18 U.S.C. § 246 — Deprivation of relief benefits

submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 94-453 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 73 words · no verdicts yet

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It's a federal crime to take away, try to take away, or threaten someone's relief job or benefit because of their politics, race, sex, religion, or national origin. This applies to benefits funded by Congress for work relief. The penalty is a fine, up to a year in prison, or both.

This section protects people receiving government relief benefits from discrimination. It's a crime to deprive, try to deprive, or threaten to deprive anyone of a job, position, work, pay, or other benefit that Congress funded, in whole or in part, for work relief or general relief purposes. This crime happens only if the person is targeted because of their political affiliation, race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. The punishment is a fine, imprisonment for up to one year, or both.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever directly or indirectly deprives, attempts to deprive, or threatens to deprive any person of any employment, position, work, compensation, or other benefit provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress appropriating funds for work relief or relief purposes, on account of political affiliation, race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 94–453, § 4(a), Oct. 2, 1976, 90 Stat. 1517; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1976Enacted · Pub. L. 94-453 · 90 Stat. 1517
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 94-453 on 1976-10-02.

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