8.11A Official Act-Defined (18 U.S.C. Sec. 201(a)(3)) is a United States federal law that criminalizes the exchange of a public official’s official acts for personal gain. It defines an official act as any decision or action on any matter, including but not limited to an investigation, hearing, or other particular matter, which may be pending, or which may by law be brought before any public official, in such official's official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit. The law applies to all public officials, including elected and appointed officials, as well as federal, state, and local public employees. The penalty for violating this law can range from a fine to imprisonment for up to 15 years. There are two types of 8.11A Official Act-Defined (18 U.S.C. Sec. 201(a)(3)): the honest services' fraud provision and the bribery provision. The honest services' fraud provision criminalizes depriving citizens of the intangible right to honest services by a public official, while the bribery provision criminalizes the exchange of something of value for an official act.