§ 246. Deprivation of relief benefits

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. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–453 § 4(a) · 90 Stat. 1516

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 246

   Added Pub. L. 94–453, § 4(a), Oct. 2, 1976, 90 Stat. 1517

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 94–453, § 4(a), Oct. 2, 1976, 90 Stat. 1517

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Chapter 13 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 246. Deprivation of relief benefits “Whoever directly or indirectly deprives, attempts to deprive, or threatens to deprive any person of any employment, position, work, compensation, or other benefit provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress appropriating funds for work relief or relief purposes, on account of political affiliation, race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, shall be lined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”.

2. 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. § 246

   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”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision