31 USC § 1350 - Criminal penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s1350"
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title: "31 USC § 1350 - Criminal penalty"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "1350"
section_name: "Criminal penalty"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATIONS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 926.)"
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# § 1350. Criminal penalty

An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government knowingly and willfully violating section 1341(a) or 1342 of this title shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 926.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1350 | 31:665(i)(1)(words after semicolon related to (a), (b)). | R.S. § 3679(i)(1)(words after semicolon related to (a), (b)); Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4(1st par.), 33 Stat. 1257; Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, § 3, 34 Stat. 48; restated Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, § 1211, 64 Stat. 768. |

The words “District of Columbia government” are added because of section 47–105 of the D.C. Code. The words “upon conviction” are omitted as surplus.