                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 47--FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
 
Sec. 1024. Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veteran's 
        facilities property
        
    Whoever purchases, or receives in pledge from any person any arms, 
equipment, ammunition, clothing, military stores, or other property 
furnished by the United States under a clothing allowance or otherwise, 
to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the 
National Guard or Naval Militia, or to any person accompanying, serving, 
or retained with the land or naval forces and subject to military or 
naval law, or to any former member of such Armed Forces at or by any 
hospital, home, or facility maintained by the United States, having 
knowledge or reason to believe that the property has been taken from the 
possession of or furnished by the United States under such allowance, or 
otherwise, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
two years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 86 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, 
Sec. 35, 35 Stat. 1095; Oct. 23, 1918, ch. 194, 40 Stat. 1015; June 18, 
1934, ch. 587, 48 Stat. 996; Apr. 4, 1938, ch. 69, 52 Stat. 197; Apr. 
30, 1940, ch. 164, 54 Stat. 171).
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $500''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title.
