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[CITE: 30USC941]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                   CHAPTER 22--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--BLACK LUNG BENEFITS
 
           Part C--Claims for Benefits After December 31, 1973
 
Sec. 941. Penalty for false statements or representations

    Any person who willfully makes any false or misleading statement or 
representation for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under 
this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction 
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by 
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

(Pub. L. 91-173, title IV, Sec. 431, as added Pub. L. 92-303, Sec. 6, 
May 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 156; amended Pub. L. 95-239, Sec. 12(a), Mar. 1, 
1978, 92 Stat. 101.)


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-239 substituted provisions setting the penalty for 
making false or misleading statements or representations for the purpose 
of obtaining benefits or payments for provisions relating to the 
Secretary's duty to disseminate to all persons who filed claims under 
this subchapter prior to May 19, 1972, information on the review 
provisions under the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-239 effective Mar. 1, 1978, see section 
20(a) of Pub. L. 95-239, set out as a note under section 901 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 26 section 9501.
