Title 19 — Customs Duties
Part II · Chapter 7 — Trade Expansion Program
§ 1919. Penalties
Statutory text
Whoever makes a false statement of a material fact knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Secretary of Commerce under this part, or for the purpose of obtaining money, property, or anything of value under this part, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than two 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. 87–794 title III § 319 · 76 Stat. 892
Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 1919
(Pub. L. 87–794, title III, § 319, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 892.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 87–794, title III, § 319, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 892.)
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