                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 25--COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY
 
Sec. 494. Contractors' bonds, bids, and public records

    Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any bond, 
bid, proposal, contract, guarantee, security, official bond, public 
record, affidavit, or other writing for the purpose of defrauding the 
United States; or
    Whoever utters or publishes as true or possesses with intent to 
utter or publish as true, any such false, forged, altered, or 
counterfeited writing, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or 
counterfeited; or
    Whoever transmits to, or presents at any office or to any officer of 
the United States, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited 
writing, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or 
counterfeited--
    Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten 
years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 72 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, 
Sec. 28, 35 Stat. 1094).
    Reference to persons causing, procuring, aiding or assisting was 
omitted as unnecessary as such persons are made principals by section 2 
of this title.
    Changes were also made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $1,000''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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