                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                CHAPTER 93--PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1923. Fraudulent receipt of payments of missing persons

    Whoever obtains or receives any money, check, or allotment under--
        (1) subchapter VII of chapter 55 of title 5; or
        (2) chapter 10 of title 37;

without being entitled thereto, with intent to defraud, 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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                     50A U.S.C. 1008.              Mar. 7, 1942, ch.
                                                    166, Sec.  8, 56
                                                    Stat. 145.
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    Clauses (1) and (2) are substituted for the words ``under this Act'' 
to reflect the codification of the Act. The portion of the Act which is 
applicable to civilian officers and employees and their dependents is 
codified in subchapter VII of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code. 
The portion of the Act which is applicable to members of the uniformed 
services and their dependents is codified in chapter 10 of title 37, 
United States Code.


                               Amendments

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