§ 1517. Obstructing examination of financial institution

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. 1990

   Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–647 title XXV § 2503(a) · 104 Stat. 4789

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1517

   (Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2503(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4861.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2503(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4861.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code (relating to obstruction of justice) is amended by inserting after section 1516 the following new section: “§ 1517. Obstructing examination of financial institution “Whoever corruptly obstructs or attempts to obstruct any examination of a financial institution by an agency of the United States with jurisdiction to conduct an examination of such financial institution shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.”.

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