31 USC § 1519 - Criminal penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s1519"
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title: "31 USC § 1519 - Criminal penalty"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "1519"
section_name: "Criminal penalty"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "APPORTIONMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 932.)"
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# § 1519. Criminal penalty

section 1517(a) of this title

An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government knowingly and willfully violating  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. 932.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1519 | 31:665(i)(1)(words after semicolon related to (h)). | R.S. § 3679(i)(1)(words after semicolon related to (h)); 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  (ch. 182, ).