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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 <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1517/a">section 1517(a) of this title</ref> shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id22477009-3bf5-11e3-9fd0-985dd9cd422a">(<ref href="/us/pl/97/258">Pub. L. 97–258</ref>, <date date="1982-09-13">Sept. 13, 1982</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/96/932">96 Stat. 932</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>1519</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 (h)).</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 (h)); <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 <ref href="/us/act/1912-06-26/s9">section 9 of the Act of June 26, 1912</ref> (ch. 182, <ref href="/us/stat/37/184">37 Stat. 184</ref>).</p>
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