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<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">An officer or employee of the United States Government or of the District of Columbia government knowingly and willfully violating section 1341(a) or 1342 of this title shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id223dfa25-3bf5-11e3-9fd0-985dd9cd422a">(<ref href="/us/pl/97/258">Pub. L. 97–258</ref>, <date date="1982-09-13">Sept. 13, 1982</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/96/926">96 Stat. 926</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<p style=""><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Historical and Revision Notes</span></p></th>
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<th style="min-width: 38.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Revised Section</i></p></th><th style="width:68.0pt ; max-width:68.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Source (U.S. Code)</i></p></th><th style="width:100.0pt ; max-width:100.0pt; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; border-left:1px solid black;"><p style=" text-align:center;"><i>Source (Statutes at Large)</i></p></th></tr>
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<tr style="border-top:1px solid black; -uslm-lc:I01;"><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;" class="leaders"><span>1350</span></p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black; padding-right:2pt; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">31:665(i)(1)(words after semicolon related to (a), (b)).</p></td><td style=" text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-left:1px solid black; padding-left: 2pt;"><p style=" text-align:left; text-indent: -1em; padding-left:1em;">R.S. § 3679(i)(1)(words after semicolon related to (a), (b)); <a href="/us/act/1905-03-03/ch1484/s4">Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 4</a>(1st par.), <a href="/us/stat/33/1257">33 Stat. 1257</a>; <a href="/us/act/1906-02-27/ch510/s3">Feb. 27, 1906, ch. 510, § 3</a>, <a href="/us/stat/34/48">34 Stat. 48</a>; restated <a href="/us/act/1950-09-06/ch896/s1211">Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, § 1211</a>, <a href="/us/stat/64/768">64 Stat. 768</a>.</p></td></tr>
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<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">The words “District of Columbia government” are added because of section 47–105 of the D.C. Code. The words “upon conviction” are omitted as surplus.</p>
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