美国执行立法将主动和被动形式的影响力交易定为刑事犯罪。有的法规还规定了联邦雇员的退职后限制，以预防利用任何影响力为第三人谋取不正当好处。
The United States has implemented legislation to criminalize both the active and passive forms of trading in influence. Post employment restrictions of federal employees are also statutorily foreseen to prevent the exercise of any influence to obtain an undue advantage for a third person.