18-U.S.C.-1361
§1361 – Government Property Or Contracts
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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 65 > Section 1361
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- Reference: Section 1361
- Legend: §1361 – Government Property Or Contracts
- USCode Year: 2013
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Whoever willfully injures or commits any depredation against any property of the United States, or of any department or agency thereof, or any property which has been or is being manufactured or constructed for the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or attempts to commit any of the foregoing offenses, shall be punished as follows:
If the damage or attempted damage to such property exceeds the sum of $1,000, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both; if the damage or attempted damage to such property does not exceed the sum of $1,000, by a fine under this title or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, §320903(d)(1), title XXXIII, §330016(1)(H), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2125, 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §§601(a)(3), 605(e), 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498, 3510, 3511.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §82 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §35, 35 Stat. 1095; Oct. 23, 1918, ch. 194, 40 Stat. 1015; June 18, 1934, ch. 587, 48 Stat. 996; Apr. 4, 1938, ch. 69, 52 Stat. 197).
The embezzlement and theft provisions of section 82 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., are now incorporated in section 641 of this title.
Words or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder were omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of agency in section 6 of this title.
Designation of the place of confinement as in a jail was omitted because section 4082 of this title commits all prisoners to the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative, who shall designate the place of confinement. (See revisers note under section 1 of this title.)
The smaller penalty for offenses involving $50 or less was extended to offenses involving $100 or less. The use of $50 as the dividing line between felonies and misdemeanors originated at a time when that sum was of much greater value than $100 is now.
The word damage was substituted twice for the word value, and the definition of value was omitted as inapplicable to this section. These words and definition, however, are retained in that part of said section 82 which is now section 641 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–294, §605(e), inserted comma after foregoing offenses in first par.
Pub. L. 104–294, §§601(a)(3), 606(a), in second par., substituted fine under this title for fine of under this title in two places and $1,000 for $100 in two places.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, §320903(d)(1)(A), inserted or attempts to commit any of the foregoing offenses before shall be punished in first par.
Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(H), (L), in second par., substituted under this title for not more than $10,000 before or imprisonment for not more than ten years and for not more than $1,000 before or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Pub. L. 103–322, §320903(d)(1)(B), inserted or attempted damage after damage in two places in second par.
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