§ 1027. False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

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.

1. 1962

   Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act Amendments of 1962

   Pub. L. 87–420 § 17(c) · 76 Stat. 35

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1027

   Added Pub. L. 87–420, § 17(c), Mar. 20, 1962, 76 Stat. 42

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 87–420, § 17(c), Mar. 20, 1962, 76 Stat. 42

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, as amended, is amended by adding a new section captioned and reading as follows: “§1027. False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act “Whoever, in any document required by the Welfare and Pension 72 Stat. 997. 29 USC 301 note. Plans Disclosure Act (as amended from time to time) to be published, or kept as part, of the records of any employee welfare benefit plan or employee pension benefit plan, or certified to the administrator of any such plan, makes any false, statement or representation of fact, knowing it to be false, or knowingly conceals, covers up, or fails to disclose any fact the disclosure of which is required by such Act or is necessary to verify, explain, clarify or check for accuracy and completeness any report required by such Act to be published or any information required by such Act to be certified, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

2. 1974

   Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

   Pub. L. 93–406 § 112(a)(2)(A)(i) · 88 Stat. 829

   1. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1027

      Pub. L. 93–406, § 112(a)(2)(A)(i), (ii), formerly § 111(a)(2)(A)(i), (ii), as renumbered by Pub. L. 117–328, substituted “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” for “Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act” “Act”, respectively, in text

   2. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1027

      Pub. L. 93–406, § 112(a)(2)(A)(i), (ii), formerly § 111(a)(2)(A)(i), (ii), as renumbered by Pub. L. 117–328, substituted “title” for “the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act” “Act”, respectively, in text

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 93–406, § 112(a)(2)(A)(i), (ii), formerly § 111(a)(2)(A)(i), (ii), as renumbered by Pub. L. 117–328, substituted “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” for “Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act” in section catchline, and “title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” and “title” for “the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act” and “Act”, respectively, in text.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) Section 664 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out “any such plan subject to the provisions of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “any employee benefit plan subject to any provision of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”.

3. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(L) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1027

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (L) in sections 33, 224, 231, 241, 245, 246, 286, 289, 332, 335, 337, 351, 371, 437, 440, 441, 493, 496, 500, 510, 545, 595, 599, 600, 601, 641, 664, 665, 667, 757, 792, 793, 798, 844, 892, 893, 894, 924, 952, 955, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 970, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1019, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1027, 1082, 1084, 1115, 1202, 1361, 1362, 1364, 1365, 1385, 1461, 1462, 1464, 1587, 1623, 1654, 1656, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1910, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1992, 2101, 2113, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2231, 2232, 2271, 2274, 2275, 2314, 2315, 2383, 2386, 2387, 2388, and 2512 by striking “not more than $10,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision