42 U.S.C. § 300w–8 — Criminal penalty for false statements
submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 97-35 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 114 words · no verdicts yet
It's a crime to knowingly make false statements to get part-funded payments for items or services. It's also a crime to hide facts that end your right to payment, to keep getting paid. Either crime can bring a fine up to $25,000, up to five years in prison, or both.
Whoever—
knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in connection with the furnishing of items or services for which payment may be made by a State* from funds allotted to the State under this part, or
having knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting his initial or continued right to any such payment conceals or fails to disclose such event with an intent fraudulently to secure such payment either in a greater amount than is due or when no such payment is authorized,
shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIX, § 1909, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 901, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 542.)
- 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 97-35 · 95 Stat. 542
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-35 on 1944-07-01.
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