 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( <unk> ) , 15 U.S.C. § <unk> @-@ 1 , was passed in 1977 . The program bribery statute , 18 U.S.C. § 666 , was passed in 1984 . In the program bribery statute , " Congress , for the first time , directly federalized the crime of bribery of or by local officials . " 
