§ 1351. Fraud in foreign labor contracting

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. 2008

   William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–457 title II § 222(e)(2) · 122 Stat. 5044

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1351

   Added Pub. L. 110–457, title II, § 222(e)(2), Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5070

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 110–457, title II, § 222(e)(2), Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5070

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by adding at the end the following: “§ 1351. Fraud in foreign labor contracting   “Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits or hires a person outside the United States for purposes of employment in the United States by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises regarding that employment shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.” ; and

2. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

   Pub. L. 112–239 § 1706(a)(1) · 126 Stat. 1632

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1351(a)

   Pub. L. 112–239, § 1706(a)(1), which directed substitution of “(a) Work Inside the United States.—Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so,” for “Whoever knowingly and with the intent to defraud recruits, solicits or hires a person outside the United States”, was executed by making the substitution for “Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits or hires a person outside the United States” to reflect the probable intent of Congress

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1706(a)(1), which directed substitution of “(a) Work Inside the United States.—Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so,” for “Whoever knowingly and with the intent to defraud recruits, solicits or hires a person outside the United States”, was executed by making the substitution for “Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits or hires a person outside the United States” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) by striking “Whoever knowingly and with the intent to defraud recruits, solicits or hires a person outside the United States” and inserting “(a) Work Inside the United States.—Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so,”; and

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 112–239 effective Jan. 2, 2013 and applicable to conduct taking place on or after Jan. 2, 2013, see section 7104d(c)(3) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

3. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

   Pub. L. 112–239 § 1706(a)(2) · 126 Stat. 1632

   Added · 18 U.S.C. § 1351(b)

   Pub. L. 112–239, § 1706(a)(2), added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1706(a)(2), added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Work Outside the United States.— Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, for purposes of employment performed on a United States Government contract performed outside the United States, or on a United States military installation or mission outside the United States or other property or premises outside the United States owned or controlled by the United States Government, by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises regarding that employment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.” .

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 112–239 effective Jan. 2, 2013 and applicable to conduct taking place on or after Jan. 2, 2013, see section 7104d(c)(3) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

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