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25 USC § 5306 - Criminal activities involving grants, contracts, etc.; penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s5306"
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title: "25 USC § 5306 - Criminal activities involving grants, contracts, etc.; penalties"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "5306"
section_name: "Criminal activities involving grants, contracts, etc.; penalties"
chapter_number: 46
chapter_name: "INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–638, § 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2205.)"
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# § 5306. Criminal activities involving grants, contracts, etc.; penalties

April 16, 193448 Stat. 59625 U.S.C. 5342

Whoever, being an officer, director, agent, or employee of, or connected in any capacity with, any recipient of a contract, subcontract, grant, or subgrant pursuant to this chapter or the Act of  (), as amended [ et seq.], embezzles, willfully misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud any of the money, funds, assets, or property which are the subject of such a grant, subgrant, contract, or subcontract, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both, but if the amount so embezzled, misapplied, stolen, or obtained by fraud does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–638, § 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2205.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

Act of , referred to in text, is , , popularly known as the Johnson-O’Malley Act, which is classified generally to section 5342 et seq. of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.