18 U.S.C. § 652 — Disbursing officer paying lesser in lieu of lawful amount

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 124 words · no verdicts yet

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An official or other person who pays a Federal employee less than the lawful amount and makes the employee receipt for more is guilty of embezzlement. The section sets fines and imprisonment, with a lower maximum prison term when the amount is $1,000 or less.

Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, employee, or other person charged with the payment of any appropriation made by Congress, pays to any clerk or other employee of the United States, or of any department or agency of it, a sum less than that provided by law, and requires such employee to receipt or give a voucher for an amount greater than that actually paid to and received by him, is guilty of embezzlement, and must be fined under this title or in double the amount so withheld, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; but if the amount embezzled is $1,000 or less, he must be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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

Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, employee, or other person charged with the payment of any appropriation made by Congress, pays to any clerk or other employee of the United States, or of any department or agency thereof, a sum less than that provided by law, and requires such employee to receipt or give a voucher for an amount greater than that actually paid to and received by him, is guilty of embezzlement, and shall be fined under this title or in double the amount so withheld, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; but if the amount embezzled is $1,000 or less, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (2)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 2148; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3511.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 727
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147, 2148
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3511

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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