美国刑法18 U.S.C.A. § 201(b)规定:任何直接或间接地向公职人员或被选公职人员腐败地给予、提供或承诺任何有价值的物品,并有意图诱导该公职人员或被选公职人员从事或者忽视任何违反其合法职责的行为,应根据本条规处以罚款或者罚不超过该物品三倍等值货币的金额,以较高者为准,或判处不超过十五年的监禁,或两者并罚”(Whoever--(1)directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official or person who has been selected to be a public official . . .with intent . . . to induce such public official or such person who has been selected to be a public official to do or omit to do any act in violation of the lawful duty of such official or person . . . shall be fined under this title or not more than three times the monetary equivalent of the thing of value, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than fifteen years, or both . . . .)。从上述法规中可以看出,贿赂罪的重点是意图而不是贿赂金额。因此,虽然张某被指控的贿赂金额实际上并不高,由于其行为涉嫌诱导美国官员从事违反其合法职责的行为,根据美国法律也有可能构成贿赂罪。