§ 941. Penalty for false statements or representations

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. 1972

   Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969

   Pub. L. 91–173 title IV § 431 · 83 Stat. 742

   Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 941

   Pub. L. 91–173, title IV, § 431, as added Pub. L. 92–303, § 6, May 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 156

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–173, title IV, § 431, as added Pub. L. 92–303, § 6, May 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 156

2. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–239 § 12(a) · 92 Stat. 95

   Substituted · 30 U.S.C. § 941

   Pub. L. 95–239 substituted provisions setting the penalty for making false or misleading statements or representations for the purpose of obtaining benefits or payments for provisions relating to the Secretary’s duty to disseminate to all persons who filed claims under this subchapter prior to May 19, 1972, information on the review provisions under the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–239 substituted provisions setting the penalty for making false or misleading statements or representations for the purpose of obtaining benefits or payments for provisions relating to the Secretary’s duty to disseminate to all persons who filed claims under this subchapter prior to May 19, 1972, information on the review provisions under the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 431 of the Act is amended to read as follows: 30 USC 941. “Sec. 431. Any person who willfully makes any false or misleading statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 95–239 effective Mar. 1, 1978, see section 20(a) of Pub. L. 95–239, set out as a note under section 901 of this title.

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