Rodriguez Vazquez v. Bostock
9th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- United States v. Anne Pramaggiore
7th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- United States v. Michael McClain
7th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- United States v. Michael J. Madigan
7th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- United States v. Ng Chong Hwa
2d Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- United States v. Lopez
143 F.4th 992d Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- Metropolitan Municipality of Lima v. Rutas De Lima S.A.C.
141 F.4th 209D.C. Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. v. Corporacion AIC, SA
119 F.4th 92011th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Derivative Lit v.
101 F.4th 2503rd Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- Abbott Laboratories v.
3rd Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- Amalgamated Bank v. Facebook, Inc.
9th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
- Amalgamated Bank v. Facebook, Inc.
87 F.4th 9349th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
Ask NovaCopilotGet the opinionRetrieved directly from Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit when you click. No permanent storage on our side.
Change monitoring
The row is re-read against the publisher's own publication on a fixed interval. The dates below can be checked on the spot and travel with the API response.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Register | DOJ Fraud Section, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3 and 78m(b) |
| Publisher | U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section |
| Last read | 2026-08-15 |
| Interval | Every 30 days |
| Next re-read | 2026-09-14 |
| Status | Re-read scheduled |
Row history
Dated events concerning this exact row, newest first. No event appears here without a date in a primary source.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Row read against the official publication | U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section |
| 1977-12-19 | Adopted under 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3 and 78m(b) | U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section |
| 1977-12-19 | Date of application according to the publisher | U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section |
Monitoring states when the row was checked, not how the legal position should be assessed.
Cite this row
The string below travels with a memo, a case file or an agent chain. The same string sits in the citation field of the API response.
15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3 and 78m(b), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. NovaCopilot, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/us/regler/fcpa (hämtad 2026-10-14, bevis sha256:e5f090d465c10d27, bygge legal-2026-10-14).
- sha256:
- e5f090d465c10d27d60ea0baacac8775175592367ad15bad63b8e69dbab12aa7
- hämtad:
- 2026-10-14
- source_confidence:
- derived
- bygge:
- legal-2026-10-14
Derived path to the publisher. The address is built from the identifier and lands in the publisher's own register. justice.gov.
The row is a source reference with an official identifier. No legal advice and no compliance decision.
Verifiable trust signals
- Six fixed blocks, one source per line
- No sentence written by a language model
- Engine version and read date on every answer
- No customer data, no documents, no advice
- Model card and audit published under the EU AI Act