40 USC § 3708 - Criminal penalties

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title: "40 USC § 3708 - Criminal penalties"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "3708"
section_name: "Criminal penalties"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "GENERAL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1174.)"
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# § 3708. Criminal penalties

A contractor or subcontractor having a duty to employ, direct, or control a laborer or mechanic employed in the performance of work contemplated by a contract to which this chapter applies that intentionally violates this chapter shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1174.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3708 | 40:332. | Pub. L. 87–581, title I, § 106, Aug. 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 359. |

The words “shall be fined under title 18” are substituted for “shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every such offense shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not to exceed $1,000” for consistency with chapter 227 of title 18. The words “in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction thereof” are omitted as unnecessary.