Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 12A — Tennessee Valley Authority
§ 831t. Offenses; fines and punishment
Statutory text
Larceny, embezzlement and conversion
All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, embezzlement, conversion, or to the improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of public moneys or property of the United States, shall apply to the moneys and property of the Corporation and to moneys and properties of the United States intrusted to the Corporation.
False entry, report or statement
Any person who, with intent to defraud the Corporation, or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or any officer or employee of the United States (1) makes any false entry in any book of the Corporation, or (2) makes any false report or statement for the Corporation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Conspiracy to defraud
Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or reward, or shall enter into any conspiracy, collusion, or agreement, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Corporation or wrongfully and unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 73–32 § 21 · 48 Stat. 58
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 831t
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 21, 48 Stat. 68.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 21, 48 Stat. 68.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 21. (a) All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, embezzlement, conversion, or to the improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of public moneys or property of the United States, shall apply to the moneys and property of the Corporation and to moneys and properties of the United States intrusted to the Corporation. (b) Any person who, with intent to defraud the Corporation, False entries. or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation False report or statement. or any officer or employee of the United States (1) makes any false entry in any book of the Corporation, or (2) makes any false report or statement for the Corporation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be Punishment for. fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (c) Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or Fraud, etc. reward, or shall enter into any conspiracy, collusion, or agreement, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Corporation or wrongfully and unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, on conviction Punishment for. thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 21, 48 Stat. 68.)