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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part C · Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

§ 7385i. Forfeiture of benefits by convicted felons

Statutory text

(a)

Forfeiture of compensation

Any individual convicted of a violation of section 1920 of title 18, or any other Federal or State criminal statute relating to fraud in the application for or receipt of any benefit under this subchapter or under any other Federal or State workers’ compensation law, shall forfeit (as of the date of such conviction) any entitlement to any compensation or benefit under this subchapter such individual would otherwise be awarded for any injury, illness or death covered by this subchapter for which the time of injury was on or before the date of the conviction.

(b)

Information

Notwithstanding section 552a of title 5, or any other Federal or State law, an agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State shall make available to the President, upon written request from the President and if the President requires the information to carry out this section, the names and Social Security account numbers of individuals confined, for conviction of a felony, in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility under the jurisdiction of that agency.

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. Pub. L. 106–398 § 1(dC)(tXXXVI)(s3650) · 114 Stat. 1654

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7385i

    Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3650], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–511

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3650], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–511

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.

  2. Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005

    Pub. L. 108–375 div. C title XXXI § 3162(h) · 118 Stat. 1811

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7385i(a)

    Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “this subchapter” for “part B” wherever appearing

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “this subchapter” for “part B” wherever appearing.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (h) Forfeiture of Benefits by Convicted Felons.— Section 3650 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7385i) is amended by striking “subtitle B” each place such term appears and inserting “this title”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “this subchapter” for “part B” wherever appearing.

Credits

2000–2004 · 2 acts
  1. 2000Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3650], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–511
  2. 2004Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(h), , 118 Stat. 2186.
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(Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title XXXVI, § 3650], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–511; Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, § 3162(h), , 118 Stat. 2186.)

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