                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                CHAPTER 93--PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1921. Receiving Federal employees' compensation after 
        marriage
        
    Whoever, being entitled to compensation under sections 8107-8113 and 
8133 of title 5 and whose compensation by the terms of those sections 
stops or is reduced on his marriage or on the marriage of his dependent, 
accepts after such marriage any compensation or payment to which he is 
not entitled shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
one year, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 3(d), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 610; amended 
Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2147.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 760(L).              Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  10(L) 39
                                                    Stat. 745.
                     ............................  Oct. 14, 1949, ch.
                                                    691, Sec.  106(e),
                                                    63 Stat. 860.
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    The word ``Whoever'' is substituted for ``If any person'' to conform 
to the style of title 18.
    The words ``under sections 8107-8113 and 8133 of title 55'' are 
substituted for ``under this section or section 755 or 756 of this 
title'' to reflect the codification of the sections in title 5, United 
States Code.
    The words ``or both'' are substituted for ``or by both such fine and 
imprisonment''.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $2,000''.
