18 USC § 916 - 4–H Club members or agents

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s916"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 916 - 4–H Club members or agents"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "916"
section_name: "4–H Club members or agents"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "FALSE PERSONATION"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 743; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(F), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 916. 4–H Club members or agents

Whoever, falsely and with intent to defraud, holds himself out as or represents or pretends himself to be a member of, associated with, or an agent or representative for the 4–H clubs, an organization established by the Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and the land grant colleges, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 743; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(F), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 76c (, ).

, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was incorporated in this section and .

Reference to offense as a misdemeanor was omitted in view of definitive . Words “upon conviction thereof” were omitted, since criminal punishment can follow only after conviction.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $300”.